For a blog that claims to focus on awards for human rights defenders, it is good to pay some attention to awards to go to authorities and corporations that may violate the rights of human rights defenders. [see e.g. https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2014/05/30/right-to-privacy-in-the-digital-age-of-importance-to-human-rights-defenders/]The Big Brother Awards are examples. The tradition of Big Brother Awardswas started by UK human rights organization Privacy International in 1998 and spread to a number of other countries. Here a sampling:
Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards 