Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards

The 2019 Laureates of the Right Livelihood Award, widely known as the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’, [for more see:https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2019/09/26/right-livelihood-award-2019-lauds-practical-visionaries/]are:

• Aminatou Haidar (Western Sahara): for her steadfast nonviolent action, despite imprisonment and torture, in pursuit of justice and self-determination for the people of Western Sahara.
• Guo Jianmei (China): for her pioneering and persistent work in securing women’s rights in China.
• Greta Thunberg (Sweden): for inspiring and amplifying political demands for urgent climate action reflecting scientific facts (in lieu of Greta Thunberg, remarks from climate activists).
• Davi Kopenawa / Hutukara Yanomami Association (Brazil): for their courageous determination to protect the forests and biodiversity of the Amazon, and the lands and culture of its indigenous peoples.

The Graduate Institute, Geneva, and the Right Livelihood Award Foundation organise a celebratory event, which will include musical interludes, on Thursday 28 November 2019 from 18:00 – 19:45 in the Auditorium Ivan Pictet in the Maison de la Paix, Geneva.

To register:  HERE

This entry was posted on November 7, 2019 at 22:26 and is filed under awards, Human Rights Defenders.

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