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The Nobel peace prize for 2023 was awarded to Narges Mohammadi “for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all.” 

When the Nobel peace prize for 2023 is announced on 6 October, Narges Mohammadi is confined in a prison in Teheran. The news reaches her through the prison walls, and Narges celebrates along with her fellow inmates. They sing and shout the slogan: “Woman – life – freedom!” 
 
This exhibition allows you to meet Narges Mohammadi and it includes 10 letters she has written for the exhibition. The letters contain memories of key events in her life. 

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Narges with her brother Mehdi and sister Roya in their parents’ house in Zanjan. 

One of Narges’ most vivid childhood memories is of her mother watching the TV every day to find out who had been executed – and of her mother screaming the day Narges’s cousin’s name was announced. Narges was nine years old. 

Narges Mohammadi and Taghi Rahmani met when they were politically active students and fell head over heels in love. They married in 1999 and had a low-key ceremony at home attended by their immediate family. 

Taghi was a prominent human rights activist. He worked towards liberal reforms to steer Iran in a democratic direction. 
 

Taghi was persecuted and imprisoned many times. He spent their first wedding anniversary in solitary confinement in prison.

In 2012 Taghi had to seek refuge in France.

Taghi and Narges’ twins, Kiana and Ali, were born on 28 November 2006. When Kiana and Ali were little children, the police came to their home on several occasions to arrest one of their parents. 

Taghi fled to Paris in 2012, and Narges was left alone with the children in Iran. In the following years, Narges was imprisoned and released several times, and in 2015 the children were sent abroad to reunite with their father. Narges has not seen them since. 

The pictures from the twins’ first birthday party are among the rare photos of the family together. On most of the twins’ birthdays, one of their parents has been in prison. 

WOMAN - LIFE - FREEDOM

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Find Narges Mohammadi's book White Torture, and other books on Iran

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WOMAN LIFE FREEDOM, Peace Prize Exhibition 2023

MEND PIECE

ARISING

A call to women of all ages, you are invited to send a testament of harm done to you for being a woman. Write your testament in your own language, in your own words and write however openly you wish. You may sign your first name if you wish, but do not give your full name. Send a photograph only of your eyes. The testaments of harm and photographs of your eyes will be exhibited in my installation, Arising, 01 Dec , 2023 – Autumn 2024 as part of my exhibition, Peace is Power at The Nobel Peace Center, Oslo Norway. The Installation Arising will continue to grow and will be exhibited in many countries. I very much hope for your participation. - Yoko Ono.  

ARISING PIECE 

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YOKO ONO – PEACE is POWER 

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Items about Yoko Ono and her work can also be found in our museum store. 

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PEACE IS POWER

Ales Bialiatski is a writer and human rights activist from 
Belarus. Bialiatski has fought to protect the Belarusian 
language, identity and culture, and played an important part 
in the democracy movement that emerged in Belarus during the 1980s. 
Today he is imprisoned for the second time, and is one of more than 1,400 political prisoners in Belarus.

NOBODY PLANS TO GIVE UP

The Center for Civil Liberties (CCL) is a Ukrainian human rights 
organization founded in Kyiv in 2007. The Center aims to 
promote democracy, human rights and human dignity. It 
coordinates campaigns, helps to spread information and works 
alongside Ukrainian authorities to develop Ukraine as a fully-fledged
democracy under the rule of law.

M emorial is one of Russia’s oldest and most prominent human 
rights organizations. Memorial’s origins go back to 1987, during the Soviet era. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Andrei Sakharov was one of the initiators. Memorial is both a human rights center and a historical archive of repression in the Soviet period. 

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WHAT DOES A HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION DO?

WHAT DOES A HUMAN RIGHTS|ORGANIZATION DO?

 See the photo story about the human rights defender who became a Nobel Peace Prize laureate

THE STORY OF ALES BIALIATSKI

A HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER IS BORN

Watch the video where Center for CIvil Liberties talk about Tribunal for Putin.

Told through photos and video

THE STORY OF MEMORIAL

FROM MEMORIALS TO HUMAN RIGHTS

For the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate organizations, communication is more than words. The organizations use drawings and visual material in their work.

