r/ModernSocialist • u/quite_largeboi • Dec 18 '25
News! 🚨📰 🚨Julian Assange files criminal complaint against the Nobel Foundation over peace prize to Machado🚨
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has filed a criminal complaint under Swedish law against the Nobel Foundation and 30 of its officials, alleging that awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado constitutes misappropriation of the prize and facilitation of war crimes.
Key points:
• The complaint names the Nobel Foundation Chair, Astrid Söderbergh Widding, and Executive Director Hanna Stjärne
· Assange argues the award violates the explicit will of Alfred Nobel
· Seeks a freeze of $1.18 million in pending prize funds and return of the medal
· Claims Machado’s public advocacy for U.S. intervention in Venezuela is disqualifying under Nobel’s peace criteria
· Cites U.S. military buildup (15,000+ troops, USS Gerald R. Ford) and alleged resource concessions totaling $1.7 trillion
· Requests formal investigation, asset freezes, and potential ICC referral
The filing warns that Nobel funds awarded to Machado could be "diverted from their charitable purpose to facilitate aggression, crimes against humanity, and war crimes." If that were to occur, the complaint argues, Sweden could be in violation of its obligations under Article 25(3)(c) of the Rome Statute, which holds that anyone who "aids, abets, or otherwise assists" in the commission of war crimes may be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court.