Posts Tagged ‘human rights awards’
June 24, 2015
New Tactics in Human Rights is currently having an on-line conversation on “The Use of Photography in Advancing Human Rights“. It lasts until 26 June.
New Tactics in Human Rights.
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Tags: anthropographia award, digest of human rights awards, human rights awards, images, information technology, New Tactics in Human Rights, NGOs, on-line conversations, photography, teaching, THF, tools
June 14, 2015
Waleed Abu al-Khair (twitter)
Waleed Abu al-Khair, a human rights defender from Saudi Arabia has won the 2015 Ludovic Trarieux Prize, a prestigious award for human rights lawyers [for more info on the award see: http://www.brandsaviors.com/thedigest/award/ludovic-trarieux-international-human-rights-prize]. Waleed Abu al-Khair is a long-standing campaigner (started the Monitor of Human Rights in Saudi Arabia – MHRSA) and was given a 15-year jail sentence by a Jeddah court last year, in a ruling that Human Rights Watch (HRW), Front Line and many others have heavily criticized [https://thoolen.wordpress.com/tag/waleed-abu-al-khair/].
Currently in jail himself, Al-Khair represented prominent blogger (and brother-in-law) Raif Badawi who has been jailed for 10 years and sentenced to 1,000 lashes. [https://thoolen.wordpress.com/2015/06/07/saudi-court-upholds-bloggers-10-years-and-1000-lashes/]
Bertrand Favreau, the founder of the Ludovic Trarieux Prize, told AFP the award goes to those who “through their work, activities or suffering defend the respect for human rights“.
https://wabolkhairen.wordpress.com/2015/05/31/a-letter-to-the-saudi-king-from-the-law-society-in-england-and-wales-regarding-waleedabualkhair/
Saudi Arabia: jailed blogger Raif Badawi’s lawyer Waleed Abu al-Khair wins human rights award.
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Tags: AFP, Bertrand Favreau, blogger, digest of human rights awards, Front Line, HRW, human rights awards, human rights lawyers, Ludovic Trarieux Prize, Ludovic-Trarieux International Human Rights Prize, Monitor of Human Rights in Saudi Arabia - MHRSA, Raif Badawi, Saudi Arabia, UK, Waleed Abu Al-Khair
June 7, 2015
The 2nd Annual Harvard Law International Women’s Day Portrait Exhibit showcases the contributions of women around the world to the areas of law and policy. The honorees—each of whom were nominated by Harvard Law School students, faculty or staff—are too many to mention but my selection of the ones who most represent the momentum of human rights defenders is as follows:
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Tags: awards, Fatou Bensouda, Harvard Law School, honorees, human rights awards, human rights of women, Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera, MEA 2011, Nawal El Saadawi, USA, women human rights defenders
May 23, 2015
Whether one believes in sainthood or not, it is not difficult to rejoice with Pax Christi International about the 23 May beatification of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero who became known for his persistent search for truth, justice and reconciliation in the late seventies in conflict-torn El Salvador. He was shot dead while celebrating mass on 24 March 1980. The assassin has never been identified, but it is widely believed that the assassins were members of a death squad led by former Major Roberto D’Aubuisson. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: assassination, bishop Romero, catholic church, digest of human rights awards, El Salvador, human rights awards, Human rights defender, human rights documentation, International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims, Oscar Arnulfo Romero, Pax Christi International, sainthood, Truth, UN
April 8, 2015
The winner of the 2015 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize is the Syrian journalist and human rights defender, Mazen Darwish, currently imprisoned. The Prize will be awarded during the celebration of World Press Freedom Day, 3 May, which will this year be hosted by Latvia (National Library, Riga, 6 p.m.).
An independent International Jury of media professionals recommended Mazen Darwish in recognition of the work that he has carried out in Syria for more than ten years at great personal sacrifice, enduring a travel ban, harassment, as well as repeated detention and torture. Darwish, a lawyer and press freedom advocate, is the president of the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (CMFE), founded in 2004, and one of the founders of the Voice newspaper and syriaview.net, an independent news site, which has been banned by the Syrian authorities. In 2011, Darwish established Media Club, the first Syrian magazine about media affairs.
