Edward Snowden Receives Stuttgart Peace Prize 2014

[Purveyor]

Edward Snowden has been awarded Stuttgart Peace Prize 2014, but could not attend the ceremony and sent a message via a video, urging to fight for the observation of human rights.

BERLIN, November 23 (Sputnik) — US whistleblower Edward Snowden has been awarded Stuttgart Peace Prize 2014, established by citizens’ initiative Die AnStifter, the group said Sunday on its website.

Snowden could not attend the ceremony, but sent a message via a video, urging to fight for the observation of human rights.

"If we are to live in a liberal society, we must stand and defend liberal values," Snowden said.

The whistleblower added that it was important to defend human rights and demand that even the most senior officials observe them, as government and democracy should be founded on people's trust.

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http://sputniknews.com/art_living/20141123/1015073283.html

[Thinkingabout]

1. Wonder how much of the fight in liberal values he conducting.

Yep, Putin has his back.

[cascadiance]

22. Last time I checked, our rights to privacy is a liberal value...

Let us know of a link that says that it isn't. I think we'd all have a good laugh here!

[Thinkingabout]

23. Did not know rights to privacy was limited to liberal values.

[Thinkingabout]

24. Does your right to privacy exclude Snowden. I should have the right to

privacy and under what authority did Snowden invade my privacy? Where is his warrant?

[cascadiance]

25. Oh, so your logic is that because it is a libertarian value then it is not a liberal value?

Huh?

Did you even study logic in high school? If you want to not have privacy being a right that we champion as Democrats just because libertarians also say it is important, then I would argue that you have a problem understanding Democratic values, and values in general for that matter.

I never said that because privacy is a liberal value and Snowden is a libertarian then he can't have this value.

Well, then are you in the same breath saying that all Democrats are Republicans, because many corporate Democrats seem to have the SAME VALUES of appeasing big corporate money to win elections? If not, then please explain your selective judgement here.

[Thinkingabout]

27. Logic, where did you get all the things you have posted, from your logic?

Well, let me help you, if your logic took you down an unknown road on understanding what you think I may have meant.

I said where was Snowden's warrant to pry into my personal business, I am entitled to my privacy and have never signed on to a hacker getting my personal information.

[99th_Monkey]

2. Clearly, the rest of the "civilized" world deeply appreciates what Snowden is doing. nt

[TheBlackAdder]

3. Does he win a Porsche? nt

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. Bravo to Snowden and the other whistleblowers.

[Autumn]

5. Good. he deserves it

Rec

[zeemike]

6. I can't think of anyone more deserving.

There can be no peace without those with the courage to stand up and expose the crimes.

[riderinthestorm]

7. Snowdens a traitorous narcissist. A cowardly Putin arse licker.

He didn't reveal anything new anyway. He had boxes in his garage and left his girlfriend, the fiend!

All of these folks on these multinational committees bestowing awards and honors and recognition are just sad deluded fanboys and girls who don't have the intelligence to recognize that they've been duped! conned I tells ya!

All of them. Shitty deluded fans... Snowden's a moran of the highest order. Throw Greenwald in there too, and Laura Poitras, and yeah, that guy who traitorously revealed the Pentagon Papers!!11!!

SMH, rider walks off shaking her fist as yet another honor is bestowed on Comrade Eddie!!111!!!!!

Dupes.

[grasswire]

8. why would a "libertarian" commie sympathizer espouse "liberal values"?

Heh.

[proverbialwisdom]

9. More.

http://stuttgarter-friedenspreis.de/english-information-about-stuttgart-peace-price-and-die-anstifter/
Prize (not price)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Árpád_Pusztai

In 2009, Dr. Arpad Pusztai and his wife received the Stuttgart Peace Prize (Stuttgarter Friedenspreis).[14][15]

14. "Stuttgarter Friedenspreis 2009: Prof. Dr. Arpad Pusztai" (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2011.
15. NJ Jaeger (December 2009). "Global to local: Stuttgart Peace Prize honors GMO whistleblowers". LA Examiner.

http://www.die-anstifter.de/2009/12/stuttgarter-friedenspreises-2009-prof-dr-arpad-pusztai/
http://www.examiner.com/article/global-to-local-stuttgart-peace-prize-honors-gmo-whistleblowers

