alexei navalny, he is in prison, again, a political prisoner, but it is interesting that they have gone for those countries but for a far broader, more wide ranging, i suppose, groups, iguess, in doing this. they have gone for a strong signal but not for individuals, they have gone for the groups who have been working from the bottom up, grassroots organisations which have been working for years, in at least two of the cases, for human rights. and as we heard from the chairwoman of the committee, people who they say represent civil society in their country, she really emphasised that concept of civil society being under threat. . ., concept of civil society being under threat. ., ~ , threat. yeah, i think it is interesting threat. yeah, i think it is interesting and - threat. yeah, i think it is interesting and it - threat. yeah, i think it is interesting and it is - threat. yeah, i think it is| interesting and it is under threat. yeah, i think it is- interesting and it is under thre
collaboration with international partners, the centre is playing a pioneering role with a view to holding the guilty parties accountable for their crimes. by awarding the nobel peace prize for 2022 to ales bialiatski, memorial and the center for civil liberties, the norwegian nobel committee wishes to honour three outstanding champions of human rights, democracy and peaceful coexistence in the neighbour countries belarus, russia and ukraine. through their consistent efforts in favour of
russia today. it is the oldest human rights organisation in russia, and it no longer legally exists in that country. so i think this is a signal from the nobel prize committee of their support for those fundamental principles that organisations like memorial and viasna, represented by ales bialiatski, represent. the committee ales bialiatski, represent. the committee is ales bialiatski, represent. the committee is clearly calling on belarus to free ales bialiatski? yes, there are so many political prisoners in belarus today, i think it is well over 800 at the last count, very prominent figures like him, others who were involved in protests in 2020, maria kolesnikova, of course, very prominent figures who are behind bars, and the same goes for russia, where all of the most prominent critics of vladimir putin are either in or in prison. just yesterday we heard that vladimir caro but is now facing a charge of treason, he was arrested at the beginning of this war because of his critici