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Origin On Jan. 30, 2021, Snopes readers sought information to confirm or deny whether the Black Lives Matter movement — an international collection of groups advocating against racism in policing — was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. The answer was yes, a Norwegian member of parliament nominated the movement for the award in late January, according to multiple reputable news outlets and the movement’s official Twitter account. Confirming that announcement, The Guardian reported on Jan. 29: In his nomination papers, the Norwegian [member of parliament] Petter Eide said the movement ha...

Summary In its annual progress report, the Monitoring Committee takes stock of its activities since January 2020 and assesses the progress made by the 11 countries under the Assembly’s full monitoring procedure, and by the 3 countries engaged in a post monitoring dialogue, in honouring their obligations and commitments to the Council of Europe. It welcomes progress made and expresses concerns at setbacks and addresses specific recommendations to the countries concerned. In this reporting period, the committee prepared reports on “The functioning of democratic institutions in Poland” on...

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Black Lives Matter nominated for Nobel Peace Prize  | Print this article A member of the Norwegian Parliament nominated Black Lives Matter for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, lauding the movement for its calls for systemic change during summer 2020. Petter Eide of the Socialist Left Party said in his nomination papers that the movement had a hand in forcing countries outside the United States to combat racism and inequality in their respective societies, according to the Following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody in May, Black Lives Matter soared in internatio...

Eide, who has previously nominated human rights activists from Russia and China for the prize, said one other thing that impressed him about the Black Lives Matter movement was the way “they have been able to mobilise people from all groups of society, not just African-Americans, not just oppressed people, it has been a broad movement, in a way which has been different from their predecessors.” Nominations for the Nobel peace prize are accepted from any politician serving at a national level, and they are allowed just 2,000 words to state their case. The deadline for this year’s submiss...