Australian journalist and founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange has been nominated for the 202nd Nobel Peace Prize.4, the Norwegian lawmaker who proposed it said Tuesday.

“Assange exposed Western war crimes and promoted peace. “If we want to avoid war, we must know the truth about the damage it causes,” he told the newspaper. Dagbladet Sophie MarhaugMember of the left Red Party.

Marhaug described Assange as “political prisoner” and emphasized that he should be respected for his contributions to peace and not persecuted.

“The West screams when other countries do this, but does not want attention when it happens in our sphere. Presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize to Assange “The Nobel Institute will send a clear signal that we do not accept double standards,” – said Marhaug.

The two hearings are set to decide whether Julian Assange can appeal his case again in the United Kingdom or whether he should be extradited to the United States instead. They began on Tuesday at the High Court in London.

Assange was unable to attend the hearing in person. Even though the court allowed it, he felt ill, his lawyer Ed Fitzgerald said.

USA It accuses him of 18 crimes related to espionage and computer interference for the WikiLeaks revelations.

An Australian journalist is in preventive detention in London maximum security prison as he was detained at the request of the US following a violent arrest in 2019 at the Ecuadorian embassy in London when Quito revoked diplomatic asylum granted in 2012.

Assange took refuge there following his initial arrest in the British capital in 2010 at Sweden’s request for a preliminary rape investigation, which was closed years later due to weakening evidence and a lack of evidence to support the charge.

US persecutes l0 for classified information – provided by his US Army contact Chelsea Manning, free today – published in 2010 and 2011 by WikiLeaks, exposing US human rights abuses during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Fidel Narvaez, former Ecuadorian consul in London, noted in Aristegui Live this andThe essence of the case against the Wikileaks founder is political. because the “establishment” and the US military-industrial complex are seeking revenge on the journalist.

According to the will of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish tycoon who established the prizes that bear his name, candidates for the Peace Prize can be nominated by university professors of law, history and political science, parliamentarians, former laureates and members of international tribunals, among others. .

Only if those who propose make it public The identities of the candidates may be known because the Norwegian Nobel Committee only publishes the total number of candidates and does not confirm names until 50 years later.

The Nobel Prize is awarded every year on December 10th. marking the anniversary of the death of its founder, in a double ceremony: at the Oslo City Hall for the Peace Prize and at the Concertus in Stockholm for the remaining five awards.

Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi has won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize. for protecting women’s rights in the Persian country.

(according to information from EFE and Aristegui News)