Hindi English Translation || Editorial || Peace, Prize, politics: On 2022 Peace Nobel

Peace, Prize, politics: On 2022 Peace Nobel

The Nobel can strengthen (मजबूत करना, शक्ति बढ़ना) the voices of peace and human rights globally

By choosing a Belarusian human rights campaigner and two civil liberty (स्वतंत्रता, स्वाधीनता, अधिकार)-focused organisations from Ukraine and Russia for this year’s Nobel Prize for Peace, the Norwegian Committee has once again offered its redoubtable (Worthy of respect as well as feared) support for voices that are critical of the authoritarianism (अधिनायकवाद, तानाशाही) and militarism of Moscow and its allies. This is the second year in a row that Russians who demand accountability (जवाबदेही) and respect for human rights from authorities have been chosen for the Prize. In 2021, Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the Russian Novaya Gazeta, one of the few independent newspapers in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, was a co-winner of the Prize for his “efforts to safeguard freedom of expression”. This year, Memorial, an organisation that has been documenting alleged (आरोप लगाना, निश्चयपूर्वक वर्णन करना) state abuses in Russia since 1987, shared the Prize with Ales Bialiatski, the Belarusian activist, and the Center for Civil Liberties (CCL) in Ukraine. Memorial is one of the few independent NGOs in Russia that continue to demand accountability from the country’s rulers. It has a database of both the victims and perpetrators (अपराधकर्ता, मुजरिम) of state abuses that date back to the Stalin era. Mr. Bialiatski, who is the founder of the rights group called Viasna (Spring), has been campaigning for democracy in Belarus since the 1980s. The CCL, which was founded to promote democracy in Ukraine, is known for documenting Russia’s alleged war crimes in Ukraine.

Of the three recipients, Mr. Bialiatski and Memorial continue to face the wrath (क्रोध, नाराज़गी) of the state. Mr. Bialiatski was jailed from 2011 to 2014 by the regime (प्रशासन, शासन) of Aleksandr Lukashenko. When street protests broke out across the country in 2020 after the disputed presidential election in which Mr. Lukashenko “won” a sixth term, authorities arrested Mr. Bialiatski again. He is currently in jail without trial. Memorial, founded in the Soviet Union’s internal reform period, has had several run-ins with the Putin administration. Last year, the NGO was disbanded (उखड़ना, तोड़ना, भंग करना) by a Moscow court and last week, a judge ruled in favour of the seizure (जब्ती, अभिग्रहण, गिरफ़्तारी) of the organisation’s office by the authorities. CCL, founded in 2007, rose to prominence (प्रमुखता, शोहरत) in Ukraine’s 2014 pro-western Maidan protests that brought down the pro-Russian government of Viktor Yanukovych. Since the February 24 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the CCL has been documenting Russia’s alleged atrocities (अत्याचार, क्रूरता). The Peace Prize has often been criticised as a political award shorn of credibility, but it could strengthen the voices of peace and human rights globally.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.Strengthen (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - मजबूत करना, शक्ति बढ़ना
English Meaning - Make or become stronger.

2.Liberty (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - स्वतंत्रता, स्वाधीनता, अधिकार
English Meaning - Freedom from control or restrictions.

3.Accountability (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - जवाबदेही
English Meaning - The fact or condition of being accountable; responsibility.

4.Authoritarianism (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - अधिनायकवाद, तानाशाही
English Meaning - The idea of believing that the people with power, especially the state have the power to control other people's actions.

5.Perpetrator (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - अपराधकर्ता, मुजरिम
English Meaning - A person who carries out a harmful, illegal, or immoral act.

6.Allege (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - आरोप लगाना, निश्चयपूर्वक वर्णन करना
English Meaning - To assert without proof

7.Wrath (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - क्रोध, नाराज़गी
English Meaning - Extreme anger.

8.Regime (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - प्रशासन, शासन
English Meaning - A system of government.

9.Disband (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - उखड़ना, तोड़ना, भंग करना
English Meaning - To dissolve

10.Seizure (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - जब्ती, अभिग्रहण, गिरफ़्तारी
English Meaning - The process of taking possession of something by legal process.

11.Prominence (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - प्रमुखता, शोहरत
English Meaning - The state of being important or famous.

12.Atrocity (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - अत्याचार, क्रूरता
English Meaning - A situation or act of shocking cruelty.

13.Redoubtable (Noun)

English Meaning - Worthy of respect as well as feared.