Instagram post, 21 February 2020 - The organization Ozon publishes a 50-page report on national monitoring of illegal police violence in Ukraine from the period 2004-2018.

Instagram post, 17 April 2020 - Due to the corona pandemic, Ukrainian laws changed quickly and the organization Ozon offers an article with an overview of how the police broke these administrative protocols.

Instagram post, 28 March 2020: The organization Ozon calls on civilians to document evidence of illegal use of force such as unjustified imprisonment and deprivation of liberty in the absence of a crime.

Instagram post, 26 September 2022 - 'Incriminating' videos of arrestees are being published, despite them pleading not guilty.

Instagram post, 17 February 2022 - Information about a live stream where independent journalists spoke about the important work of Memorial after 
the liquidation of the organization. 

Instagram post, 28 December 2021 - The liquidation of the Memorial was decided, but the organization did not give up and appealed the case in the Moscow City Court.

Instagram post, 11 March 2022 - Memorial criticizes the Russian Foreign Ministry's statement to withdraw Russia from the Council of Europe.

Instagram post, 14 October 2022 - "Diaries from World War II are a priceless reminder of the reality of the times of struggle, death and loss. Pages of a diary, dated from October 1941 to August 1943, shows the destruction of the civilian population, the corruption of the occupation authorities, and falsifying science to justify war crimes".

Instagram post, 14 October 2022 - Page from diary dated August 17, 1942: "Today I performed the first revolutionary act of my life: I supported the anti-fascist proclamations".

Instagram post, 14 October 2022 - Page from diary dated 17 November 1941 about the famine disaster of World War II: "I thought of committing suicide and thus freeing my family from an extra".

Instagram post, 3 August 2022 - Illustration by Lily Matveeva in connection with the commemoration of the Great Terror in the Soviet Union, 5 August. On this day in 1937, the punitive campaign began by order 00447: "To suppress criminals and other anti-Soviet elements".

Instagram post, 19 April 2022 - Memorial posts pages of Irina Khoroshunova's diary from World War II: "It's like everything peaceful never existed".

Memorial is calling on supporters to show up and show solidarity at the hearing of the case where state prosecutors want to transfer the organization's premises to the Russian Federation.

Instagram post, 14 October 2022 - Diary page dated 9 November 1941: "Some people don't have to feel their hunger".

Instagram post, 9 May 2022 - Every year at the end of April, Memorial selects the winner of the school competition "Man in History", where teenagers are encouraged to explore the history of their relatives, ancestors and about their cities - to understand what the twentieth century was like in Russia. The 2022 competition was canceled due to the liquidation of Memorial.

Instagram post, 22 February 2022 - Memorial invites press to conference on the appeal against their liquidation decided by the Supreme Court in Moscow.

Instagram post, 5 April 2022 - Announcement that the Memorial human rights center was to be liquidated.

Facebook post, 24 August 2022 - "Tribunal for Putin" documents war crimes committed in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. The initiative works with the UN, the Council of Europe, the EU, the OSCE and the International Court of Justice to stop the brutality of these crimes.

Instagram post, 18 November 2022 - "Support the six human rights defenders in Viasna. Six of our colleagues are still in prison for their principled position and disagreement with the actions of the authorities".

Instagram post, 13 October 2022 - Artist Olga Yakubovskaya dedicated her work to Ales Bialiatski: "The sun will look into our window too. Freedom for all political prisoners!"

Instagram post, 14 October 2022 - Human rights activists call for Mother's Day greetings for female political prisoners who were separated from their children. At the time, there were 163 female political prisoners in Belarus, and a further 234 women who had been sentenced to house arrest.

Instagram post, 8 September 2022 - Activist Marfa Rabkova, who was sentenced to 15 years, says her last word: "When we express solidarity - we are approaching the arrival of Belarus".

Instagram post, 13 October 2022 - According to Viasna's data, Belarusian judges issued at least 40 fines and 85 arrests against protesters in September. 

Human Rights Defenders in War

Center for Civil Liberties

OUTSTANDING EFFORT IN TIMES OF WAR

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Pro-Navalny protest in the city center of Moscow, Russia.  21 April 2021.  Between January and April 2021, protests against the detention of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny were held in 198 towns and cities across Russia. The 2021 protests were the largest anti-government demonstrations since 2012. The protests were met with police crackdowns. More than 1,600 people taking part in the April 21 countrywide protest were detained.

