The Laureates of this year’s Right Livelihood Award have been announced today – 22 September 2016 – in Stockholm, Sweden:
SYRIA CIVIL DEFENCE (Syria)
Syria Civil Defence (The White Helmets), ‘for their outstanding bravery, compassion and humanitarian engagement in rescuing civilians from the destruction of the Syrian civil war’. It is the first time that a Right Livelihood Award goes to a Laureate from Syria.…for their outstanding bravery, compassion and humanitarian engagement in rescuing civilians from the destruction of the Syrian civil war.
MOZN HASSAN / NAZRA (Egypt)
Egypt’s Mozn Hassan and Nazra for Feminist Studies, ‘for asserting the equality and rights of women in circumstances where they are subject to ongoing violence, abuse and discrimination’. [see also: https://thoolen.wordpress.com/2016/04/25/monday-25-april-what-will-happen-in-egypt/]
SVETLANA GANNUSHKINA (Russia)
Russia’s Svetlana Gannushkina, ‘for her decades-long commitment to promoting human rights and justice for refugees and forced migrants, and tolerance among different ethnic groups’. [see also: https://thoolen.wordpress.com/2013/06/26/russian-rights-defender-gannushkina-fined-for-refusing-documents/]
CUMHURIYET (Turkey)
Cumhuriyet, a leading independent newspaper in Turkey, ‘for their fearless investigative journalism and commitment to freedom of expression in the face of oppression, censorship, imprisonment and death threats’. [see also: https://thoolen.wordpress.com/2016/03/20/turkey-fair-trial-human-rights-lawyers-expression-l4l/]
For earlier posts on this award: https://thoolen.wordpress.com/tag/right-livelihood-award/
Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards 
February 2, 2017 at 08:14
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