Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards

Pakistan

Jalila Haider

“For breaking barriers, as the first female lawyer from her Hazara community, to challenge ethnic, state and patriarchal persecution, guided by the conviction that no human being is illegal.”

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Southern Africa

Rural Women’s Assembly

“For organising rural women across Southern Africa into a united force defending land, seed and bodily autonomy against corporate and patriarchal dispossession.”

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Georgia

Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association

“For building and safeguarding Georgian democracy and sustaining civic power in the face of an autocratic crackdown.”

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USA

Timnit Gebru

“For challenging concentrated power in artificial intelligence and pioneering digital technology rooted in justice, lived experience and human agency.”

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Press releases

Read individual press releases about:

• Jalila Haider
• Rural Women’s Assembly
• Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA)
• Timnit Gebru

READ GENERAL PRESS RELEASE

2026 Announcement

https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/livelihood-award-honors-women-taking-autocrats-discrimination-unchecked-136878052

Jalila Haider

https://www.ksat.com/news/world/2026/09/30/right-livelihood-award-honors-women-taking-on-autocrats-discrimination-and-unchecked-ai

This entry was posted on October 8, 2026 at 17:29 and is filed under awards, Human Rights Defenders.

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