Morning everyone. Then the wed shoot no Little Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2022 to one in the big chill and 2 organizations. The peace prize laureate represent Civil Society in their home countries. They have for many years promoted the right to criticize power and protect the fundamental rights of citizens. They had made an outstanding effort to document war crimes, human rights abuses, and the abuse of power together. They demonstrate the significance of Civil Society, poor peace and democracy. This years peace prize is awarded to human rights advocate arliss. Beyond the, off the skin from bella root the Russian Human Rights Organization memorial and the ukrainian Human Rights Organization center for Civil Liberties. Alicia b ali out again was one of the initiators of the Democracy Movement that emerged in bella. Ruth, in the mid 19 eighties. He has devoted his life to promoting democracy and Peaceful Development in his home country. He pounded the organization. The us not meaning spring in 1996 in response to the controversial constitutional amendments that gave the president dick tutorial powers and 3 good widespread demonstrations. The are sna, provide that support for the day and demonstrators and their families in the years that follow it via sna in evolved into a broad base Human Rights Organization. That documented and protested against the authorities use of torture against Political Prisoners. Government authorities have repeatedly sought to silence allahs b aaliyahs skin. He was imprisoned from 2011 to 2014 following large scale demonstrations against the regime in 2020 he was again arrested. He is still detained without trial despite tremendous personal hardship. Mr. B ali out ski has not yielded one inch in his pie for human rights and democracy in belarus. The Human Rights Organization memorial was established in 1987 by human rights activists in the form as hovering its union who wanted to ensure that the victims of the communist regimes oppression would never be forgotten. Nobel peace prize glory as to under de sac hydro and human rights activist svetlana gun. No, skinner were among the phone founders memorial is based on the notion that confronting past crimes is essential in preventing new wants. After the collapse of the soviet union, memorial grew to become the largest Human Rights Organization and russia. In addition to establishing a center of documentation on the victims of the stalinist, iraq, memorial, compiled and system ties, information on political oppression and Human Rights Violations in russia. Memorial became the most authoritative source of information on Political Prisoners in russian detention facilities. The organisation has also been standing at the forefront of efforts to combat militarism and promote human rights and government. Based on the rule of law. When Civil Society must give way to a talk, chrissy and dictatorship, peace is often the next victim. During the chechen wars memorial gathered and verified information on abuses and war, crimes perpetrated on the civilian population by russian and pro Russian Forces in 2009. The head on memorials branch in chechnya, natalia estimate over was killed because of this work. Civil society act, this in russia hadnt been subjected to threats, imprisonment, disappearances, and murder for many years. As part of the government, harassment or memorial, the organization was stomped early on as a foreign agent. In december 2021, the authorities decided that memorial was to be forcibly liquidated, and the documentation sent to was to be closed permanently. The closure became effective in the following months, but the people behind memorial refuse to shut down in the comment, chairman of the board young at our chin skags stated, nobody plans to give up the sen done for the Civil Liberties. Was founded in viet in 2007 for the purpose of advancing human rights son. Democracy in ukraine. The center has taken a stand to strengthen ukrainian Civil Society and pressure the authorities to make ukraine a full fledged democracy. To develop ukraine into a stated garden by rule of law center for Civil Liberties has actively advocated that ukraine become affiliated with the International Criminal court after russias invasion of ukraine in february 2022 center for Civil Liberties has engaged in efforts to identify and document russian war crimes against the ukrainian civilian population. In collaboration with international partners, the center is playing a pioneering rome. M, with a view to holding the guilty parties accountable for their crimes. By awarding the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 to 2. 00 are less beyond the out sky memorial and the center for Civil Liberties than the wind. Nobel committee wishes to on this city outstanding champions of human rights, democracy and peaceful co existence in the neighbor countries. Belarus, russia and ukraine through their consistent efforts in favor of human values, anti militarism and principles of law. This years laureates had revitalized an honored alfred lo bells, vision of peace, an fraternity between nations, a vision most needed in the world to day. Thank you very much. For your little it was it for community with oppressive regimes in rush roy in bella rish with a war going on the new current it is never easy to reach a conclusion on who should received the Nobel Peace Prize. I can assure you that but i am, we do believe that in these very challenging times. It was the time to address exactly what you imply in your question that we are in the midst of the war. Or we are talking about 2 or 3 tyria machine and one nation hasting a war. And we would like to highlight the importance of Civil Society, of every citizen who has every sponsibility and an engaged men. To promote all the values then and the values of aggression and war. Madam chair and one of the laurie, its alice bernacki is today in prison in belarus. What is your message to the authorities in belarus, considering his situation ah, message is an urge to the authorities in bell. I rose to release mister b earlier skin and we do hope this will happen and that he can come to slow and receive the honor bestowed him and it there are thousands of political and prisoners in the levers and i am afraid that perhaps my wish is not very realistic, but i do it for his release. Do you think these persians could have a positive impact on the development in this conference . We are trying to, over and high and i to all the women and men take responsibility on the platform that they are citizens. And i think sex movement, my own and Political Development and development of war. And if such movements become strong enough, they do make a difference with the war raging in europe. How challenging ok, so your role watching dw news, a special extended program as we watched the award or the announcements of the award of this years Nobel Peace Prize. Youre looking at a bright rice anderson, who is chair of the norwegian nobel committee, this years of peace prize. Going to one individual and 2 organizations. A human rights campaigner are less barely otsuka from bella roost and a be better russia be Russian Human Rights Organization, memorial and the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties. So one award 3 recipients this year, here with me in the studio to discuss are those that this award of those, that individual in those organizations is actually political, corresponded to melinda crane. Welcome, melinda. And so, no surprise. I suppose a lot of people that the Nobel Prize Committee has russia, the war in ukraine, very much an exciting issue. Thats correct, but not only russia and of the war in ukraine as she has just pointed out in her remarks that this war has global effects. And she also mentioned several times that the, the rise of authoritarianism and how destabilizing that is for peace. And i think whats interesting about these awards is that yes, they have recognized one individual alice be a lot that tusky from, from bella ruth, but also to organizations in russia and ukraine, respectively for their work in what she says strengthens to