Nobel Peace Prize winner warns nuclear disaster is inevitable as long as atomic bombs exist
7 years, 3 months ago

Nobel Peace Prize winner warns nuclear disaster is inevitable as long as atomic bombs exist

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy As long as atomic bombs exist, a disaster is inevitable, the head of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, said on Saturday. “We are facing a clear choice right now: The end of nuclear weapons or the end of us,” Beatrice Fihn told a news conference at the Norwegian Nobel Committee. “An impulsive tantrum, a calculated military escalation, a terrorist or cyberattack or a complete accident - we will see the use of nuclear weapons unless they are eliminated,” she warned. If you’re not comfortable with Donald Trump having nuclear weapons, then you are not comfortable with nuclear weapons,” Ms Fihn said.

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Japanese atomic bomb survivors say Nobel Peace Prize gives fresh impetus to disarmament push
3 months ago

Japanese atomic bomb survivors say Nobel Peace Prize gives fresh impetus to disarmament push

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki said receiving a Nobel Peace Prize has given them a fresh incentive to campaign for nuclear disarmament ahead of the 80th anniversary of the 1945 attacks. Tanaka, 92, was speaking at a press conference in Tokyo on Tuesday after returning from Oslo where he accepted the Nobel Peace …

Nagasaki survivor accepts Nobel Peace Prize and calls for world free from nuclear weapons
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Nagasaki survivor accepts Nobel Peace Prize and calls for world free from nuclear weapons

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A survivor of the 1945 …

Japanese survivor of atomic bomb recalls its horrors in Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Japanese survivor of atomic bomb recalls its horrors in Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech

Associated Press  

OSLO, Norway — A 92-year-old Japanese man who lived through the American atomic bombing of Nagasaki described on Tuesday the agony he witnessed in 1945, including the charred corpses of his loved ones and the ruins of his city, as he accepted this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on his organization’s behalf. “The nuclear superpower Russia threatens to use nuclear weapons …

Putin not aware of nuke weapons' threat: Nagasaki survivor before Nobel ceremony
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Putin not aware of nuke weapons' threat: Nagasaki survivor before Nobel ceremony

India Today  

Russian President Vladimir Putin does not truly understand the destructive power of nuclear weapons, a 92-year-old survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki said on Monday, on the eve of his Japanese survivors' group receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. This year's Nobel Peace Prize was won by Nihon Hidankyo, a group of now elderly survivors of the US atomic bombing …

Nobel laureate warns Putin about danger of nuclear weapons
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Nobel laureate warns Putin about danger of nuclear weapons

Raw Story  

This year's Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Japan's atomic bomb survivors' group Nihon Hidankyo, on Monday urged Russia to stop issuing nuclear threats in a bid to prevail in its war in Ukraine. "President Putin, I don't think he truly understands what nuclear weapons are for human beings," said Terumi Tanaka, the 92-year-old co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo and a survivor of …

Nobel Peace Prize winner urges Putin to understand the destructiveness of nuclear weapons
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Nobel Peace Prize winner urges Putin to understand the destructiveness of nuclear weapons

Associated Press  

OSLO, Norway — Terumi Tanaka, a survivor of the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan and the representative of an organization that won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, called on Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday to stop making nuclear threats. Asked by a reporter if he had a message for Putin, Tanaka said that the Russian leader’s repeated nuclear threats …

Nobel Reminder of the Peril of Nukes: Nihon Hidankyo's Historic Win
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Nobel Reminder of the Peril of Nukes: Nihon Hidankyo's Historic Win

Hindustan Times  

The Nobel Peace Prize for Nihon Hidankyo recognizes the devastating impact of nuclear weapons and the urgent need to address the proliferation and adventurism of these destructive weapons. The prize shines a spotlight on the victims of nuclear attacks and the international community's collective responsibility to work towards a world free from nuclear threats.

