How is the Nobel Peace Prize decided?

The recipients of this year’s prize, who is from Japan, claim that they deserve respect.

Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement in Japan that fights to end nuclear weapons, has received the Nobel Peace Prize.

It includes Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombing survivors.

Toshiyuki Mimaki, the group’s leader, claims that Gaza’s residents should have won in the end.

So, what’s behind the Nobel Committee’s decision?

Presenter: Tom McRae

Guests:

Asmund Aukrust – Member of Parliament for Norway’s Labour Party

Lex Takkenberg, senior adviser for the non-profit Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development

Source: Aljazeera