Navalny, WHO, Thunberg and Trump among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize
Greta Thunberg (left), Alexei Navalny (centre), and Donald Trump (right). File photos: Reuters Reuters, Oslo Reuters, Oslo
Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, the World Health Organization, and climate campaigner Greta Thunberg are among those nominated for this year s Nobel Peace Prize, all backed by Norwegian lawmakers who have a track record of picking the winner.
Other nominees include former US President Donald Trump, NATO and the UN refugee agency (UNHCR).
Also on the list is Aminatou Haidar, for her peaceful campaigning towards an independent Western Sahara, the International Space Station and the International Scout Movement.
Alexei Navalny, nominated by Russian academics, was named for his “efforts for a peaceful democratisation of Russia” by Norwegian former minister Ola Elvestuen.
Brazilian journalist Cristina Tardáguila wants to build a global army of fact-checkers in Latin America and the Caribbean.“Anyone can become a fact-checker,” said Tardáguila, associate director of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN).
“We can even take it one step further, everybody can and should become a fact-checker. Because fact-checkers will not solve this issue [of disinformation] by themselves. If the capacity of assessing the veracity of content isn’t widely spread in our society, then we are going to be in trouble,” Tardáguila said.
Cristina Tardáguila (Photo: Leo Aversa)
And she is in a hurry to form that army of fact-checkers because of the huge problems of disinformation surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.