Trump accepted the medal and called it a “wonderful gesture of mutual respect”. However, the Nobel Institute clarified that the prize itself cannot be transferred to another person.

Winner 2024: Nihon HidankyoNihon Hidankyo, a Japanese grassroots organisation of atomic bomb survivors, won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating, through survivors’ testimonies, why nuclear weapons must never be used again. Founded in 1956, the organisation brought together survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, known as Hibakusha, along with victims of nuclear weapons tests in the Pacific.

It became Japan’s largest and most representative organisation of atomic bomb survivors. The US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, killing approximately 120,000 people immediately.

A comparable number later died from burn and radiation injuries. Many survivors faced years of suffering while their experiences remained concealed or ignored.

Nihon Hidankyo works to protect the social and economic rights of survivors, including those living outside Japan, and to prevent anyone else from experiencing a similar catastrophe. Through personal testimonies and educational campaigns, it has highlighted the devastating humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons.

Winner 2023: Narges MohammadiIranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her efforts to promote human rights and freedom. Mohammadi, who was imprisoned in Tehran’s Evin prison when the award was announced in October 2023, had spent more than two decades campaigning for women’s rights.

She joined the Defenders of Human Rights Center in 2003 and later campaigned against the death penalty, while criticising the Iranian authorities’ use of torture and sexual violence. Her activism came at a personal cost.

She was arrested 13 times and sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes. From prison, Mohammadi supported the protests that erupted across Iran in 2022 following the death of Mahsa Jina Amini, a young Kurdish woman who died after being detained by Iran’s morality police over her head covering.

The authorities cracked down on the demonstrations, with more than 500 people killed, thousands injured and at least 20,000 arrested, according to the Nobel Committee. Mohammadi said the award would strengthen her resolve, vowing to continue striving for “democracy, freedom and equality”.

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