John Humphrey Freedom Award

The John Humphrey Freedom Award was presented annually by the human rights and democratic development. It was established in 1992.

The award consisted of a grant of C$25,000, as well as a speaking tour of Canadian cities to help increase awareness of the recipient’s human rights work.

It was named in honor of John Peters Humphrey, a Canadian human rights law professor who prepared the first draft of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Award winners

2011 - Ales Michalevic, Belarus
2010 - PROVEA (El Programa Venezolano de Educacion-Accion en Derechos Humanos), Venezuela
2009 - La'Onf, the Iraqi Nonviolence Network, Iraq
2008 - Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, Zimbabwe
2007 - Akbar Ganji, Iran
2006 - Su Su Nway, Burma
2005 - Yan Christian Warinussy, West Papua, Indonesia
2004 - Godeliève Mukasarasi, Rwanda
2003 - Kimy Pernía Domicó, Colombia and Angélica Mendoz de Ascarza, Peru
2002 - Ayesha Imam, Nigeria
2001 - Dr. Sima Samar, Afghanistan
2000 - Reverend Timothy Njoya, Kenya
1999 – Cynthia Maung and Min Ko Naing, Burma
1998 – Palden Gyatso, Tibet
1997 – Father Javier Giraldo, Colombia
1996 – Sultana Kamal, Bangladesh
1995 – Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, East Timor
1994 – Egypt
1993 – La Plate-forme des organismes haïtiens de défense des droits humains, Haïti
1992 – Instituto de Defensa Legal, Peru

External links

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