new delhi this years nobel peace prize has been awarded jointly to jailed belarusian human rights advocate ales bialiatski the russian human rights organisation memorial and the ukrainian human rights organisation center for civil libertiesthe norwegian nobel committee wishes to honour three outstanding champions of human rights democracy and peaceful coexistence in the neighbour countries belarus russia and ukraine said committee chair berit reissandersenread alsoales bialiatski veteran rights defender in authoritarian belarusmoscow ales bialiatski the head of belarus rights group viasna who was jailed last year won the nobel peace prize in the wake of historic demonstrations and a severe crackdown in his exsoviet country the 60yearold was arrested in july last year on charges of tax evasion a move that criticsannie ernaux of france wins nobel prize for literatureannie ernaux of france has won this years nobel prize for literature the swedish academy announced on thursday ernaux 82 was cited for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory the nobel committee saidshe also called on belarus to release bialiatski from prisona week of nobel prize announcements kicked off monday with swedish scientist svante paabo receiving the award in medicine for unlocking secrets of neanderthal dna that provided key insights into our immune systemthree scientists jointly won the prize in physics tuesday frenchman alain aspect american john f clauser and austrian anton zeilinger had shown that tiny particles can retain a connection with each other even when separated a phenomenon known as quantum entanglement that can be used for specialized computing and to encrypt informationthe nobel prize in chemistry was awarded wednesday to americans carolyn r bertozzi and k barry sharpless and danish scientist morten meldal for developing a way of snapping molecules together that can be used to explore cells map dna and design drugs that can target diseases such as cancer more preciselyfrench author annie ernaux won this years nobel prize in literature the panel commended her for blending fiction and autobiography in books that fearlessly mine her experiences as a workingclass woman to explore life in france since the 1940sthe 2022 nobel prize in economics will be announced on mondaythe prizes carry a cash award of 10 million swedish kronor nearly 900000 and will be handed out on dec 10 the money comes from a bequest left by the prizes creator swedish inventor alfred nobel in 1895with agency inputs