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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has filed a sweeping criminal complaint in Sweden accusing 30 Nobel Foundation officials of misappropriation, facilitating war crimes, and turning the Peace Prize into what he calls “an instrument of war.”

Assange is asking Swedish authorities to immediately freeze the 11 million SEK prize money before its transfer to Machado. The complaint says Nobel administrators breached their fiduciary duty by approving a payout to a figure who has openly advocated foreign military intervention.

️ Assange cites statements in which Machado supports US military escalation around Venezuela and endorses strikes that would kill civilians. Nobel officials, he argues, “converted an instrument of peace into an instrument of war.”

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[-] DancingBear@midwest.social 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Is that a current photo of him? Asking because I hope he is really looking that healthy now

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)
[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

glad to see it; i thought that he was still wasting away under some sort of house arrest

[-] DancingBear@midwest.social 2 points 2 days ago

He got out but it may have been for health reasons. I’d love to hear him speak.

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