{"id":17336,"date":"2012-02-13T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T12:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=17336"},"modified":"2012-02-11T14:23:02","modified_gmt":"2012-02-11T14:23:02","slug":"bradley-manning-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize-by-oklahoma-peace-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2012\/02\/bradley-manning-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize-by-oklahoma-peace-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"Bradley Manning Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by Oklahoma Peace Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A second organization (the first being The Movement of the Icelandic Parliament) has now nominated Bradley Manning for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Accused whistleblower deserves the prize for casting light on war crimes committed in Iraq,\u00a0nomination states.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Oklahoma Center for Conscience and Peace Research (OCCPR) announced on Tuesday [7 Feb 2012] that it\u00a0has nominated US Army Private First Class Bradley Manning for the Nobel Peace Prize.<\/p>\n<p>In its nomination, OCCPR stated that it chose Bradley Manning because of his alleged role in\u00a0leaking documents and other evidence of war crimes, corruption and lies related to the US wars\u00a0in Iraq and Afghanistan, including the notorious \u201ccollateral murder\u201d video (downloadable online at\u00a0www.collateralmurder.org) which US forces firing on unarmed Iraqi civilians, members of the press and children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBradley Manning should have received full whistle-blower protections for his actions but instead has served 19 months in prison without a trial, including 10 months spent in solitary confinement,\u201d said James M. Branum, OCCPR Legal Director.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe understand that PFC Manning will be placed on a military show-trial, where his guilt will be determined by a \u2018jury\u2019 hand-picked by the very command that is accusing him. We have no doubt that, absent international pressure, PFC Manning will be found guilty and sentenced to life in prison or possibly even given the death penalty, without a hint of justice applied in his case. We have made this nomination in the hopes that it might lead to renewed attention and concern given to his plight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>OCCPR has exhibited its support for Manning since news of his arrest was first announced, holding a number of rallies and advocacy events on his behalf. \u201cBecause Bradley is an Oklahoma native, we feel a special responsibility to show that there are Oklahomans who support him, seek his freedom and will continue to work for his cause,\u201d said Rena Guay OCCPR Executive Director. \u201cWe have spoken to media from around the world about our interest in the Manning case, because the whole world is watching what the United States will do to someone who they believe has exposed secrets about war crimes, diplomatic doublespeak and policy hypocrisy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information:<\/p>\n<p>James M. Branum<br \/>\n405-494-0562<br \/>\nlegal@centerforconscience.org<\/p>\n<p>_______________________<\/p>\n<p><em>OCCPR was founded in 2004 and works to increase understanding of conscientious objection<\/em> <em>and resistance to war. Its founders include religious and veteran groups; its fiscal sponsor is Joy <\/em><em>Mennonite Church of Oklahoma City.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/centerforconscience.org\/2012\/02\/09\/bradley-manning-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize-by-oklahoma-peace-organization\/\" >Go to Original \u2013 centerforconscience.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A second organization (the first being The Movement of the Icelandic Parliament) has now nominated Bradley Manning for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize. The Oklahoma Center for Conscience and Peace Research (OCCPR) announced on Tuesday [7 Feb 2012] that it has nominated US Army Private First Class Bradley Manning for the Nobel Peace Prize. Accused whistleblower deserves the prize for casting light on war crimes committed in Iraq, nomination states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}