Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoNobel peace laureate Bialiatski has been put in solitary confinement in Belarus, his wife saysapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1157arrow-down11
arrow-up1156arrow-down1external-linkNobel peace laureate Bialiatski has been put in solitary confinement in Belarus, his wife saysapnews.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareSzymonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·10 months agoNot exactly on the side of decency if you’re jailing your Nobel Peace Prize winners.
minus-squareInfiltrated_ad8271@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 months agoSpecifically to this one. The award itself does not deserve its prestige, it has been given to too many criminals and militarists.
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months ago@Infiltrated_ad8271 agreed. Bialiatski is a tireless human rights activist, very different from some of the other laureates.
minus-squareSzymonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoTrue, the meaning and importance is tainted when it’s used as a political tool
minus-squareIsoprenoid@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoIt is always used as a political tool; for good or evil. The Nobel Prizes themselves were a political tool for Nobel himself.
Not exactly on the side of decency if you’re jailing your Nobel Peace Prize winners.
Specifically to this one. The award itself does not deserve its prestige, it has been given to too many criminals and militarists.
@Infiltrated_ad8271 agreed. Bialiatski is a tireless human rights activist, very different from some of the other laureates.
True, the meaning and importance is tainted when it’s used as a political tool
It is always used as a political tool; for good or evil.
The Nobel Prizes themselves were a political tool for Nobel himself.