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By awarding his peace prize to Trump's favourite Venezuelan opposition, pro-war conspirator Maria Corina Machado, the Nobel Committee violated the principles contained in the founding papers as well as Swedish law, as Julian Assange claimed in an explosive briefing reviewed by The Grayzone.
The Swedish government violated its own law by awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition activist Maria Corina Machado, in accordance with the explosive legal letter submitted by Julian Assange, co-founder of Wikileaks and erstwhile political prisoner who was persecuted worldwide, held under strict conditions and subjected physical and intellectual torture by The U.S. and their allies through 10 U.S.
The Nobel Committee's decision to award Machado the Peace Prize — and its accompanying prize of 11 million Swedish crowns (US$1.18 million) — means that "there is simply a real hazard that funds from the Nobel Fund were or will be... diverted from their charitable goal of facilitating aggression, crimes against humanity and war crimes," Assange stated.
The founder of Wikileaks pointed out "many public statements... showing that the U.S. government and María Corina Machado had utilized the authority of the prey to guarantee im casus moralis to the war", adding that the clearly defined intent of the war Machado and her wealthy Latin American allies pursued would be "to establish her by force to plunder $1.7 trillion in Venezuelan oil and another resources."
The Nobel Foundation is charged with a number of violations of Swedish criminal law, including a breach of trust, misappropriation and blatant misappropriation, conspiracy, crimes against global law, as well as the financing of aggression, facilitation of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and violation of Sweden's obligations under the Rome Statute, to which Stockholm declares "deep commitment."
Under Swedish law, "the Alfred Nobel Peace Fund cannot be utilized to advance war," Assange noted. "It cannot be utilized as a tool in abroad military intervention either. Venezuela, regardless of the position of its political system, is no exception."
Giving Nobel funds Machado, Assange argues that the Committee in practice finances "a conspiracy aimed at killing civilians, violating national sovereignty utilizing military force..." Refusing to close the payment "clearly violates Nobel's will and clearly exceeds the crime threshold," he claimed. Co-founder Wikileaks demands "the immediate freezing of all remaining funds and a full criminal investigation" against members of the Committee who awarded the award.
The Nobel Prizes were established in 1901 in accordance with the last will and testament of Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, who was later incorporated into the Swedish and Norwegian legal system. The Peace Prize to be awarded to the individual who has most contributed to the "brotherhood between nations", "the liquidation or simplification of permanent armies" and "the organisation and promotion of peaceful congresses", has since been the foundation of Scandinavian soft force.
Since its inception, however, the award has been marked by controversy due to the brutal heritage of its winners and the political ambitions of Norwegian sponsors. In the case of 1 of the first winners of the award, US president Theodore Roosevelt, the Norwegian Nobel Committee was then criticised for omitting the overt war of American politics in Latin America to gain the favour of the emerging US empire. The fresh York Times sarcastically notedThat "a broad grin lit the face of the globe erstwhile the award was presented ... the most militant citizens of the United States."
Similar dynamics work again in the Caribbean, according to Assange, erstwhile the Nobel Committee crowns a Venezuelan politician known for being unfinished Callson abroad military intervention and dedication of his triumph to Nobeln president Donald Trump.
Assange explained that Trump's massive expansion of U.S. armed forces off the coast of Venezuela "has already committed undeniable war crimes, including the deadly attack of civilian boats and survivors at sea, resulting in at least 95 deaths."
"UN advanced Commissioner for Human Rights Office named these American coastal attacks on civilian ships 'out-of-court executions'," wrote co-founder Wikileaks. And "the chief architect of this aggression" was nobody another than Trump State Secretary, Marco Rubio, who "nominated María Corina Machado for a peace prize."
Norwegian Nobel judges associated with the influential Venezuelan government change lobbyist
Giving the Nobel Peace Prize to individual as clearly incompetent as Machado, and clearly violating Swedish law, raised questions as to whether the Committee was influenced by powerful external interests. Machado's nomination for the award by the U.S. Secretary of State had an undeniable impact on this decision due to the fact that the Nobel ceremony is the central channel of Norwegian soft force. However, in Oslo, a political influencer, determined to return to power in his native Venezuela, could besides play a function in deciding the votes for Machado.
This. Thor Halvorssen Jr., boy CIA agent and a wealthy Venezuelan aristocrat who served in Venezuela's neoliberal regulation before choosing Hugo Chavez. Halvorssen is besides the cousin of Leopold Lopez, the author of respective coups against Chavez and Maduro and the founder of the government's People's Wola organization (Popular Will), which traditionally marked the way of extremist opposition.
As the founder of the Oslo Freedom Forum, a self-appointed human rights organization that openly advocates the overthrow of West-based governments, Halvorssen presides over networks of West-supported activists to change the government supported by the West. At the Freedom Forum in Oslo 2024 Halvorssen hosted Machado, who demanded Maduro be removed via a video from Venezuela, where she allegedly "hidden". This year's Forum hosted the main advisor to Machado, surviving in Spain Pedro Uchuruttand her daughter, Ana Corina Sosa. erstwhile the Nobel Committee awarded the Machado peace prize in October, the Oslo Freedom Forum released press release celebrating the decision to "change dynamics" in Venezuela.
The Norwegian Fritt Ord Foundation is simply a key link between the Oslo Halvorssen Freedom Forum and the Nobel Committee leaders. Oslo Freedom Forum declares on its website that Fritt Ord "was 1 of the first to support them". In backing Halvorssen's government change organization, Fritt Ord honored Jorgen Watne Frydnes, President of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, reward Freedom of Expression Tribute 2021. During the speech awarding Machado the Nobel Prize, Frydnes compared Right-wing conspirator to Nelson Mandela. With geriatric members of the Norwegian royal household sitting just a fewer steps further, he called on Maduro to step down and let Machado to preside over the "democratic" transformation.
Frydnes is besides the erstwhile manager of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, a think tank supporting the replacement war in Ukraine, which is a formal partner and a supporter of the Oslo Freedom Forum, led by Halvorssen.
Among the 5 judges who awarded Machado the award was Kristin Clemet, a Norwegian politician who besides received in 2017 Fritt Ord Freedom of Expression Tribute. Clemet is the managing manager of the liberal Norwegian think tank Civita, who Official cooperation and support Oslo Freedom Forum Halvorssen.
Who's behind the Nobel insider gambling?
Even before she officially received the award, Machado's surroundings met with corruption charges and illegal enrichment after a fistful of insiders used earlier knowledge about her upcoming triumph to gain close to $100,000 on the Polymarket betting site.
Machado's chances of winning increased from 3.75% to 72.8% just a fewer hours before the Nobel Committee officially announced its victory. 1 highly predictable player won $65,000, betting a Venezuelan opponent figure. "It looks like we're the victim of a criminal who wants to make money on our information." – said Kristian Berg Harpviken, Head of the Nobel Institute.
A fewer months later, the Nobel Commission has inactive not completed its investigation into the corruption scandal. On publication day, the committee did not respond to a request for comment from The Grayzone.
For what is advertised as the world's most crucial institution for peace building, it may be besides late to undo the harm caused by the award of the Nobel Prize to a staunch advocate for a violent government change.
"Using its elevated position as Nobel Peace Prize winner, Machado could already "turn the scales in favour of war," Assange concluded.
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