SALISBURY CND WELCOMES NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR NUCLEAR BOMB SURVIVORS, THE HIBAKUSHA

SALISBURY campaigners have welcomed news of a Nobel Peace Prize for their friends in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The Salisbury Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) campaigns to rid the world of nuclear weapons and each year floats a number of lanterns down the Avon, including many bearing messages from survivors of the blasts – known as the Hibakusha.

Earlier this month, it was announced Nihon Hidankyo – a Japanese grassroots movement dedicated to banning nuclear weapons – had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.