Snowden Shortlisted For Europe's Top Human Rights Award

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 1, 2013 @08:48AM from the i'm-guessing-the-us-government-won't-give-him-an-award dept.

another random user sends this news from the BBC: "Edward Snowden, the fugitive American former intelligence worker, has made the shortlist of three for the Sakharov prize, Europe's top human rights award. Mr Snowden was nominated by Green politicians in the European Parliament for leaking details of U.S. surveillance. Nominees also include Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot in the head for demanding education for girls. Former recipients of the prize, awarded by the European Parliament, include Nelson Mandela and Aung San Suu Kyi. Mr Snowden's nomination recognized that his disclosure of U.S. surveillance activities was an 'enormous service' to human rights and European citizens, the parliament's Green group said."

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ITS A TRAP!!!! by cod3r_ · 2013-10-01 08:58 · Score: 4, Funny

Tell Snowden.. it's a freaking trap. CIA/NSA are going to get him on every awards program they can and when he shows up to accept they are going to snipe him down. I seen something like this on showtime.
you should get by X0563511 · 2013-10-01 09:00 · Score: 2, Funny

a bullet in the kneecap

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