It may be recalled that Snowden was employed by the National Security Agency (NSA) in the US as an analyst and, in 2013, he revealed innumerable facts that has embarrassed the US no end. Ultimately, he had to flee to Russia where he sought asylum that was granted by President Putin.
Snowden is still in Russia and, he has called on the United Nations to propose new measures to protect individual privacy and human rights.
He has told the Right Livelihood Award committee that the prize recognizes "the work of so many people ... not just over recent years" but over decades – he informed the award ceremony in Swedish Parliament by video link.
He also said that he could accept the award collectively because his opening of the Pandora’s Box had been possible due to involvement of many others.
He split the honorary portion of the award with Alan Rusbridger, editor of the Guardian, which had taken the bold step of publishing a series of articles on government surveillance based on documents that had been leaked by Snowden.
Snowden, who remains in hiding in Russia after leaking NSA documents to journalists in 2013 faces serious charges in the U.S. and could land him in prison for up to 30 years. However, he has remarked that he does not regret what he has done. Incidentally, in spite of what he has done for which he is being hounded by the US, many feel that what he has done was for the betterment of the society.
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