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U.S. rights group urges Nobel Peace Prize for WikiLeaks soldier
Source: Reuters
U.S. rights group urges Nobel Peace Prize for WikiLeaks soldier
OSLO | Mon Aug 12, 2013 1:46pm EDT
(Reuters) - A U.S. rights group has collected over 100,000 signatures urging the Norwegian Nobel committee to give this year's Peace Prize to Bradley Manning, a U.S. soldier convicted of leaking classified U.S. government files touching on military policy.
Recognizing Manning, the head of the RootsAction group said, would also help repair the Nobel panel's reputation after it chose President Barack Obama for the Peace Prize in 2009, only a few months into his first term of office.
"There's a cloud hanging over the Nobel Peace Committee," Norman Solomon, co-founder of RootsAction said on Monday, as he prepared to hand his 5,000-page petition to the committee.
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OSLO | Mon Aug 12, 2013 1:46pm EDT
(Reuters) - A U.S. rights group has collected over 100,000 signatures urging the Norwegian Nobel committee to give this year's Peace Prize to Bradley Manning, a U.S. soldier convicted of leaking classified U.S. government files touching on military policy.
Recognizing Manning, the head of the RootsAction group said, would also help repair the Nobel panel's reputation after it chose President Barack Obama for the Peace Prize in 2009, only a few months into his first term of office.
"There's a cloud hanging over the Nobel Peace Committee," Norman Solomon, co-founder of RootsAction said on Monday, as he prepared to hand his 5,000-page petition to the committee.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/12/us-usa-wikileaks-manning-nobel-idUSBRE97B0HH20130812