Peace Prize misused claims activist
AftenPosten First published: 06 Oct 2008
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Veteran peace activist Fredrik S. Heffermehl, thinks that most of the Nobel Peace Prizes that have been given conflict with Alfred Nobels will and testament.Heffermehl, who is the honorary president of the Norwegian Peace Council and Vice-President of the International Peace Bureau, criticises the Nobel Peace Prize Committee in a book published this week.
Al Gore and the Panel on Climate Change, Muhammad Yunus, Wangari Maathai, Shirin Ebadi, Mohamed El-Baradei and the International Atomic Energy Agency - IAEA are among the many awards which Heffermehl think conflict with Nobels wishes.
"Disarmament and anti-militarism was what Nobel wanted to promote," says Heffermehl to Aftenpostens English Desk.
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He didn't even mention the disgraceful award of the Peace Prize to terrorist leader Arafat...
AftenPosten First published: 06 Oct 2008
EXCERPT:
Veteran peace activist Fredrik S. Heffermehl, thinks that most of the Nobel Peace Prizes that have been given conflict with Alfred Nobels will and testament.Heffermehl, who is the honorary president of the Norwegian Peace Council and Vice-President of the International Peace Bureau, criticises the Nobel Peace Prize Committee in a book published this week.
Al Gore and the Panel on Climate Change, Muhammad Yunus, Wangari Maathai, Shirin Ebadi, Mohamed El-Baradei and the International Atomic Energy Agency - IAEA are among the many awards which Heffermehl think conflict with Nobels wishes.
"Disarmament and anti-militarism was what Nobel wanted to promote," says Heffermehl to Aftenpostens English Desk.
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He didn't even mention the disgraceful award of the Peace Prize to terrorist leader Arafat...
