Thread by @SMaurizi

1.I'm relieved that @chiarelettere,the publisher of my Italian book:"Il Potere Segreto.Perché vogliono distruggere Julian #Assange e #WikiLeaks",preface by @KenLoachSixteen (English version 2022),has fully accepted my decision NOT be nominated for a prestigious journalistic award

2. getting a nomination for a prestigious journalistic award is NOT winning it,however, I cannot accept a nomination for a prize which includes, among its supporters, an entity involved in arms exportation. It would seriously compromise my integrity

3.I've written my book thanks to the sacrifice of people like @xychelsea,who spent 8 years in prison and tried to commit suicide 3 times,Julian #Assange who lost his freedom 12 years ago and risks 175 years in a supermax, #SarahHarrison who helped @snowden and risks jail

4. While I've been able to do my work on the #WikiLeaks case safely,Julian #Assange,the WikiLeaks journos and their sources have been seriously intimidated, arrested, treated inhumanely. My sacrifice to decline a nomination for a prize is nothing compared to their sacrifices

5. I have also written my book thanks to intellectuals like @KenLoachSixteen, who wrote a brilliant preface to my book.I have to act ethically, as he does in defending values which are also my own values.