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-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.
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.