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Black Lives Matter Movement Proposed For Nobel Peace Prize

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Jan 30, 2021.

Black Lives Matter Movement Suggested For Nobel Peace Prize

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Black Lives Matter, a movement which became a rallying cry after the killing by US police of an unarmed black man, has been proposed for the Nobel Peace Prize, a Norwegian Member of Parliament said on Saturday.

Founded in the United States in 2013, the movement received an impetus in May after George Floyd died. A white policeman had knelt on Floyd’s neck for eight minutes ignoring Floyd’s pleas that he couldn’t breathe.

The incident fuelled protests in the United States that spilled to other countries around the world.

“This movement has become one of the strongest global movements for working with racial injustice.

“They have also been spread to many many countries, building up… awareness on the importance of fighting racial injustice,” Petter Eide, a socialist lawmaker who proposed BLM for the Peace Prize, told AFP.

Tens of thousands of people, including Members of Parliament and ministers from all countries, former Nobel laureates, and distinguished academics, can propose candidates for the various Nobel prizes, including the Nobel Peace Prize.

AFP reports that the deadline ends on Sunday.

Several other names have been mooted for the Peace Prize including controversial Wikileaks founder and whistleblower Julian Assange, former US President Donald Trump, media rights group RSF, and a trio of Belarusian opposition leaders led by Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.

The Nobel prizes will be announced at the start of October. Last year’s Nobel peace prize went to the World Food Programme, the United Nations food agency.

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