RECOMMENDED: http://www.gmwatch.org/latest-listing/1-news-items/11801-pusztai-to-receive-stuttgart-peace-prize-

[RufusTFirefly]

10. Here's some background, along with a list of previous recipients of the prize

English Information about Stuttgart Peace Price and Die AnStifter

The Stuttgart Peace Prize is awarded annually by the non governmental organization “Die AnStifter” (the Instigators) to individuals or projects that have made a special contribution to peace, justice and a caring world and is endowed with 5,000 euros. This year will mark the twelfth award ceremony.

The winner is elected democratically. Those who have made donations to Die AnStifter are eligible to vote. Voting is held in spring and the awards ceremony is usually in November.

For the Stuttgart Peace Prize in 2013, Die AnStifter organized a bus trip for the two laureates who survived a Nazi massacre in northern Italy, other fellow sufferers and 30 relatives. The delegation was greeted by the state government of Baden-Württemberg.

List of laureates:

2013: Enio Mancini and Enrico Pieri, survivors of the Sant’Anna di Stazzema massacre in Tuscany, Italy, who fight for justice and international understanding.
2012: „Aktion Aufschrei – Stoppt den Waffenhandel!“ („Action Outcry – Stop the Arms Trade!“, Germany)
2011: Fatuma Abulkadir Adan (Kenya) who combines soccer and emancipation („We aim to score not to kill.“)
2010: Werner Baumgarten (Germany), pastor for asylum seekers and refugees
2009: Susan Bardosz and Arpad Pusztai (Hungary), scientists and critics of genetic engineering
2008: POEMA (Germany/Brazil), program against poverty and for protection of the environment in the Amazon Rainforest
2007: Agustín Aguayo (USA), combat medic whose application for conscientious objector status was denied forcing him to desert
2006: Wolfram Hülsemann (Germany), Leiter des Brandenburgischen Institutes für Gemeinwesenberatung, Demokratie und Integration (director of the NGO Brandenburg Institute for Community Guidance, Democracy and Integration)
2005: Giuliana Sgrena, Italian journalist who was kidnapped in Iraq
2004: Lama Tarayra, Palestinian pupil, for her work in reconciling Israeli and Palestinian youth
2003: Komitee für Grundrechte und Demokratie (Committee for Basic Liberties and Democracy, Germany)

[L0oniX]

11. K & R...

He's a hero.

[JEB]

12. Bravo!

[randome]

13. He needs to shoot himself in the balls before I take him seriously about anything.

You know, like what he wanted to do to leakers a decade back. (I know, I know, he's all grown up now, our little Snowy-whoa-ee.)
[hr][font color="blue"][center]“If you're not committed to anything, you're just taking up space.”
Gregory Peck, Mirage (1965)[/center][/font][hr]

[WillyT]

14. What... Are You 12 Now ???

Speakof growing up.

[U4ikLefty]

16. You were told that your NSA masters wouldn't pay you for posting while drunk.

Get with the program bucky!!!

[arikara]

17. lol

good one.

k&R

[SoapBox]

15. ROFLMAO...Congratulations Comrade Snowden!

Yup...a real hero in Russia, uh, opps...America.

Not.

[Purveyor]

19. Yeah but look at the 'recs' this thread is receiving. {{{chuckle}}} eom

[woo me with science]

18. Thank you, Edward Snowden.

Courage is contagious.

[Blue_Tires]

20. For some reason only Russian state media is giving this any real pub

Either way, good to see no award is too small for Snowden not to put in a personal appearance...Since he's already a millionaire, I do hope he had the common decency to decline the 5,000 Euro prize, since this award is unsponsored and the prize money comes strictly from individual donations...And is it asking too much for just one of his speeches to not be the same recycled boilerplate he's been delivering for all this time?

I do have one question...The actual award -- Does Snowden send somebody to pick it up? Do they mail it to him? Or do they mail it to Greenwald??

[B Calm]

21. I never realized Stuttgart, Arkansas gave out prizes. .

[JDPriestly]

26. K&R. Let me add my post to congratulate Edward Snowden.