Wikileaks: Why Assange should be nominated for Nobel Peace Prize – Fiancee

Stella Morris, the fiancee of jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, suggested on Thursday that he be nominated for the Nobel Prize for his contributions to world peace.

“Do you know someone who is eligible to nominate Assange for the Nobel Peace Prize? Deadline come Jan. 31, 23:59 CET (22:59 GMT).

“Julian Assange has made a unique and undeniable contribution to peace by lifting the fog of war,’’ Morris wrote on Twitter.

Assange was wanted by the United States on espionage charges after WikiLeaks published thousands of classified documents that shed light on the atrocities committed by American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

If put on trial and convicted in the U.S., Assange may be sentenced to up to 175 years in prison.

The WikiLeaks founder has been on remand at the Belmarsh maximum-security prison in southeast London since October 2020, after serving an 11-month sentence for breaking bail conditions.

In 2012, instead of appearing in court as his bail conditions demanded, Assange sought shelter in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he remained until 2019 over concerns that he might otherwise end up extradited to the U.S.

In December, the London High Court ruled in favour of the U.S. appeal to extradite Assange, overturning an earlier decision that the Australian journalist cannot be extradited to the United States.

Britain’s high court grants Julian Assange’s extradition to U.S.

Stressing that his extradited to the U.S. was due to health issues and the inhumane conditions he might face in the U.S. prison system.

The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology, or Medicine and Literature.

Since March 1901, it has been awarded annually (with some exceptions) to those who have “done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses”.

Due to its political nature, the Nobel Peace Prize has, for most of its history, been the subject of numerous controversies.

The most recent prize for 2021 was awarded to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov. (Sputnik/NAN)