PRO-NAVALNY PROTEST

Protesters during the Women's March in Washington DC, 2017. The worldwide protest prompted by Donald Trump's misogynistic policy positions has now become an annual event that advocates for progressive legislation and policy regarding human rights: women's rights, immigration reform, the environment, racial equality, LGBTQ+ rights and more.

WOMEN´S MARCH

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THE ARCHIVE OF PUBLIC PROTESTS

"NOBODY PLANS TO GIVE UP"

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THE PEACE PRIZE EXHIBITION 2022

ALFRED NOBEL AND THE STORY BEHIND THE PRIZE

THE BEGINNING OF THE PEACE PRIZE

POST-WAR PERIOD AND COLD WAR

THE MODERN-DAY PEACE PRIZE

Here you can navigate to the different parts of the exhibition. Learn more about Alfred Nobel and the story behind the peace prize, or explore the story of the prize and its evolution since it was first awarded in 1901.

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THE WILL TO CHANGE THE WORLD

In 1922, Nansen received the Nobel Peace Prize for his outstanding humanitarian efforts after the First World War. After the war, Nansen was engaged in international, peace-building initiatives. He earned the Peace Prize for his work to repatriate prisoners of war, his efforts to prevent famine in Russia, his commitment to refugees, and not least his urgent appeal to the world about compassion as a motivating and life-enhancing force.

Compassion in action

How to repatriate 450,000 people?

The prisoners of war

Fridtjof Nansen led the European relief work

The famine

Nansen was the League of Nation's first High Commissioner for Refugees

The refugees

What did Nansen see in Europe after the First World War, and what did he do to help?

Nansen Refugee Award 2021

The Jeel Albena aid organization and Armeen Jubran

Nansen Refugee Award 2019

Azizbek Ashurov

Nansen Refugee Award 2018

Evan Atar Adaha

Nansen Refugee Award 2016

Efi Latsoudi and Hellenic Rescue Team / Konstantinos Mitragas 

Nansen Refugee Award 2013

Angélique Namaika

Five winners of the Nansen Refugee Award the last 10 years

Who are helping refugees today?

Nansen and the Nobel Peace Prize

In 1922, Nansen received the Nobel Peace Prize for his outstanding humanitarian efforts after the First World War. Why did Nansen receive the Nobel Peace Prize, and who continues the humanitarian legacy of Nansen today?

Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov received the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for their fearless struggle for freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia. This exhibition showcases how journalists uncover abuse of power and disinformation in a world where truth, trust and democracy are under attack.

Maria Ressa works to expose abuses of power, violence and authoritarian behaviour in her native country, the Philippines. She heads Rappler, an online media channel for investigative journalism, and is well known as a fearless defender of freedom of expression.

Maria Ressa

Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov is fighting for freedom of expression in Russia under increasingly difficult conditions. For 24 years, he has been editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, Russia's leading independent newspaper.

Dmitry Muratov

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The Peace Prize for Dmitry Muratov seen through the lens of photographer Nanna Heitmann.

THE BATTLE FOR A FREE RUSSIAN PRESS

Hannah Reyes Morales shows how Maria Ressa works to give Filipinos access to facts and independent journalism

THE STRUGGLE FOR TRUTH IN THE PHILIPPINES

The photo series by Hannah Reyes Morales and Nanna Heitmann provides an insight into the Peace Prize laureates' fight for freedom of expression.

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Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov received the 2021 Peace Prize for their fearless struggle for freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia. This exhibition showcases how journalists uncover abuses of power and disinformation in a world where truth, trust and democracy are under attack.

WOMAN - LIFE - FREEDOM

The Peace Prize Exhibition 2023

PEACE is POWER

YOKO ONO

PEACE is POWER

YOKO ONO

NOBODY PLANS TO GIVE UP

THE WILL TO CHANGE THE WORLD

THE WILL TO CHANGE THE WORLD

COMPASSION IN ACTION

The Peace Prize Exhibition 2021

The Peace Prize Exhibition 2021