Nobel Peace Prize 2022 goes to human rights groups in Russia and Ukraine, and a jailed activist in Belarus

Oslo — Ales Bialiatski, a human rights activist currently jailed in Belarus, along with who human rights organizations, the group Memorial in Russia, and the Ukraine Center for Civil Liberties, were announced Friday as the winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway. All of the organizations have worked…

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534 civilian bodies found so far in Ukrainian territory recaptured from Russian troops, police say

The bodies of 534 civilians have been discovered in Ukrainian territories previously occupied by Russian troops, Serhii Bolvinov, who leads the investigative department of Kharkiv’s regional police, told journalists Thursday. Nineteen of those bodies belonged to children and 226 were women, he said. The count includes remains that were found in shallow graves last month…

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