{"id":28960,"date":"2022-10-12T19:14:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T17:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=28960"},"modified":"2024-12-11T22:26:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T21:26:20","slug":"2022-nobel-committee-gets-peace-prize-wrong-yet-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=28960","title":{"rendered":"2022: Nobel Committee Gets Peace Prize Wrong Yet Again"},"content":{"rendered":"
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. HUMAN RIGHTS . .<\/p>\n

An article by David Swanson in World Beyond War<\/a><\/p>\n

The Nobel Committee has yet again awarded\u00a0a peace prize\u00a0<\/a> that violates the will of Alfred Nobel and the purpose for which the prize was created, selecting recipients who blatantly are not \u201cthe person who has done the most or best to advance fellowship among nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies, and the establishment and promotion of peace congresses.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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With its eyes on the news of the day, there was no question that the Committee would find some way to focus on Ukraine. But it steered clear of anyone seeking to reduce the risk of that thus-far relatively minor war creating a nuclear apocalypse. It avoided anyone opposing both sides of the war, or anyone advocating for a ceasefire or negotiations or disarmament. It did not even make the choice one might have expected of picking an opponent of Russian warmaking in Russia and an opponent of Ukrainian warmaking in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Instead, the Nobel Committee has chosen advocates for human rights and democracy in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine. But the group in Ukraine is recognized for having\u00a0 \u201cengaged in efforts to identify and document Russian war crimes against the Ukrainian civilian population,\u201d with no mention of war as a crime or of the possibility that the Ukrainian side of the war was committing atrocities. The Nobel Committee may have learned from Amnesty International\u2019s experience of being widely denounced for documenting war crimes by the Ukrainian side.<\/p>\n

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Question related to this article:<\/div>\n
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The Nobel Peace Prize: Does it go to the right people?<\/a><\/p>\n

When does human rights become a tool of propaganda?
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The fact that all sides of all wars have always failed and always will fail to engage in humane operations is possibly why Alfred Nobel set up a prize to advance the abolition of war.\u00a0 It\u2019s too bad that prize is so misused. Because of its misuse, World BEYOND War has created instead the\u00a0War Abolisher Awards.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Adding here some thoughts from Yurii Sheliazhenko:<\/p>\n

NGO Center for Civil Liberties (Ukraine) recently was\u00a0co-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize\u00a0<\/a> with Russian and Belarussian human rights defenders.<\/p>\n

What is the Ukrainian secret of success? Here are some tips.<\/p>\n

\u2013 don\u2019t rely on support of local\u00a0citizens, embrace\u00a0international donors with their agendas, like the U.S. Department of State and NED;<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2013\u00a0support NATO membership of Ukraine, shame those who seek compromise with Russia <\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0ask the West to engage in war against Russia on Ukrainian side by imposing no-fly zone and delivery of armaments;<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2013 insist that\u00a0war is necessary\u00a0for survival and no negotiations are possible;<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2013 insist that\u00a0international institutions are worthless and therefore\u00a0human rights activists must ask for weapons for the Ukrainian Armed Forces;<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2013 insist that\u00a0only Putin violates human rights in Ukraine, and only the Ukrainian army are real human rights defenders<\/a>;<\/p>\n

\u2013 never criticize Ukrainian government for suppression of pro-Russian media, parties, and public figures;<\/p>\n

\u2013 never criticize Ukrainian army for war crimes, for violations of human rights related to war effort and military mobilization, like\u00a0beating of students by the border guard for their attempt to study abroad\u00a0<\/a> instead of becoming\u00a0cannon\u00a0fodder, and nobody should hear from you even a word about\u00a0human right to conscientious objection to military service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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