The Portuguese government congratulated the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski and the Russian organizations Memorial and the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties.
In Paris, at the end of a meeting with his French counterpart, the Foreign Minister, João Gomes Cravinho, said that it was the right choice, proof that in very difficult contexts, spirit and courage make the difference.
“It was with great satisfaction that we received the news of the award of the Nobel Prize to Ales Bialiatski to the NGO Memorial and the NGO Center for Civil Liberties, a Belarusian organization, a Russian organization and a Ukrainian organization. The common thread between all three is courage and struggle. for human rights”.
“There is no peace without respect for human rights. This is the foundation of Peace and the awarding of the Nobel Prize shows that the Nobel Committee is attentive to this reality and has wished to reward, very pertinently, with great sense of the present, three entities that have distinguished themselves for their courage, integrity and for the uncompromising struggle for the promotion of human rights and the promotion of memory so that there is no impunity and that the abuses that are committed do not fall into oblivion”.
On Twitter, the president of the European Commission highlights the recognition of the enormous courage of men and women who oppose autocracy.
“They show the real power of civil society in the fight for democracy… and help make the world a freer place,” wrote Ursula von der Leyen.
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Source: TSF
