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Tunisian democracy group receives 2015 Nobel Peace Prize

From left to right Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Crown Prince Haakon, with the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize laureates Abdessattar Ben Moussa, Mohamed Fadhel Mahfoudh, Houcine Abassi, Wided Bouchamaoui , pose with King Harald of Norway and Queen Sonja as they were received at the Royal Palace in Oslo, Wednesday Dec. 10, 2015. The laureates will be presented with their prize later Thursday. (Lise Aaserud / NTB scanpix via AP) NORWAY OUT From left to right Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Crown Prince Haakon, with the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize laureates Abdessattar Ben Moussa, Mohamed Fadhel Mahfoudh, Houcine Abassi, Wided Bouchamaoui , pose with King Harald of Norway and Queen Sonja as they were received at the Royal Palace in Oslo, Wednesday Dec. 10, 2015. The laureates will be presented with their prize later Thursday. (Lise Aaserud / NTB scanpix via AP) NORWAY OUT

By Associated Press December 10, 2015 1 min read

OSLO, Norway (AP) – The Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, which helped build democracy in the country after the 2011 revolution, has received the Nobel Peace Prize.

This year’s award was collected at a ceremony in the Norwegian capital by members of four organizations, representing unions, industry, trade and human rights.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee cited the group for “its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy” after the revolution that overthrew its long-time authoritarian president.

The quartet is made up of four key organizations: the Tunisian General Labor Union; the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts; the Tunisian Human Rights League; and the Tunisian Order of Lawyers.

The Nobel awards in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and the Nobel Memorial Prize in economic sciences, are to be presented in Stockholm later Thursday.