Homo Homini Award

The Homo Homini Award is given annually by the Czech human rights organization People in Need to "an individual in recognition of a dedication to the promotion of human rights, democracy and non-violent solutions to political conflicts".^[1] The award is presented at the One World Film Festival, the world's largest human rights film festival.^[2]

Winners of the Homo Homini Award

Past winners of the Homo Homini Award include the following^[3]:

1994: Sergei Kovalev
1997: Szeto Wah
1998: Ibrahim Rugova
1999: Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas
2000: Min Ko Naing
2001: Zackie Achmat
2002: Thích Huyền Quang, Thích Quảng Độ and Nguyen Van Ly
2003: Nataša Kandić
2004: Gheorghe Briceag
2005: Ales Bialatski and the Belarussian organisation Viasna
2006: Svetlana Gannushkina
2007: Su Su Nway, Phyu Phyu Thin, and Nilar Thein
2008: Liu Xiaobo
2009: Majid Tavakoli and Abdollah Momeni
2010: Azimzhan Askarov

References

^ "THE HOMO HOMINI AWARD". People in Need. http://clovekvtisni.cz/index2en.php?id=548. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
^ Jacy Meyer (4 March 2011). "At Prague Festival, Movies With a Conscience". The New York Times. http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/04/at-prague-festival-movies-with-a-conscience/. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
^ "PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS OF THE HOMO HOMINI AWARD". People in Need. http://clovekvtisni.cz/index2en.php?id=549. Retrieved 18 April 2011.

External links

Homo Homini award site