Oslo, 8 March 2016, 04:59 – REGNUM The former employee of the CIA Edward Snowden for outstanding efforts in the struggle for freedom of expression has been awarded the award of Norwegian PEN behalf Ossietzky in the current year, reported on March 7, the press service Norwegian PEN.
According to the press service, the award of prizes is Snowden is necessary to draw attention to the fact that the surveillance can be carried out only within the framework of internationally recognized legal norms for the protection of individual civil freedoms.
The report says: «Edward Snowden – Ossetski our time»
Among other things, the awarding of the ex-employee of the US intelligence says about the need to attract international attention. Related invasion of privacy of third forces, and restrictions on the work in accordance with international and national laws. Also, in a press release PEN noted that the prize was awarded to Snowden is also in recognition of his personal courage.
Let’s remind, that the award was for Edward Snowden’s second in a row after the exposure of the activities of US intelligence and escape to Russia. Earlier, in 2015 for his contribution “to the principle of the inviolability of private life, for criticizing the surveillance state for its citizens and citizens of other countries,” he Bjørnson Prize was awarded. However, as an ex-officer of the US intelligence feared extradition to the United States, he could not come to Norway on presentation of their awards.
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