Emil Grunzweig Human Rights Award

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The Emil Grunzweig Human Rights Award is an award made annually by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel to "an individual or NGO that has made a unique contribution to the advancement of human rights in Israel". The award was established in 1981 but was renamed in 1983 after the murder of activist Emil Grunzweig by a grenade thrown by a right-wing sympathizer during a Peace Now demonstration against the war in Lebanon.

[edit] Winners of the award

Winners of the award have included:

1981 - Gabriel Stern, journalist for Al Hamishmar.

1982 - Yehuda Litani, Ha'aretz reporter in the occupied territories; special posthumous recognition to Dr. Robert Walsh, a Jewish journalist in Germany.

1983 - Lieutenant Colonel Dov Yirmiya, for his activities promoting the welfare of civilians in Lebanon; this was the year the award was first named after Emil Grunzweig.

1984 - Moshe Negbi, editor of the radio program "Din Udvarim".

1985 - Baruch Meiri, journalist for Ma'ariv.

1986 - Prof. Yitzhak Zamir, former legal advisor to the government.

1987 - High court justice Zvi Berenson.

1988 - Reporters in the occupied territories.

1989 - Alice Shalvi, the founder of the Israel Women's Network.

1990 - Yitzhak Kadman, head of the National Council on Children's Welfare.

1991 - Dr. Lotta Saltzburger, a founder of the Hotline for Victims of Violence.

1992 - Bassem Eid, the founder of the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group; special award to Mr. James Ya'acov Rosenthal, journalist, for his lifelong devotion to human rights.

1993 - Eyal Simchoni, attorney.

1994 - Yitzhak Clinton Bailey, campaigner for Bedouin rights.

1995 - Foundation for aid to women and girls victims of violence in the Arab sector.

1996 - Gideon Levy, Ha'aretz journalist.

1997 - Community Defense, a legal organisation that assists residents of impoverished neighborhoods in obtaining their rights; the Gouarish family for agreeing to donate the organs of their son, killed by Israeli Defence Forces fire, to recipients both Jewish and Arab.

1998 - Workers' Hotline, for their activities promoting the rights of foreign workers; Major General Hareven; special lifetime award to Shulamit Aloni.

1999 - Physicians for Human Rights and its founder Ruchama Marton.

2000 - Ha'aretz journalist Dr. Yossi Algazi.

2002 - Miriam Darmoni Sharvit and Sigal Rosen of the hotline for foreign workers.

2004 - the women of Machsom Watch, organization of Israeli women who monitor checkpoints.

2005 - Hanna Safran, feminist.