the German Section of IALANA and the Federation of German Scientists (FGS, the German Pugwash Group)  biannually award the Whistleblower Award. This year the prize is also awarded by Transparency International, Germany.

The award goes to … Edward Snowden.

The reasoning for awarding Edward Snowden with the Whistleblower Award will soon be available in English on
http://vdw-ev.de/index.php/de-DE/arbeitsfelder-der-vdw/informationen-zu-qwhistleblowernq/8-aktuelles-und-veranstaltungen-des-vdw/202-whistleblower-preistraeger-2013

and on www.ialana.de