On the 2nd anniversary of the assassination of the Burundese Human Rights Defender Ernest Manirumva the NGO Protection International launches a film on his work and life. The first screening of the documentary “Justice for Ernest Manirumva” will take place at the Belgian Federal Parliament on Friday 8 April at 11 am. For more information please contact: Pascale Boosten of the Video-advocacy Unit of Protection International.
Tel: 32-2-609 44 07 http://www.protectionline.org
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Protection International made film on assassinated Human Rights Defender Ernest Manirumva, Burundi
April 6, 2011Nominees for the Martin Ennals Award 2011 announced today
March 12, 2011Today Michel Veuthey. Board member of the Martin Ennals Foundation, announced the Nominees for the Martin Ennals Award 2011 during the closing ceremony of the Human Rights Film Festival in Geneva.
The five nominees are: Ms Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera (Uganda), Father Alejandro Solalinde Guerra (Mexico), Mr. Azimjon Askarov (Kyrgyzstan), Mr. Pacifique Nininahazwe (Burundi), and Ms Vilma Nuñez de Escorcia (Nicaragua).
The Martin Ennals Award is a unique collaboration of ten international human rights organisations which constitute the Jury: Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights First, International Federation for Human Rights, World Organisation Against Torture, Front Line, International Commission of Jurists, German Diakonie, International Service for Human Rights and HURIDOCS.
For more information (English, French and Spanish) and portraits of the nominees please go to http://www.martinennalsaward.org
Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards 