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The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to activists in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.

Jailed human rights activist Ales Bialiatski was honoured for his work in Belarus.

Human rights organisations Memorial - in Russia - as well as Ukraine's Centre for Civil Liberties were also winners.

They were praised by the Nobel Committee for their "outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power."

The choices have been greeted by Western leaders but Belarus has hit out at the decisions, as has a Russian presidential adviser, Valery Fadeev.

Tatiana Glushkova, Memorial's international lawyer, spoke to Newshour about how the organisation was shocked yet "very very happy" to win, and what it's aims are moving forward despite Putin shutting them down in Russia:

"We hope this will help us to continue our work...Memorial legal entities might be liquidated but the Memorial movement cannot be destroyed."

(Photo: A woman walks past a signboard reading 'The society of Memorial' at the entrance to the head office of the Moscow Memorial Human Rights Center, in Moscow, 07 October 2022. Credit: Maxim Shipenkov via EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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