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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Beatrice Fihn, executive director of 2017 Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), poses next to the ICAN logo at their headquarters during an interview with AFP on November 30, 2017 in Geneva. (AFP/Fabrice COFFRINI)
December 6, 2017, 6:59 am
Ban the bomb and nukes will quickly fizzle out, Nobel winner predicts
ICAN head Beatrice Fihn says attitudes can shift quickly, pointing to extinction of indoor smoking in just 10 years
By NIna Larson
Nuclear disarmament group ICAN executive director Beatrice Fihn (L) and member of the steering committee Grethe Ostern celebrate with champagne after ICAN won the Nobel Peace Prize for its decade-long campaign to rid the world of the atomic bomb as nuclear-fueled crises swirl over North Korea and Iran, on October 6, 2017 in Geneva. (AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)
November 30, 2017, 8:45 pm
Ambassadors of Western nuclear powers to snub Nobel ceremony
Head of anti-nuke group set to receive prize says decision by US, UK and France not to send top envoys shows its campaign is working
By AFP
Nuclear disarmament group International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) executive director Beatrice Fihn answers a question during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York on October 9, 2017. (AFP Photo/Jewel Samad)
October 14, 2017, 12:52 am
Nobel peace laureates denounce Trump’s Iran move
Disarmament campaigners awarded this year’s prize say decertifying 2015 agreement ‘increases global risk of nuclear use’
By AFP
In this file photo from September 13, 2017, activists from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) protest against the conflict between North Korea and the USA with masks of North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un, right, and US president Donald Trump, left, in front of the US embassy in Berlin, Germany. (Britta Pedersen/dpa via AP)
October 6, 2017, 6:40 pm
Nobel says to Korea nuke players: We are watching
Historian of prize says granting of award to ICAN meant to nudge US, North Korea toward negotiations, shows ‘coded support’ for Iran deal
By Ted Anthony
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a press conference during a defense ministers meeting at NATO Headquarters in Brussels on February 5, 2015. (AFP Photo/John Thys)
October 6, 2017, 6:29 pm
NATO, Kremlin defend nuclear deterrence after ICAN Nobel win
Calling for ‘verifiable and balanced reduction of nuclear weapons,’ NATO chief warns full disarmament approach irresponsible in light of global security ‘realities’
By AFP and AP
US President Donald Trump speaks during a rally for Alabama Republican Senator Luther Strange in Huntsville, Alabama, on September 22, 2017. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)
October 6, 2017, 5:31 pm
Trump presidency makes people worried about nuclear arms, Nobel winners say
Japanese survivors of Hiroshima, Nagasaki welcome peace prize award for ICAN, urge greater cooperation in bid to rid world of nukes
By AFP
Nuclear disarmament group ICAN executive director Beatrice Fihn (L) and member of the steering committee Grethe Ostern celebrate with champagne after ICAN won the Nobel Peace Prize for its decade-long campaign to rid the world of the atomic bomb as nuclear-fueled crises swirl over North Korea and Iran, on October 6, 2017 in Geneva. (AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)
October 6, 2017, 2:34 pm
Nobel winners say ‘moment is now’ to ban nuclear weapons
Disarmament group ICAN dedicates prize to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, says ‘all nations should reject these weapons completely’
By AFP
In this picture taken on September 13, 2017, activists of the International campaign to abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) wear masks of US President Donald Trump (R) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un as they demonstrate in front of the US embassy in Berlin. (AFP/dpa/Britta Pedersen)
October 6, 2017, 1:10 pm
ICAN: Staunch campaigners for an end to nuclear weapons
Founded a decade ago, Nobel Peace Prize winning group works with NGOs in 101 countries to press governments to get rid of the bomb
By NIna Larson
The chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Berit Reiss-Andersen, announces on October 06, 2017 in Oslo, that the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize goes to the nuclear disarmament group ICAN for its decade-long campaign to rid the world of the atomic bomb as nuclear-fuelled crises swirl over North Korea and Iran. (AFP PHOTO / NTB Scanpix / Heiko JUNGE )
October 6, 2017, 12:17 pm
Anti-nuclear campaign ICAN wins Nobel Peace Prize
Award seen as a message to Trump who wants to rip up Iran agreement, but also no recognition for Iran nuclear deal architects who were the early favorites
By Patrick Galey and TOI staff
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