Setsuko Thurlow will be in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 10 to jointly accept the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of this year’s laureate, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). The 85-year-old Toronto resident is a Hibakusha — a survivor of the atomic attacks on Japan in 1945. Thurlow’s sister, burned and bloated from the blast, lived for four days afterwards. She has spent much of her life since campaigning against nuclear weapons. Her weapon is her words — and her resolve to keep telling the story.

Source: National Post October 26, 2017 17:48 UTC