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Snowden, currently living in Russia with temporary asylum status, was nominated for the honor by the European Green Party.
"Edward Snowden has risked his freedom to help us protect ours and he deserves to be honored for shedding light on the systematic infringements of civil liberties by U.S. and European secret services," declared Rebecca Harms and Dany Cohn-Bendit, leaders of the left-leaning Greens, in a statement reported by Reuters.
Snowden is a former NSA contractor who revealed thousands of documents exposing a series of secret U.S. surveillance programs which exposed a global network by which the U.S. intelligence apparatus--sometimes in collaboration with allied agencies in the U.K., Israel, and elsewhere--is collecting and monitoring vast troves of online and telephonic data from people in the U.S. and across the globe.
Despite the Obama administration's efforts to capture Snowden and charge him under the Espionage Act for his disclosures, Snowden has faced a flood of international support, including a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize and receipt of the prestigious German whistleblower prize.
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Trump and Musk are on an unconstitutional rampage, aiming for virtually every corner of the federal government. These two right-wing billionaires are targeting nurses, scientists, teachers, daycare providers, judges, veterans, air traffic controllers, and nuclear safety inspectors. No one is safe. The food stamps program, Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are next. It’s an unprecedented disaster and a five-alarm fire, but there will be a reckoning. The people did not vote for this. The American people do not want this dystopian hellscape that hides behind claims of “efficiency.” Still, in reality, it is all a giveaway to corporate interests and the libertarian dreams of far-right oligarchs like Musk. Common Dreams is playing a vital role by reporting day and night on this orgy of corruption and greed, as well as what everyday people can do to organize and fight back. As a people-powered nonprofit news outlet, we cover issues the corporate media never will, but we can only continue with our readers’ support. |
Snowden, currently living in Russia with temporary asylum status, was nominated for the honor by the European Green Party.
"Edward Snowden has risked his freedom to help us protect ours and he deserves to be honored for shedding light on the systematic infringements of civil liberties by U.S. and European secret services," declared Rebecca Harms and Dany Cohn-Bendit, leaders of the left-leaning Greens, in a statement reported by Reuters.
Snowden is a former NSA contractor who revealed thousands of documents exposing a series of secret U.S. surveillance programs which exposed a global network by which the U.S. intelligence apparatus--sometimes in collaboration with allied agencies in the U.K., Israel, and elsewhere--is collecting and monitoring vast troves of online and telephonic data from people in the U.S. and across the globe.
Despite the Obama administration's efforts to capture Snowden and charge him under the Espionage Act for his disclosures, Snowden has faced a flood of international support, including a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize and receipt of the prestigious German whistleblower prize.
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Snowden, currently living in Russia with temporary asylum status, was nominated for the honor by the European Green Party.
"Edward Snowden has risked his freedom to help us protect ours and he deserves to be honored for shedding light on the systematic infringements of civil liberties by U.S. and European secret services," declared Rebecca Harms and Dany Cohn-Bendit, leaders of the left-leaning Greens, in a statement reported by Reuters.
Snowden is a former NSA contractor who revealed thousands of documents exposing a series of secret U.S. surveillance programs which exposed a global network by which the U.S. intelligence apparatus--sometimes in collaboration with allied agencies in the U.K., Israel, and elsewhere--is collecting and monitoring vast troves of online and telephonic data from people in the U.S. and across the globe.
Despite the Obama administration's efforts to capture Snowden and charge him under the Espionage Act for his disclosures, Snowden has faced a flood of international support, including a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize and receipt of the prestigious German whistleblower prize.
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