Nihon Hidankyo: Japanese nuclear bomb survivors’ group wins Nobel Peace Prize 2024
5 months, 2 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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A Japanese organization of atomic bombing survivors wins the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize
5 months, 2 weeks ago

A Japanese organization of atomic bombing survivors wins the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize

NPR  

A Japanese organization of atomic bombing survivors wins the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize toggle caption STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images A Japanese anti-nuclear weapons group made up of survivors of the atomic bombings in Japan during World War II has won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it has awarded the Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo "for …

Allies of Donald Trump are pushing for the first nuclear tests in three decades
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Allies of Donald Trump are pushing for the first nuclear tests in three decades

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Last month, Trump’s former national security adviser Robert …

Hiroshima Day: Why scientist Oppenheimer and survivor Setsuko both advocated a world free of nuclear terror
1 year, 7 months ago

Hiroshima Day: Why scientist Oppenheimer and survivor Setsuko both advocated a world free of nuclear terror

Firstpost  

Saturday, 18 February 1967, was a cold day on the East Coast. Nearly ten years after Hiroshima, on 8 January 1955 in an NBC documentary, The Decision to Drop the Bomb, Oppenheimer, who served his country at tremendous personal cost famously quoted the ‘Bhagavad Gita’ describing the first detonation of a nuclear weapon as “the destroyer of worlds”. Nearly two …

Hiroshima Mayor calls nuclear deterrence 'folly' as city marks 78th anniversary of atomic bombing
1 year, 7 months ago

Hiroshima Mayor calls nuclear deterrence 'folly' as city marks 78th anniversary of atomic bombing

The Hindu  

Hiroshima officials criticized growing support for nuclear weapons as a detterent resulting from uneasiness over Russia's war in Ukraine and tensions in the Koreas, commenting on August 6 as the city remembered the atomic bombing of 78 years ago. Japan is set to commemorate on August 6 and 9 the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, …

Hiroshima mayor calls nuclear deterrence ‘folly’ as city marks 78th anniversary of atomic bombing
1 year, 7 months ago

Hiroshima mayor calls nuclear deterrence ‘folly’ as city marks 78th anniversary of atomic bombing

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Hiroshima officials criticized growing support for nuclear weapons as a detterent resulting from uneasiness over Russia’s war in Ukraine and tensions in the Koreas, commenting Sunday as the city remembered the atomic bombing of 78 years ago. The leaders issued a joint statement calling for the continued non-use of nuclear weapons, but they also justified having such arms …

Hiroshima mayor calls nuclear deterrence 'folly' as city marks 78th anniversary of atomic bombing
1 year, 7 months ago

Hiroshima mayor calls nuclear deterrence 'folly' as city marks 78th anniversary of atomic bombing

The Independent  

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Last survivors of Hiroshima bombing watch as Biden pays tribute, but issues no apology
1 year, 10 months ago

Last survivors of Hiroshima bombing watch as Biden pays tribute, but issues no apology

LA Times  

The patter of rain had subsided on a gray Friday morning as President Biden and other Group of 7 leaders arrived at the Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, the first of two Japanese cities where American planes dropped atomic bombs in August 1945, laying waste to both and leading to the end of World War II. But Putin’s threat of …

Kim warns N. Korea would 'preemptively' use nuclear weapons
2 years, 10 months ago

Kim warns N. Korea would 'preemptively' use nuclear weapons

The Independent  

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Nuclear weapons offer protection against meaningful opposition — and Vladimir Putin knows it
3 years ago

Nuclear weapons offer protection against meaningful opposition — and Vladimir Putin knows it

ABC  

For a couple of hours last Friday the world seemed plunged into an existential danger not felt since the meltdown of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant back in the 1980s. The nuclear effect is being felt in Ukraine The lesson of Russia's invasion of Ukraine is the possession alone of nuclear weapons offers those countries that have them virtual immunity …

UN chief: World is living in `shadow of nuclear catastrophe'
4 years, 5 months ago

UN chief: World is living in `shadow of nuclear catastrophe'

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Without naming any countries, Guterres said programs to modernize …

Men like Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump should not have the world’s faith placed in them
6 years, 10 months ago

Men like Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump should not have the world’s faith placed in them

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Beatrice Fihn is executive director of ICAN, winners of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. CNN — The world could only sit passively by this week as two men toyed with the fate of humanity, on the flawed assumption that Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un had our collective best interests at heart. He lives within range of conventional …

Trump's Nuclear Threat Warrants Removal From Office
7 years, 2 months ago

Trump's Nuclear Threat Warrants Removal From Office

Huff Post  

SAUL LOEB via Getty Images Donald Trump’s veiled threat to use nuclear weapons against North Korea is not only horrifying, but also illegal. The ominous tweet follows Trump’s promise last summer that North Korean threats would be “met with fire and fury,” a phrase that found its way into the title of Michael Wolff’s explosive new book. Jeffrey Lewis, an …

