Alt News Pratik Sinha, Mohammed Zubair contenders for Nobel Peace Prize

Cofounders of fact checking website AltNews Pratik Sinha and Mohammed Zubair and Indian author Harsh Mander are among the favourites to win this yearrsquos Nobel Peace Prize according to shortlists released ahead of the announcementThe Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on October 7 in Oslo Norway Ahead of the announcement predictions are being made about who and which organisations are the favourites and toprunners to win one of the most prestigious global honoursThe Time magazine in a report compiled a list of ldquosome of the favourites to win based on nominations that were made public via Norwegian lawmakers predictions from bookmakers and picks from the Peace Research Institute Oslordquo The list includes journalists Sinha and Zubair who have relentlessly been battling misinformation in Indiardquo The Time report said that the duo has ldquomethodologically debunked rumors and fake news circulating on social media and called out hate speechZubair was arrested by the Delhi Police on June 27 for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through his tweetsThe Time article notes that Zubairrsquos arrest was condemned by journalists around the world who ldquoargued it was retribution for his factchecking workrdquo The Time list of favourites also includes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy the UN Refugee Agency Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya the World Health Organisation Russiarsquos jailed opposition leader and anticorruption activist Alexey Navalny and Swedish climate activist Greta ThunburgThe Peace Research Institute Oslo PRIO director Henrik Urdal also released his annual shortlist of probable Peace laureates His list includes Mander and the campaign he launched in 2017 lsquoKarwaneMohabbatrsquo Urdal also names Sinha and Zubair as ldquoother worthy candidates for a prize focused on combating religious extremism and intolerancerdquo in IndialdquoReligious extremism helps justify discrimination and violence and stokes tensions between groups that can result in armed conflictMaking a significant contribution to fighting religious extremism and promoting interreligious dialogue is therefore a compelling rationale for being awarded a Nobel Peace Prize A worthy recipient of such a prize is Harsh Mander along with the campaign he launched in 2017 KarwaneMohabbat Caravan of Loverdquordquo according to Urdalrsquos shortlistldquoMander is an important voice for religious tolerance and dialogue and his campaign an important rallying point for those who oppose interreligious conflict and violencerdquoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever