AltNews journalists Pratik Sinha and Mohammed Zubair and Indian author Harsh Mander have been included in the unofficial shortlist for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize ahead of the announcement of the winner on 7.

AltNews co-founders Pratik Sinha and Mohammed Zubair and Indian author Harsh Mander are among the favorites for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, according to unofficial lists released ahead of Friday’s announcement.

The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced in Oslo, Norway. Before the announcement, predictions are made about who and which organizations are the favorites and the best candidates to win one of the world’s most prestigious awards.

In a report, TIME magazine compiled a list of “some of the favorites to win based on nominations that have been released through Norwegian lawmakers, bookmakers’ predictions, and tips from the Peace Research Institute Oslo.”

The list includes journalists Mr. Sinha and Mr. Zubair, who is “tirelessly fighting misinformation in India”. The Time report said the duo “methodologically debunked rumors and fake news circulating on social media and sparked hate speech.

Mr. Zubair was arrested by the Delhi Police on June 27 for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through his tweets. The TIME article said that Mr. Zubair’s arrest was condemned by journalists around the world who “argued that it was retaliation for his fact-checking work.”

2022 Nobel Peace Prize

There are about 343 candidates – 251 are individuals and 92 are organizations – in the running for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2022.

• Other names, according to TIME, that are favorites to win the Nobel for peace are Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the World Health Organization
• Russia’s jailed opposition leader and anti-corruption activist Alexey Navalny
• Swedish climate activist Greta Thunburg
• Tuvalu’s foreign minister Simon Kofe
• Broadcaster and biologist David Attenborough
• Myanmar National Unity Government.
• Uyghur activist Ilham Tohti
• Hong Kong pro-democracy advocate Nathan Law Kwun-chung
• The Kyiv Independent
• The European Convention on Human Rights
• The Center for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS)

The winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced at 11 am local time on 7 October in Oslo.

– Amrin Ahmed

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