He has been detained since February 2012, when he was arrested with colleagues Hani Al-Zitani and Hussein Ghareer. Mazen won earlier awards from Roland Berger (2011), Reporters without Borders (2012) and Bruno Kreisky (2013).
The $25,000 Prize is named in honour of Guillermo Cano Isaza, a Colombian journalist who was assassinated in front of the offices of his newspaper, El Espectador, in Bogotá, on 17 December 1986. It is funded by the Cano Foundation (Colombia) and the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation (Finland).
Syrian journalist Mazen Darwish winner of UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
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Tags: detention, Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, human rights awards, Human rights defender, illegal detention, Journalist, Latvia, Mazen Darwish, Press Freedom, Syria, Unesco, UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, World Press Freedom Day (3 May)
March 7, 2015
While on the subject of awards for human rights, I see that I missed the announcement of the winners of the Human Rights award of the French Republic (Prix des Droits de l’homme de la République française) which was made on 9 December 2014. With apologies here it is:
Five NGOs each received 14 000 € to implement their projects which are in line with the two themes selected by the Jury that year: child exploitation and rights of women:
- Aurélie Socias, representing the French NGO Sengsavang (formerly called AFESIP Laos).
- Agnès Razafindramanga Leteurtre representing the NGO “Enfance et malnutrition” working in Madagascar.
- Patricia Beltran, for the NGO Enda El Alto, in Bolivia.
- Mokhtar Bassant for the Foundation Gozour (meaning roots) from Egypt.
- Harivola Rakotoarindrasata for the Focus Development Association from Madagascar.
5 special mentions as encouragement were also made:
- The Anh Duong association in Vietnam
- The Shakti Samuha association in Nepal
- The association Women’s Empowerment Link in Kenya
- The Fight Against Child Exploitation Foundation (FACE) in Thailand
- The association Cepaz in Venezuela.
For more information especially on the work by these NGOs see the official press release (in French):Justice / Portail / Remise du Prix des Droits de l’homme de la République française.
For more information on this or other awards: http://www.brandsaviors.com/thedigest/award/prix-des-droits-de-lhomme-de-la-république-française
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Tags: awards, Bolivia, child abuse, Egypt, Enda El Alto (NGO), Enfance et malnutrition (NGO), Focus Development Association, Gozour (NGO), Human Rights award of the French Republic, human rights awards, Human Rights Defenders, human rights of women, Laos, Madagascar, Prix des Droits de l’homme, République française, Sengsavang (NGO)
March 7, 2015
Jury announces the Finalists for the 2015 Front Line Defenders Award
On Wednesday 4 March the Jury for the 2015 Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk announced the 5 finalists for this year, all of whom are either in jail, in hiding or face the threat of jail because of their peaceful work defending the rights of others:
Juan Carlos Flores Solís Mexico, an environmental rights campaigner, was recently released from prison, but has a charge pending, because he led the opposition of local peasant and indigenous communities to the construction of a gas pipeline on their land near an active volcano.
Diane Marie Rodríguez Zambrano Ecuador, LGBTI rights activist and the first trans woman to stand for public office in Ecuador is currently living in a safe house following death threats because of her work promoting the rights of the transgender community.
Guo Feixiong a Chinese legal activist, also known has Yang Maodong, has been repeatedly jailed and brutally tortured for challenging corruption, defending the rights of human rights defenders, minority groups and small farmers whose land had been confiscated. He is currently in prison awaiting sentencing.
Rasul Jafarov one of the most prominent HRDs in Azerbaijan, was arrested on bogus charges of “ illegal enterprise, tax evasion, and abuse of official power. A lawyer by profession, Rasul Jafarov is Head of the Human Rights Club and Coordinator of the Art for Democracy campaign, which has launched several campaigns against politically-motivated imprisonment, including the Sing for Democracy campaign which took place in the run-up to the Eurovision Song Contest in May 2012. His is still in detention and his trial is ongoing.
