The Black Lives Matter movement nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize
A protester holds a "Black Lives Matter" flag during a protest at the State Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, January 20, 2021. AP - Rich Pedroncelli
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The movement against racial inequalities Black Lives Matter, which was rekindled last year by the death of black American George Floyd, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by a Norwegian parliamentarian.
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Founded in 2013 in the United States, the Black Lives Matter movement "
has become one of the most powerful movements in the world against racial injustice,
" said Petter Eide, MP for the Socialist Left (SV) in Norway, on Saturday.
"
It started a few years ago in the United States (...) then spread to many other countries, strengthening awareness of the importance of the fight against racial injustice
", a- he continued.
After the death of George Floyd
, a black American killed by a white policeman in May 2020 in the United States during a police arrest, Black Lives Matter has called on many institutions around the world to demand change and better representation .
According to Petter Eide, he "
opened the debate and (attracted) attention in many countries
".
Tens of thousands of people (parliamentarians and ministers from all countries, former laureates, some university professors, etc.) are entitled to submit a candidacy for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Applications, which must be sent out by the Jan.31 deadline, are usually kept secret unless their promoters choose to disclose their choice.
We know that the controversial founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange, a trio of Belarusian opponents led by
Svetlana Tikhanovskaïa
, organizations working for vaccination (Cepi and Gavi) or freedom of the press (RSF and CPJ), the international network IFCN “fact-checkers” or even former US President Donald Trump have also been proposed.
The Nobel will be awarded in early October.
Last year, he crowned the World Food Program (WFP).
(With
AFP
)
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