2022 Nobel Peace Prize
The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize is an award that will be announced in October 2022 by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo. According to the Nobel Committee, there are 343 candidates for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize out of which 251 are individuals and 92 are organizations. Becoming the second highest number recorded in history Candidates. Reported nominees include the Argentinian pope Pope Francis, British environmentalist David Attenborough, American businessman Keith Krach, American activist Opal Lee, American whistleblower Chelsea Manning, the World Health Organization, the NATO, Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg, Tuvaluan politician Simon Kofe , the National Unity Government of Myanmar, Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, Iranian human rights Masih Alinejad, Kenyan public health professional Miriam Were, and the Palestinian twin activist Muna El Kurd and Mohammed El-Kurd. Reports also include: Pope Francis was nominated for his efforts to help solve the climate crisis as well as his work towards peace and reconciliation. Broadcaster David Attenborough best known for his landmark television series illustrating the natural world, including Life on Earth and The Blue Planet was nominated jointly with the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES ), which assesses the state of biodiversity worldwide for policymakers, for “their efforts to inform about, and protect, Earth’s natural diversity. Former U.S. Under Secretary of State Keith Krach was nominated for developing the “Trust Principle” doctrine as a peaceful alternative to authoritarian’s “power principle” which he used in building the Clean Network Alliance of Democracies to defeat China’s masterplan to control 5G communications as well as promote democracy in Taiwan and protecting freedoms for Uighurs. Opal Lee was nominated for her work founding Juneteenth to promote the open education of young children, their parents, and teachers  worldwide. Former United States Army soldier Chelsea Manning was nominated for revealing the murder of Iraqi civilians. In 2021, her name was submitted along with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and Edward Snowden. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya was nominated the second year running by playing a leading role in non-violently challenging Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, calling both for fair elections and an end to violence against those demonstrating against the abuses of the current regime. Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg, nominated Sweden's Greta Thunberg, a frequent Nobel nominee in recent years, rose from a teen activist to global climate leader  by starting the Fridays For Future movement. Tuvalu's foreign minister Simon Kofe was nominated for his work in highlighting climate change issues and is known for giving a speech to the COP26 climate summit while filmed knee-deep in ocean water. Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been renominated for his campaign against the Kremlin. After the Russian Government’s failed attempt of poisoning him, he returned from Germany to Moscow and was immediately arrested. Black Lives Matter was nominated for this year by Norwegian activist Member of Parliament Petter Eide. Reports also include that basketball player Enes  Kanter Freedom is also nominated for his humanitarian works and activism. Current director of PRIO, Henrik Urdal, has confirmed that the following nominees were also included for this year's prize: Indian social activist Harsh Mander and the Karwan-e-Mohabbat, Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) and Center for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS), Uyghur economist Ilham Tohti, Hong Kong's pro-democracy party Demosisto, Serbian activist Nataša Kandić and the Humanitarian Law Center, Syrian-Lebanese activist Rouba Mhaissen, Afghan human rights commissioner Shaharzad Akbar, Sudanese foreign minister Mariam al-Mahdi, and founders of Alt News. Prize committee . The members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee that are responsible for selecting the laureate in accordance with the will of Alfred Nobel is the same as last year: