India’s famend fact-checkers and founders of exchange media platform Alt News Mohammad Zubair and Pratik Sinha are reportedly a number of the contenders for the Nobel Peace Prize 2022. According to a listing of ‘favourites’ compiled through Time magazine, the fact-checking duo were featured on it primarily based totally on nominations that have been made public through Norwegian lawmakers, predictions from bookmakers, and alternatives from the Peace Research Institute Oslo.
Among different robust contenders are Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russian competition chief Alexei Navalny and Swedish weather activist Greta Thunberg. The consequences of Nobel Peace Prize 2022 might be introduced at 11am nearby time on Friday in Oslo, Norway. Zubair changed into arrested through the Delhi Police on June 27 this yr over a meme he had tweeted in 2018 towards a Hindu deity that allegedly harm non secular sentiments.
He remained in police and judicial custody for almost a month. The fact-checker had 1/2 of a dozen FIRs lodged towards him in distinctive elements of Uttar Pradesh for the tweet. The UP police had additionally installation a unique research group to probe the allegations. The incident won global interest after reporters round the arena condemned the arrest, calling it an obstacle on press freedom.
He changed into granted bail through the Supreme Court on July 20. The pinnacle courtroom docket additionally refused to restrain Zubair from tweeting withinside the destiny as sought through the BJP-led UP government.