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DOXA became a laureate of the international Student Peace Prize
DOXA has won the Student Peace Prize, an award given on behalf of all Norwegian students to students working for peace, human rights and democracy. Since 1999, it has been awarded to students and student organizations that have made a special contribution to the defense of these values.
The Prize is awarded in cooperation with SAIH (Foundation for International Student and Academic Aid), NSO (Norwegian Student Organization) and the Prize Secretary.
“DOXA received the award for its courageous work exposing corruption and sexualized harassment at universities, documenting government persecution, and combating government disinformation. The Prize Committee hopes that the award will bring more attention to the work of DOXA, and wants to highlight the important role of students in the fight against the authoritarian tendencies that we see in Russia,” the Student Peace Prize Committee said in a statement.
The DOXA editors sincerely thank the award committee for their trust. It is a great honor for us to receive this particular award as the first award in five years of work. This means that our struggle for the rights of students, political prisoners and freedom of speech did not go unnoticed.
However, honoring Russian media during Russian military aggression against Ukraine may be perceived ambiguously by people affected by Russian actions.
We call on our readers and the international community to prioritize the contribution of Ukrainian and Belarusian students to the fight against authoritarianism and war. We are confident that such publications as the Belarusian magazine Studentskaya Dumka and the Ukrainian left-wing magazine Spilne , created by students of the Kiev-Mohyla Academy, deserve the attention and recognition of the whole world.
No war.
More about the Student Peace Prize
The Student Peace Prize is intended as a response to the Nobel Peace Prize, which is usually awarded to presidents, leaders and large human rights organizations. During this time, students and young activists rarely receive the international attention they deserve.
The Student Peace Prize helps these activists gain recognition and international attention for their fight for human rights and democracy.
In past years, 12 students and student organizations have won the Student Peace Prize from Libya, Myanmar, East Timor, Zimbabwe, Colombia, Thailand, Myanmar, Western Sahara, Croatia, Iran, Bahrain, South Africa and Turkey.