Nobel peace committee alarmed that taboo against nuclear weapons ‘under pressure’

The Norwegian Nobel Committee said Friday it was alarmed that the taboo against the use of nuclear weapons was “under pressure,” as it awarded the Japanese anti-nuclear group Nihon Hidankyo the Nobel Peace Prize.

“The extraordinary efforts of Nihon Hidankyo … have contributed greatly to the establishment of the nuclear taboo. It is therefore alarming that today this taboo against the use of nuclear weapons is under pressure,” Jorgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, told a press conference where he announced the winner of this year’s prize.