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A Few Other Nobel Candidates

Tireless campaigners for human rights, long-suffering Chinese dissidents among those passed over

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 9, 2009 2:22 PM CDT
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(Newser) – President Obama himself said he was not sure he deserved to win the Nobel Peace Prize, and the Weekly Standard seems to agree. Mary Katherine Ham invites you to consider some of the luminaries who were passed over:

  • Sima Samar: A Afghan women’s rights activist who kept her schools—the only high schools in the whole country girls were able to attend—open under the Taliban regime.
  • Ingrid Betancourt: French-Colombian politician held hostage by FARC militants for 6 years.

  • Denis Mukwege: A doctor who has devoted his life to helping Congolese victims of sexual violence.
  • Handicap International and Cluster Munition Coalition: Both work tirelessly to remove unexploded landmines around the world.
  • Hu Jia: Chinese blogger and human rights activist, sentenced last year to 3½ years in prison for “inciting subversion of state power.”
  • Wei Jingsheng. A Chinese democratic activist who spent 17 years in prison until international pressure forced his release in 1997.

In this undated photo released by V-Day, Dr. Denis Mukwege, center, of the Panzi General Hospital in the city of Bukavu, in eastern Congo is shown surrounded by a number of women and children.
In this undated photo released by V-Day, Dr. Denis Mukwege, center, of the Panzi General Hospital in the city of Bukavu, in eastern Congo is shown surrounded by a number of women and children.   (AP Photo/V-Day)
Sima Samar, Chairperson of the Experts Group of the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, listens to a speech about the final report on Darfur to the Human Rights Council, during the 6th UN Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations...
Sima Samar, Chairperson of the Experts Group of the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, listens to a speech about the final report on Darfur to the Human Rights Council,...   (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)
In this March 31, 2006 file photo, Chinese AIDS activist Hu Jia speaks during an interview at a cafe in Beijing.
In this March 31, 2006 file photo, Chinese AIDS activist Hu Jia speaks during an interview at a cafe in Beijing.   (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
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COMMENTS
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cognitivefilter
Oct 13, 2009 5:20 AM CDT
all of these candidates seem more deserving of a PEACE prize
opheliaglass
Oct 11, 2009 6:22 AM CDT
that's not "ironic".
Shannonals
Oct 11, 2009 5:17 AM CDT
Been listening to that quack Hannity again haven't you dontlikeyou. I'm amazed Hannity is still on air after his embarrassing debate with Moore

 
Afghanistan • China • Barack Obama • Democratic Republic of Congo • FARC • Nobel Peace Prize • Ingrid Betancourt • Hu Jia • Wei Jingsheng • Handicap International • Cluster Munition Coalition • Denis Mukwege • Sima Samar • Obama Nobel Peace Prize

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