The John Humphrey Freedom Award was presented annually by the Canadian human rights group Rights & Democracy, to an organization or individual from any country or region of the world for exceptional achievement in the promotion of 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 (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 Mendoza 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 – Campaign for Democracy, Nigeria and Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, Egypt 1993 – La Plate-forme des organismes haïtiens de défense des droits humains, Haïti 1992 – Instituto de Defensa Legal, Peru
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