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Relive the 2022 Right Livelihood award ceremony

December 23, 2022

In case you missed the 30 November 2022 ceremony, here the film of the event in Cirkus, Stockholm.

Programme

Musical performance

Welcome
Parisa Amiri

Film about Right Livelihood

See also: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2022/09/30/2022-right-livelihood-laureates-announced/

Award presenter
Gunilla Hallonsten, Chair of the Board, Right Livelihood

Presentation of the Right Livelihood Award
to Fartuun Adan and Ilwad Elman, Somalia

Film about the Award sculpture made of Humanium

Interview
with 2019 Right Livelihood Laureate Greta Thunberg, and Anton Foley, Aurora

Musical performance

Presentation of the Right Livelihood Award
to Oleksandra Matviichuk and the Center for Civil Liberties, Ukraine

A conversation
with Right Livelihood’s Executive Director Ole von Uexkull and 2016 Right Livelihood Laureate Mozn Hassan

Presentation of the Right Livelihood Award
to Cecosesola, Venezuela

Interview
with 2004 Right Livelihood Laureate Memorial, represented by Alexandra Polivanova

Remembering
Herman Daly and Ela Bhatt, Right Livelihood Laureates who passed away during the year

Musical performance

Presentation of the Right Livelihood Award
to Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO), Uganda

https://rightlivelihood.org/2022-award-presentation/?mc_cid=fd1f1036b8&mc_eid=24f028b242

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2022 Right Livelihood Award Presentation

November 30, 2022

On 30 November 2022, will take place the Right Livelihood Award Presentation See: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2022/09/30/2022-right-livelihood-laureates-announced/. Time: 19:15 – 21:00 CET Venue: Cirkus, Stockholm

You can attend in person [get your tickets] or join digitally [register now Visit social media wall]

Programme

Musical performance

Welcome
Parisa Amiri

A conversation with
Right Livelihood’s Executive Director Ole von Uexkull and 2016 Right Livelihood Laureate Mozn Hassan

Award presenter
Gunilla Hallonsten, Chair of the Board, Right Livelihood

Presentation of the Right Livelihood Award
to Fartuun Adan and Ilwad Elman, Somalia

Musical performance

Presentation of the Right Livelihood Award
to Oleksandra Matviichuk and the Center for Civil Liberties, Ukraine

Musical performance

Presentation of the Right Livelihood Award
to Cecosesola, Venezuela

Musical performance

Presentation of the Right Livelihood Award
to Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO), Uganda

Musical performance

https://rightlivelihood.org/2022-award-presentation/?mc_cid=82dc0ec4b6&mc_eid=24f028b242

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Magnitsky Human Rights Award 2021 to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe detained in Iran

November 21, 2021

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has won an award in London for her bravery, as her detention in Iran continues. The West Hampstead mother received the Courage Under Fire prize at this year’s Magnitsky Human Rights Awards. For more on this award, see: https://www.trueheroesfilms.org/thedigest/awards/48a2fd20-eb63-11e8-a208-f9dcc4e84560

Redress, an NGO campaigning for the return of Nazanin, says the award “recognises the injustice Nazanin has suffered as a pawn of international diplomacy”.

It comes after ended his second hunger strike, this time for 21 days, to try and break the political impasse to bring Nazanin home.  

“Nazanin was very pleased to hear of this award, for herself but also for all the others detained in Iran that you don’t get to hear about,” her husband Richard Ratcliffe said. “The Iranian regime gets away with terrible crimes that thrive in darkness where accountability should be.” 

He added: “All our family are very proud of this award.”

Since Richard’s hunger strike, Boris Johnson has said it is “worth considering” paying a £400m historic debt to Iran by sending a plane full of cash to Tehran.

Nazanin, 43, mother of a seven-year-old girl, was arrested in Tehran in 2016 after being accused of plotting to overthrow the Iranian government – charges always denied and widely refuted. 

William Browder, head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign, said: “Nobody should ever be put in a situation like this, but in spite of the pressure, she has proven how powerful she can be even in the most powerless situation.  Her hostage takers should understand that their crimes won’t go unpunished.” 

Accepting the “courage under fire” award on her behalf at the event in London on Thursday evening, Gabriella read her mother’s words.

https://www.impartialreporter.com/news/national/19727498.nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffes-daughter-makes-award-speech-behalf/

https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe-wins-bravery-award-8500754

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Save the dates for the RAFTO Prize 2021

June 15, 2021

The Rafto Prize Events 2021

These are the dates for the 2021 Rafto Prize Events. They are live-streamed. You can watch them on RAFTO’s website and on Facebook.

The Rafto Prize Announcement (online )

Thursday 23 September at 10:00 AM (CEST)

Watch the press conference where the Head of the Rafto Prize Commitee announces the recipient of the Rafto Prize 2021! The live-stream starts at 09:30, and will include interviews and commentaries by experts and Rafto staff.

The Rafto Conference (online)
Saturday 13 November at 11:00-14:00

Join our online conference with keynote speech by Rafto Laureate 2021. The conference will shed light on and discuss human rights challenges related to this year’s Rafto Prize. Free of charge and open for everyone to attend.
Speakers and program TBA

The Award Ceremony (online)
Sunday 14 November at 18:00-19:15

Live broadcasted from Den Nationale Scene, Bergen, we are celebrating this year’s Rafto Laureate with an award ceremony and a concert.
Free of charge. Artists and perfomances TBA

Torchlight procession, Den Nationale Scene in Bergen.
Sunday 14 November at 19:30

After the Award Ceremony there will be a torchlight procession, that will start outside of Den Nationale Scene, Bergen.
Physical attendance only.

