NEW YORK -- A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has nominated Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement for the Nobel Peace Prize, months after Beijing warned against anyone "politicizing" the award.
The nomination intends to "commemorate all those who have built and maintained human rights and democracy in Hong Kong since 1997 and give voice to those fighting in recent years against the erosion of rights and freedoms guaranteed to Hong Kong's citizens by international treaty and the city's constitution," five senators and four House members said in a letter released Wednesday.
