Bradley Manning Rightfully Nominated For the Nobel Peace Prize!

Help Save Bradley Manning!

Back in 2011 when Julian Assange was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, I was thrilled. Whether or not he won didn’t matter; the fact that he was recognized, I hope, let him see how valuable he is to society.  We the people need the truth; the uncensored truth, and it takes a really strong soul and a very courageous person to do what is right…especially when it exposing the truth(s) puts their life in danger.

And just as I was excited when Mr. Assange was rightfully nominated for the prize, I am equally as excited to see that Bradley Manning has been nominated for the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize!

After all he has given to society, all the insight and knowledge, I hope this reminds him too that he is a blessing to the world. That is the very LEAST he deserves. We need more people like him and Mr. Assange who put themselves last, for the greater good of society. It is a shame that in order to speak or show the truth it requires risking ones own self…But sadly that is the reality of the our world currently. And it is because of that risk, I appreciate and respect soul’s like this so much more. The real heroes are those whom fight daily to keep truth flowing to the general public knowing the risk, but knowing they are in the RIGHT to expose corruption.

Manning has plead guilty to 10 of the charges against him, but not aiding the enemy. I do not understand how anyone with half a brain would charge him with something so insane. Aiding the enemy by showing the soldiers and the people what is really going on in this war of lies? THAT is aiding the enemy? To me that sounds more like someone with a heart; rather, a good human with a conscious, one who knows right from wrong.

The letter of nomination for the much deserved Nobel Peace Prize can be found below. I think those whom wrote and nominated Manning must be the only sensible people in any position of power. In any case, if instead you would first like to read Manning’s personal statement and reasoning for his actions to the court, please click HERE (opens in a new window).

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February 1^st 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 1^st 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

Birgitta Jónsdóttir is a member of the Icelandic parliament for The Movement. She can be contacted  via her blogsite