For more on this and other human rights awards for HRDs, see: https://www.trueheroesfilms.org/thedigest/awards/A5043D5E-68F5-43DF-B84D-C9EF21976B18


Follow RAFTO in social media to receive recent updates:

Facebook/raftofoundation
Instagram: @raftofoundation
Twitter: @raftofoundation

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9 December: 2020 Front Line Defenders Award Ceremony on line

December 9, 2020

The 2020 Front Line Defenders Award Ceremony [see: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2020/11/30/2020-front-line-defenders-award-ceremony-on-9-december-and-the-winners-of-2020/], will be on-line on 9 December, International Human Rights Defenders Day:

To watch :

in English: www.frontlinedefenders.org/2020award

YouTube:https://youtu.be/KebPxuAa_ac

Vimeo:https://vimeo.com/frontlinedefenders/2020awardenglish

Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/FrontLineDefenders>
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Also available in French, Spanish, Arabic and in Tamil and Armenian .

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Right Livelihood Awards ceremony to be livestreamed on 3 December 2020

December 2, 2020

The Right Livelihood Awards ceremony 2020 will be live-streamed on 3 December 2020.

For the winners see: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2020/10/01/four-well-known-human-rights-defenders-are-the-2020-right-livelihood-laureates/

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You can watch the RAFTO 2020 ceremony online

November 20, 2020

The Rafto Prize Award Ceremony took place on 8 November 2020. The Rafto Prize for 2020 was awarded the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) See: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2020/09/25/rafto-prize-for-2020-goes-to-the-egyptian-commission-for-rights-and-freedoms-ecrf/

If you did miss out, you can rewatch the entire Rafto Prize Award Ceremony here: https://player.vimeo.com/video/477734125

PERFORMANCES:

JONAS ALASKA// With his down-to-earth, personal and honest portrayals, it’s no wonder Jonas Alaska is a critic’s favourite. Already with his debut album, he was triple-nominated for the Norwegian Grammy.

NORA GUNDERSEN & ODA VOLTERSVIK // Nora Gundersen and concert pianist Oda Voltersvik will perform at Den Nationale Scene in November! They have both played as solo artists and chamber musicians both in Norway and abroad.

DØSSI // Ingrid Døssland, known as DØSSI, is a producer and singer/songwriter. With her dreamy voice, DØSSI draws you in to her own world of feelings and melancholy.

FRODE GRYTTEN // Frode Grytten has, throughout an extensive and critically acclaimed career, distinguished himself as one of Norway’s foremost writers.

SHARQANT // Sharquant is a band consisting of three musicians with backgrounds from Syria and Iraq. The band was established in 2018, in Bergen. Their music consists of a blend of different parts of the Arab culture, and their music transports the audience to the Mediterranean region.

Guri Solberg is the host of the Rafto Prize Award Ceremony!

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Martin Ennals Award ceremony on 19 February – in Geneva and on internet

February 10, 2020

The MARTIN ENNALS AWARDS CERMONY 2020 will take place on Wednesday 19 February 2020, 18h00, at the Salle communale de Plainpalais in Geneva. It wil honour three women human rights defenders for their exceptional courage and dedication:

Ms Huda Al-Sarari, Yemen

Ms Norma Ledezma, Mexico

Ms Sizani Ngubane, South Africa

See: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2019/11/26/breaking-news-mea-has-3-women-hrds-as-finalists-for-2020/

If you are in Geneva on 19 February please REGISTER . If not, note that the event with be live streamed. More information to follow on: https://www.martinennalsaward.org/.

Please spread the message.

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Nicaraguan journalist Luis Sequeira wins Rory Peck Award

November 12, 2019

France 24 reported on 8 November 2019 that the Nicaraguan journalist Luis Sequeira won the Rory Peck Award, which honours freelance photo and video reporters, for his AFP coverage of recent violence that has gripped his homeland. Sequeira was lauded at the annual ceremony in London for his shockingly raw footage of the violent crackdown against protesters in Nicaragua that began last year and continued into 2019.

His work showed demonstrators’ arrests and clashes with security forces after protests erupted on April 18, 2018, in response to President Daniel Ortega’s social security reforms. The resulting bloodshed has seen 325 people killed, from both the opposition and security forces, another 2,000 injured while 60,000 inhabitants have fled into exile, according to human rights groups. “This award is for the Nicaraguan people who have fought for democracy,” Sequeira said after being handed the award by Nicaraguan rights activist Bianca Jagger.

Sequeira, 25, started shooting video at the age of 17 and has worked for Telemundo, RCN, HBO, Reuters and Rutly. He has covered events across the Americas, in Europe and Asia, as well as in the Middle East. His work has included reporting on the plight of the Kurdish people, the jihadist attacks in Paris in 2015 and the terrorist attacks in Orlando, Florida in 2016. Sequeira has been working for AFP since 2018.

This is the fourth time in six years that an AFP journalist has won the prize. It was launched in 1995 in memory of the independent videographer Rory Peck, who was killed in Moscow two years earlier. The award recognises the best independent news cameramen, and the ceremony is one of the main ways that the Rory Peck Trust, which administers the prize, raises funds to assist freelance journalists.

See also: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2013/11/27/friend-of-journalists-award-goes-to-azeri-president/

https://www.france24.com/en/20191108-nicaraguan-journalist-luis-sequeira-wins-rory-peck-award

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Right Livelihood Award brings 2019 laureates to Geneva on 28 November

November 7, 2019

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

 

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