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   From: etacx18@etaoin.com   
      
   Bradley Manning is nominated for a 2013 Nobel Peace Prize   
      
   February 1st 2013:   
   The entire parliamentary group of The Movement in the Icelandic   
   Parliament, the Pirates of the EU; representatives from the Swedish   
   Pirate Party, the former Secretary of State in Tunisia for Sport & Youth   
   nominated Private Bradley Manning for the Nobel Peace Prize. Following is   
   the reasoning we sent to the committee explaining why we felt compelled   
   to nominate Private Bradley Manning for this important recognition of an   
   individual effort to have an impact for peace in our world. The lengthy   
   personal statement to the pre-trial hearing February 28th by Bradley   
   Manning in his own words validate that his motives were for the greater   
   good of humankind.   
      
      
   Our letter to the Nobel Peace Prize Committee:   
      
   Reykjavík, Iceland 1st of February 2013   
      
   Dear Norwegian Nobel Committee,   
      
   We have the great honour of nominating Private First Class Bradley   
   Manning for the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize.   
      
   Manning is a soldier in the United States army who stands accused of   
   releasing hundreds of thousands of documents to the whistleblower website   
   WikiLeaks. The leaked documents pointed to a long history of corruption,   
   war crimes, and a lack of respect for the sovereignty of other democratic   
   nations by the United States government in international dealings.   
      
   These revelations have fueled democratic uprisings around the world,   
   including a democratic revolution in Tunisia. According to journalists,   
   his alleged actions helped motivate the democratic Arab Spring movements,   
   shed light on secret corporate influence on the foreign and domestic   
   policies of European nations, and most recently contributed to the Obama   
   Administration agreeing to withdraw all U.S.troops from the occupation in   
   Iraq.   
      
   Bradley Manning has been incarcerated for more then 1000 days by the U.S.   
   Government. He spent over ten months of that time period in solitary   
   confinement, conditions which expert worldwide have criticized as   
   torturous. Juan Mendez, the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on Torture   
   and Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment, has repeatedly   
   requested and been denied a private meeting with Manning to assess his   
   conditions.   
      
   The documents made public by WikiLeaks should never have been kept from   
   public scrutiny. The revelations – including video documentation of an   
   incident in which American soldiers gunned down Reuters journalists in   
   Iraq – have helped to fuel a worldwide discussion about the overseas   
   engagements of the United States, civilian casualties of war and rules of   
   engagement. Citizens worldwide owe a great debt to the WikiLeaks   
   whistleblower for shedding light on these issues, and so we urge the   
   Committee to award this prestigious prize to accused whistleblower   
   Bradley Manning.   
      
   We can already be reasonably certain that Bradley Manning will not have a   
   fair trial as the head of State, the USA President Mr. Barack Obama,   
   stated over a year ago on record that Manning is guilty.   
      
      
      
   Sincerely,   
      
      
      
   Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Member of Parliament for the Movement, Iceland   
      
   Christian Engström, Member of the European Parliament for the Pirate   
   Party, Sweden   
      
   Amelia Andersdottir, Member of the European Parliament for the Pirate   
   Party, Sweden   
      
   Margrét Tryggvadóttir, Member of Parliament for the Movement, Iceland   
      
   Þór Saari, Member of Parliament for the Movement, Iceland   
      
   Slim Amamou, former Secretary of State for Sport & Youth (2011), Tunisia   
      
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