WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, on 17 December, filed a criminal complaint against the Nobel panel over the ‘instrument of war’ peace prize to Venezuelan democracy activist María Corina Machado.
In a statement on 17 December, WikiLeaks said Julian Assange filed a criminal complaint in Sweden, “accusing 30 individuals associated with the Nobel Foundation, including its leadership, of committing serious suspected crimes, including the crime of gross misappropriation of funds, facilitation of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and the financing of the crime of aggression.”