WikiLeaks nominated for Nobel Peace Prize.
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Whistle blowers should be rewarded and free speech should be defended. Bradley Manning should be included in the Nobel Peace Prize.
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WikiLeaks nominated for Nobel Peace Prize.
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After a Tuesday deadline to submit nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize, Norwegian parliamentarian Snorre Valen announced he had entered WikiLeaks as a candidate for the prestigious award.
Nominations can be handed in by members of national assemblies and governments of states, members of international courts, university professors and directors of peace and foreign policy institutes.
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WikiLeaks' work exposing government secrets has earned it the enmity of countries around the world, especially the US. However, Valen told Deutsche Welle, and that WikiLeaks therefore deserved the Nobel prize for contributing to world peace.
"One instance is the exposure of the corruption in Tunisia, where [ousted president Zine El Abidine] Ben Ali, the dictator, was exposed," Valen said. "That contributed, in a small part, to the fall of a more than 24-year-long regime."
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