Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 awarded to Nihon Hidankyo

I visited the Hiroshima museum last year. They've got a set of stone steps, a person was sat there when the bomb went off and they were simply vaporised. The stone steps bear the residue of the person, almost like a shadow.

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Post by roschdal » Fri, Oct 11, 2024, 9:25 AM UTC

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Post by pyrale » Fri, Oct 11, 2024, 9:26 AM UTC

I have no issue with this laureate, but it is sad that the comittee could not find someone deserving that is working on a more current conflict. I guess this is not a positive outlook for the current state international conflicts.

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Post by thimabi » Fri, Oct 11, 2024, 9:27 AM UTC

Congratulations to Nihon Hidankyo!

As said in the announcement, even 80 years after those bombs were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we still need to highlight the dangers of nuclear weapons.

The threat and use of such weapons is still allowed by customary international law. Maybe movements like this will help change this sad fact. There has been progress in this direction. However, of course, nuclear-weapon states have been vehemently opposed to that, although they are obliged to negotiate a general and complete nuclear disarmament.