Harsh Mander, author and founder of the campaign "Karwan-e-Mohabbat", and founders of the the fact-checking website ALT News, Pratik Sinha and Muhammed Zubair, were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
The award-winning Indian author was nominated by the directors of the Peace Research Institute Oslo. The shortlisted names were presented by Henrik Urdal, director of the institute.
The campaign Karwan-e-Mohabbat, meaning “Caravan of Love” was founded by Mander in 2017, to show solidarity to victims of hate crimes.
The institute said in a statement “the situation for Muslims in India has become increasingly difficult”, under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led administration.
“Mander is an important voice for religious tolerance and dialogue," the statement said, adding the campaign is an important rallying point for those opposing inter-religious conflict and violence.
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@AIIndia https://t.co/n5KdOlViKl pic.twitter.com/k8K5XUoBnzSinha and Zubair were also deemed as “worthy candidates” by the institute for making significant contributions with their fact-checking website.
ALT News is famed for debunking various hoaxes, especially the ones aimed at vilifying the Muslim community in India.
Other nominees include Belarussian politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya; Chinese activists Ilham Tohti, Agnes Chow and Nathan Law; human rights activist Nataša Kandić; the Humanitarian Law Centre and two organisations: Human Rights Data Analysis Group and the Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies.
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