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Snowden Nominated For Freedom of Thought Prize

Posted by samzenpus on from the is-there-a-trophy? dept.

First time accepted submitter DigitalKhaos23 writes "Snowden is a candidate for the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, named after Soviet scientist and dissident Andrei Sakharov, which honors people or organizations for their work in the defense of human rights and freedom of thought. The article adds: 'Edward Snowden risked his life to confirm what we had long suspected regarding mass online surveillance, a major scandal of our times. He revealed details of violations of EU data protection law and fundamental rights.'"

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  1. His has been nominated by MrL0G1C · · Score: 4, Informative

    "Bahnhof, a builder of futuristic-looking data centers" Has nominated Snowden for the peace prize.

    I wouldn't expect those morally corrupt idiots to actually award him the prize. It would restore some of their credibility if they did though.

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  2. Re:Lets give him Obama's Nobel Prize by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Obama won the prize for the achievement of not being Bush.

    Really? I thought he won the prize for pulling the wool over 300 million people's eyes by convincing us he's not Bush...when he really is.