Japanese atomic bomb survivors win Nobel Peace Prize

Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese radical of atomic weaponry survivors, has won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.

Nobel Committee Chair Joergen Watne Frydnes praised the "extraordinary efforts" of the organisation whose run has "contributed greatly to the constitution of the atomic taboo".

The victor was announced astatine a ceremonial successful Oslo connected Friday, wherever Mr Frydnes warned: "This taboo against the usage of atomic weapons is nether pressure."

The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised the group's usage of witnesser grounds to guarantee atomic weapons indispensable ne'er beryllium utilized again.

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