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Activists are demanding that slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh receives a Nobel Peace Prize. Abu Akleh, who was killed at the age of 51, was a trailblazing Palestinian journalist who reported from occupied Palestinian territories for broadcaster Al Jazeera for over 25 years. She was shot dead by Israeli troops on 11 May while covering an Israeli raid on Jenin. In 2021 the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to Filipino journalist Maria Ressa and Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov for their “efforts to safeguard freedom of expression”. Ressa’s effort “to expose abuse of power… [and] the use o…