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Japanese Nihon Hidankyo Association, a grassroots movement survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, won a prize on Friday Nobel peace.

“Hibakusha receives the Peace Prize for his efforts to create a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through his testimony that nuclear weapons should never be used again“said the Norwegian Committee Nobel.

Witnesses to the only two nuclear bombs ever used in the conflict have dedicated their lives to the fight for a world free of nuclear weapons.

Hibakusha help us describe the indescribable, think the unthinkable, and somehow understand the unfathomable pain and suffering caused by nuclear weapons“said the committee.

The anti-nuclear weapons coalition said Friday it hopes the Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded to Japan’s Nihon Hidankyo. counter the apathy around the growing risk of its use.

The Geneva-based International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) received the 2017 Peace Prize for its efforts to promote compliance with the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Daniel Hoogsta, the organization’s deputy director, told Reuters he was “absolutely delighted” with Nihon Hidankyo, which represents survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

“It couldn’t have happened at a better time.”he stated.

“That is, it is generally accepted that the risk of using nuclear weapons right now is as high or perhaps even higher than ever.”

He referred to the war in Ukraine, where Russia warned that growing Western interference The danger that it might resort to nuclear weapons is growing.

“But unfortunately there is too much apathy,” Hoogsta said. “And what the Nihon Hidankyo showed us, and why this award is so important, is that people and political leaders must be motivated to act.”