Nobel laureate: There is one way to prevent nuclear war (Opinion)
7 years, 3 months ago

Nobel laureate: There is one way to prevent nuclear war (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Ira Helfand, a medical doctor, is a member of the international steering group of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, the recipient of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. CNN — In awarding this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, the Nobel committee has chosen to shine a powerful light on the …

Group opposing nuclear weapons wins Nobel peace prize
7 years, 5 months ago

Group opposing nuclear weapons wins Nobel peace prize

Associated Press  

OSLO, Norway — The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, a forceful show of support for a grassroots effort that seeks to pressure the world’s nuclear powers to give up the weapons that could destroy the planet. In a statement issued after the Nobel was announced, the U.S. reiterated its position that the …

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons wins Nobel Peace Prize 2017
7 years, 5 months ago

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons wins Nobel Peace Prize 2017

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The International Campaign to Abolish …

Today’s Nobel Peace Prize winners were not impressed with Theresa May’s approach to nuclear weapons
7 years, 5 months ago

Today’s Nobel Peace Prize winners were not impressed with Theresa May’s approach to nuclear weapons

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. After months of frightening threats from …

And the Nobel Peace Prize 2017 Goes to Anti-Nuclear NGO ICAN
7 years, 5 months ago

And the Nobel Peace Prize 2017 Goes to Anti-Nuclear NGO ICAN

The Quint  

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2017 to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. The organisation is receiving the award for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons. Some states …

International Campaign To Abolish Nuclear Weapons Wins 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
7 years, 5 months ago

International Campaign To Abolish Nuclear Weapons Wins 2017 Nobel Peace Prize

NPR  

International Campaign To Abolish Nuclear Weapons Wins 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Enlarge this image toggle caption Stephane De Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images Stephane De Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, or ICAN, a global organization seeking to "outlaw and eliminate all nuclear weapons" under international law. The committee praised ICAN …

Nobel Peace Prize 2017 awarded to International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons: All you should know about it
7 years, 5 months ago

Nobel Peace Prize 2017 awarded to International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons: All you should know about it

India Today  

The Nobel Peace Prize 2017 has been conferred to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. BREAKING NEWS The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons @nuclearban #NobelPrize pic.twitter.com/I5PUiQfFzs- The Nobel Prize October 6, 2017 The press release by nobelprize.org states, "The Norwegian Nobel Committee is aware that an international legal prohibition will …

Should we really be so afraid of a nuclear North Korea?
8 years, 1 month ago

Should we really be so afraid of a nuclear North Korea?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The common thinking is that …

The Anthropocene is a nuclear epoch – so how can we survive it?
8 years, 3 months ago

The Anthropocene is a nuclear epoch – so how can we survive it?

The Independent  

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Experts warn the 'nuclear age' is set to get more dangrous and could wipe us out entirely
8 years, 3 months ago

Experts warn the 'nuclear age' is set to get more dangrous and could wipe us out entirely

Daily Mail  

The era in which we live is now officially described as an atomic Anthropocene or the 'age of humans', an epoch defined by humans' impact on the planet – and one of its most distinctive features is radiation. There has also been a shift in attitude towards the abolition of nuclear weapons this year; a UN referendum on nuclear disarmament …

Nuclear terrorism fears loom over Obama’s final atomic summit
8 years, 11 months ago

Nuclear terrorism fears loom over Obama’s final atomic summit

The Hindu  

Just as fears of nuclear terrorism are rising, U.S. President Barack Obama’s drive to lock down vulnerable atomic materials worldwide seems to have lost momentum and could slow further. With less than 10 months left in office to follow through on one of his signature foreign policy initiatives, Mr. Obama will convene leaders from more than 50 countries in Washington …

Ending nuclear evil
13 years, 8 months ago

Ending nuclear evil

Al Jazeera  

The only obstacle faced in abolishing nuclear weapons is a lack of political will, which can – and must – be overcome. Archbishop Desmond Tutu is a Nobel Peace laureate and supporter of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Japan’s Fukushima power plant has served as a reminder that events thought unlikely can – and do – happen Eliminating …

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