Edward Snowden among possible contenders for 2016 Nobel Peace Prize

Record ID: 85045

  • Title: Edward Snowden among possible contenders for 2016 Nobel Peace Prize
  • Date: 1st October 2016
  • Summary: STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (FILE - DECEMBER 1, 2014) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) RIGHT LIVELIHOOD FOUNDATION FOUNDER, JAKOB VON UEXKULL, SAYING: "The Right Livelihood jury honours Edward Snowden for his courage and skill in revealing the unprecedented extent of state surveillance violating basic democratic processes and constitutional rights." ROOM WITH LAUREATE AND FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CONTRACTOR, EDWARD SNOWDEN, ON SCREEN (SOUNDBITE) (English) LAUREATE AND FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CONTRACTOR, EDWARD SNOWDEN, SAYING: "I myself have lived in exile for more than a year and a half now and these are things that are unlikely to change soon. But they're worth it. All the prices we've paid, all the sacrifices we've made, I believe we would do again - I know I would do again, because it was never about (inaudible). This is about us, this is about our rights, this is about what kind of societies that we want to live in, the kind of government that we want to have, the kind of world that we want to make for the next generation." PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE APPLAUDING
  • Embargoed: 16th October 2016 10:28
  • Keywords: Edward Snowden Russia CIA NSA Hong Kong Obama USA Nobel peace prize
  • Location: HONG KONG, CHINA / LANGLEY AND FORT MEADE, VIRGINIA, NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES / INTERNET / MOSCOW, RUSSIA/ BRUSSELS, BELGIUM/ STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN/ OSLO, NORWAY/LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM/FRANKFURT, GERMANY
  • City: HONG KONG, CHINA / LANGLEY AND FORT MEADE, VIRGINIA, NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES / INTERNET / MOSCOW, RUSSIA/ BRUSSELS, BELGIUM/ STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN/ OSLO, NORWAY/LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM/FRANKFURT, GERMANY
  • Country: Various
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA00E526VJUV
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