Japanese atomic bomb survivors’ group Nihon Hidankyo wins Nobel Peace Prize 2024

Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, has won the Nobel Peace Prize 2024. The group also known as Hibakusha was recognised for its tiredless efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must



never be used again. The award was announced at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo.

Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi won the prize in 2023, when she was honoured for her work fighting the oppression of women in Iran.