Thich Quang Do

In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Thich. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Do.

Thích Quảng Độ (born 27 November 1928) is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk. In 2002, he was awarded the Homo Homini Award for human rights activism by the Czech group People in Need, which he shared with Thích Huyền Quảng and Nguyễn Văn Lý.[1]

In 2006, he was awarded the Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize for championing human rights. In January 2008, the Europe-based magazine A Different View chose Thích Quảng Độ as one of the 15 Champions of World Democracy. Others in the list include Nelson Mandela, Lech Wałęsa, Corazon Aquino, and Aung San Suu Kyi.

References

  1. ^ "Previous Recipients of the Homo Homini Award". People in Need. http://www.clovekvtisni.cz/index2en.php?id=549. Retrieved 17 April 2011. 

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