Outstanding candidates for the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize

This year's Nobel Peace Prize is expected to belong to German Chancellor Angela Merkel because of her response to the immigration crisis or US Secretary of State John Kerry due to efforts to help reach a nuclear deal with Iran.

The brightest candidate for the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize

Nobel Peace is the award that attracts the most attention and creates the most speculation among the six Nobel Prizes. This is also an award awarded in Oslo, Norway, instead of Stockholm, Sweden, like the other 5 prizes.

The list of candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize is kept secret for 50 years. This year's list includes 273 individuals and organizations. Some observers believe that this year's award will go to those who act to ease the European migration crisis.

According to Kristian Berg Harpviken, head of the Oslo Peace Research Institute (Prio), German Chancellor Angela Merkel is a clear choice."Angela Merkel is really a virtuous leader , " AFP quoted him as saying.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Eritrea Catholic priest Mussie Zerai are also the brightest names on the list of candidates, according to Nobeliana, a group of historians specializing in Nobel prizes. The UNHCR received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1954 and 1981 while Father Zerai helped rescue migrants across the Mediterranean Sea.

From left: US Secretary of State John Kerry, former US intelligence officer Edward Snowden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.(Photo: Reuters).

In July, Iran reached a historic nuclear agreement with the great powers, accepting a reduction in the size of its nuclear operations in exchange for lifting sanctions imposed on Tehran since 2006.

"I think work at the Nobel Committee . this year will be much easier," said former Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt.

As a result, the Nobel Peace Prize may belong to the architects of the agreement, US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif, possibly even as a senior representative in charge of security policy and opposition. European Union (EU) Federica Mogherini or his predecessor Catherine Ashton, according to Peter Wallensteen, professor at Uppsala University, Sweden.

The Nobel Committee in the past often awarded the Peace Prize to praise the anti-nuclear effort in the even years of bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, 1945.

The Nobel Peace Prize in 1975, 1985, 1995 and 2005 respectively belonged to Soviet activist Andrei Sakharov, International Medical Association for Preventing Nuclear Warfare (IPPNW), Joseph Rotblat and Pugwash movement, Agency International Atomic Energy (IAEA) and director Mohammed el-Baradei.

In addition, other highly qualified candidates on the nomination list this year include Pope Francis because of his commitment to social and environmental justice, Congo doctor Denis Mukwege, who has treat thousands of women raped in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The war for freedom of speech may also be mentioned because two attacks were launched this year against Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, France, and a meeting on Islam and freedom of speech in Copenhagen. , Denmark.

Candidates in the field include Flemming Rose, a Danish, who posted a cartoon about the Prophet Mohammed in Jyllands-Posten in 2005, a Saudi blogger who is imprisoned Raif Badawi and former US intelligence officer Edward Snowden.

The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize will be officially announced at 11 am (Oslo time, 16h Hanoi time) on October 9.