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Assange Handed Sydney Peace Medal

Posted by samzenpus on from the love-or-hate dept.

hihihihi writes "WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been awarded the Sydney Peace Foundation's Gold Medal for 'exceptional courage in the pursuit of human rights.' It is only the fourth time in the organization's 14-year history that the prize for extraordinary achievement in promoting peace with justice has been given out. Previous winners are Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama and Japanese Buddhist leader Daisaku Ikeda. Foundation director Professor Stuart Rees accused the Australian government of demonizing Mr Assange and aiding US efforts to behave like a totalitarian state."

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  1. About as meaningful... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    About as meaningful as Obama's Nobel Peace Prize. That is to say... It isn't.

  2. Re:yes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I find your disgust at such a comment disgusting. Assange doesn't deserve the medal.

    Now scram.

  3. Hateful and Evil Organization by TheMiddleRoad · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is a worthless prize from a worthless, Jew-hating group that claims to support human rights while pushing a leftist, scary agenda.

    1. Re:Hateful and Evil Organization by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      The Jews in Israel are 90% of the world's problems right now. The world would seriously be a better place if the United States stopped supporting their goal of subjugating the Arabs whose land they have stolen.

    2. Re:Hateful and Evil Organization by TheMiddleRoad · · Score: -1, Troll

      Every single hateful accusation leveled against Jews has been leveled against Israel and Zionists. They all mean the same thing. Jew-haters simply attempt to hid their hate speech by saying Zionist instead of Jew. It's using code words. Some of them even fool themselves into believing they love Jews but hate those evil Zionists.

      These Jew-haters are all twisted and sick, especially the Jewish ones. History is filled with these "good Jews." Soros is one of them. Usually they're just undereducated leftists who get some blind blood lust when they see an underdog.

  4. Re:WHO THE FUCK DOES HE THINK HE IS? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    But he's afraid to go to Sweden to face the women he raped.