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By Archis Chowdhury On March 15, 2023, multiple mainstream media outlets in India quoted Asle Toje, Deputy Leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, as saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was 'the biggest contender for the Nobel Peace Prize'. BOOM found these reports to be false, with Toje being grossly misquoted on his comments on Modi. While he praised Modi's leadership, and acknowledged India's role as a global peace broker, when asked by reporters on Modi's prospects at winning the Peace Prize, Toje simply said, "I hope every leader in every nation is inspired to do the work that is ne...
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By Rohini Chatterji Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, Russian human rights organisation Memorial and Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee made the announcement saying, said each of them represented civil society in their home countries and strived to protect the fundamental rights of citizens. "They have made an outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power. Together they demonstrate the ...
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By Archis Chowdhury Recently, Time magazine published its 'list of favourites' for the Nobel Peace Prize 2022, which featured the names of Indian fact-checkers Pratik Sinha and Mohammed Zubair - who are the co-founders of fact-checking website Alt News. While many social media users took to Twitter to congratulate the duo on their nomination, there was also a backlash against Time, with many questioning the credibility of the article. The latter group shared screenshots of the nomination procedure from the official website of Nobel Prize, which mentioned that the names of the nominees are not ...
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Stacey Abrams, a voting rights advocate, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Abrams appeared on a 40-minute episode of Pharrell Williams‘ podcast OTHERtone, where Williams praised Abrams for her advocacy efforts. “If there ever really was an American dream, it’s you,” Williams said. “It really is.” Abrams was nominated by Socialist Party member of Norway’s parliament, Lars Haltbrekken, because her “work follows in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s footsteps in the fight for equality before the law and for civil rights,” according to Haltbrekken. “Abrams’ effort to complete King’s work are...
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President Donald Trump was nominated Wednesday for the Nobel Peace Prize by a right wing politician, sparking a social media battle between conservatives and liberals. Norwegian Parliament member Christian Tybring-Gjedde nominated Trump for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, citing his role in restoring relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The news follows Israel’s halted efforts to annex territory in the West Bank. The UAE also ended its boycott against Israel with a trade deal.Trump fans on Twitter applauded the president on Twitter, while left-wing Americans mocked the choi...
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