Yara Sallam – Egypt is a human rights lawyer with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR). On 21 June 2014, she was arrested with other protesters during a peaceful demonstration against the controversial “Protest Law”. On 29 October 2014, Yara, and a number of other activists, were convicted on these charges, despite the absence of credible evidence and clear inconsistencies in police reports of the event. She was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment,three years’ police monitoring and a fine of 10,000 Egyptian Pounds (approx. €1,098). This sentence was later reduced on appeal to two years’ imprisonment, two years’ monitoring and no fine.
The winner will be announced at an event in Dublin’s City Hall on 1 May.
via Finalists for the 2015 Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk | Front Line.
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Tags: Azerbaijan, China, Diane Marie Rodríguez Zambrano, Ecuador, Egypt, Front Line (NGO), Guo Feixiong, human rights awards, Human Rights Defenders, Juan Carlos Flores Solís, Mexico, nominees, Rasul Jafarov, Yang Maodong, Yara Sallam
February 1, 2015
The Sergio Vieira de Mello Foundation is extending its call for nominations for the 2015 Award till 30 April 2015. This prize rewards an individual, a group or an organisation whose original and daring initiatives have brought people in conflict in war-torn societies towards reconciliation. For more information on the award see: http://www.brandsaviors.com/thedigest/award/sergio-vieira-de-mello-prize
Nominations should use the form on the website and submit it by email to info[at]sergiovdmfoundation.org, or by post : Sergio Vieira de Mello Foundation, 29 rue des Allobroges, 1227 Carouges, Geneva, Switzerland.
Sergio Vieira de Mello Foundation.
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January 28, 2015
Recipients of the honorary awards given by Manusher Jonno Foundation, standing behind, with the guests sitting in front, in the capital’s Bangla Academy yesterday, at the award giving ceremony marking Human Rights Day. Photo: Star
A nice little item left-over from Human Rights Day 2014. How human rights awards play at the local level:
Ten human rights defenders from the grassroots level, two eminent social workers with international recognition, and a female football player were given honorary awards by Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) yesterday. The works of the activists focused on land rights, prevention of violence against women, child rights, and the rights of the indigenous people. The 10 grassroots activists were Jharna Ray, Madhobilata Chakma, and Nomita Chakma of Khagrachhari, Birendra Sangma of Mymensingh, Shafique Ullah of Noakhali, Kachhim Uddin of Tangail, Kananbala Gupta of Narail, Umme Kulsum Ranjana of Bogra, Kalpana Tirki of Rajshahi, and Rahela of Dinajpur.
Two social workers Jharna Dhara Chowdhury, chief of Noakhali’s Gandhi Ashram, and Angela Gomes, executive director of Bachte Shekha, were also honoured along with Bipasha Mali, a young footballer who was recently called to play on the national women’s football team.
Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury said, “They don’t work for recognition. Yet when we value their contributions, it makes us proud and we get inspiration to work.”
MJF honours 10 grassroots human rights defenders | Two social workers, a young female footballer also receive the honorary awards.
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Tags: activism, awards, Bangladesh, child rights, football, honorary awards, human rights awards, Human Rights Day, Human Rights Defenders, Land issues, Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF), women human rights defenders, youth
January 21, 2015
The 2015 selection process for the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award is now open. Deadline: 6 March 2015
For more information regarding the eligibility criteria, please visit the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights website.
Also the Lawyers for Lawyers Award (L4L award] is now open for nomination for the L4L Award is open.
Only those nominations submitted via the
nomination form on the website will be taken into consideration. Deadline 15 February 2015
The nomination form is available on: http://www.advocatenvooradvocaten.nl/award/ and other information is available on: http://www.advocatenvooradvocaten.nl/l4l-award/?/.
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For more information on these and other human rights awards, see the Digest of THF: http://www.brandsaviors.com/thedigest/
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