Shin Dong-Hyuk from North Korea, Father Bernard Kinvi from the Central African Republic, Arwa Othman from Yemen, and Dr. M. R. Rajagopal from India are leading voices for justice in their countries, working relentlessly to protect the rights and dignity of others. They will join one past international recipient of the award as they are honored at the Human Rights Watch “Voices for Justice” Annual Dinners held in 20 cities worldwide in November 2014 and March-April 2015.
“The Alison Des Forges Award honors people of extraordinary compassion and courage who work on behalf of some of the world’s most vulnerable people,” said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch. “The award winners have spoken out and intervened in the face of opposition, indifference, and at times life-threatening danger.”
The award is named for Dr. Alison Des Forges, senior adviser at Human Rights Watch for almost two decades, who died in a plane crash in New York State on February 12, 2009. Des Forges was the world’s leading expert on Rwanda, the 1994 genocide, and its aftermath. The Human Rights Watch annual award honors her outstanding commitment to, and defense of, human rights. It celebrates the valor of people who put their lives on the line to create a world free from abuse, discrimination, and oppression.
The recipients of Human Rights Watch’s 2014 Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism are:
- Shin Dong-Hyuk, who experienced brutality and starvation growing up in one of North Korea’s forced labor camps and has worked tirelessly to alert the world to these horrors since his escape in 2005;
- Father Bernard Kinvi, a Catholic priest who saved the lives of hundreds of Muslim civilians targeted during sectarian violence in the Central African Republic;
- Arwa Othman, a leading advocate working to end child marriage and promote equality for women in Yemen; and
- Dr. M. R. Rajagopal, a leading palliative care physician from India who, for more than 20 years, has battled conditions that cause patients to suffer severe pain unnecessarily.
Dong-Hyuk will be honored at dinners in Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, and New York; Kinvi in London, Paris, and Geneva; Othman in Munich and Amsterdam; and Rajagopal in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles.
Jacqueline Moudeïna, a recipient of the 2013 award, will also tour North America and will be honored at dinners in Toronto, Silicon Valley, and San Francisco. Moudeïna has worked for more than two decades to hold Hissène Habré, dictator of Chad from 1982 to 1990, accountable for atrocities and to achieve justice for his victims. For more information about the recipients, please read below or visit:http://www.hrw.org/voices-for-
For more information, please contact:In Amsterdam, Jan Kooy (English, Dutch): +31-6-420-91-869; or kooyj@hrw.org
In Berlin, Wolfgang Buettner (English, German): +49-30-25-93-06-10; or buettnw@hrw.org
In London, David Mepham (English): +44-75-72-603-995; or mephamd@hrw.org
In New York, Carroll Bogert (English, French): +1-212-216-1244; or bogertc@hrw.org
In Paris, Jean-Marie Fardeau (English, French, Portuguese): +33-1-43-59-55-35; or +33-6-45-85-24-87 (mobile); orfardeaj@hrw.org
For more information about the recipients, please read below.
Shin Dong-Hyuk, North KoreaShin Dong-Hyuk is the world’s leading advocate for closing North Korea’s forced labor camps. He is the only known escapee of Camp 14, one of North Korea’s camps for political prisoners, where he was born. While there, he witnessed numerous executions, including those of his own mother and brother, and was beaten, tortured, and routinely starved. Since escaping North Korea in 2005, he has worked tirelessly to alert the international community to the horrors inflicted on his fellow citizens. Human Rights Watch honors Shin Dong-Hyuk for his efforts to expose and end atrocities in North Korea.Father Bernard Kinvi, Central African Republic
Father Bernard Kinvi is a Catholic priest who directs the hospital at the Catholic mission in Bossemptele, Central African Republic. In early 2014, when sectarian violence devolved into coordinated violence targeting Muslim civilians, Kinvi saved the lives of hundreds of besieged Muslims, whom he gathered from their homes and sheltered in the Catholic church. Despite repeated death threats, Kinvi persisted in protecting those in his charge until they could be taken to safety. Human Rights Watch honors Father Bernard Kinvi for his unwavering courage and dedication to protecting civilians in the Central African Republic.
Arwa Othman, YemenArwa Othman is a leading advocate working to end child marriage in Yemen. During the mass protests that erupted in Yemen in 2011, Othman was among the most outspoken activists calling for human rights and gender equality. She is credited with facilitating some of the strongest recommendations produced by the national dialogue conference, tasked with shaping Yemen’s new constitution, including enshrining gender equality in law, prohibiting discrimination, and setting the minimum age for marriage at 18. Human Rights Watch honors Arwa Othman for her courageous work on behalf of all Yemenis, including women and children.
Dr. M. R. Rajagopal, IndiaDr. M. R. Rajagopal is a leading palliative care physician from India who, for more than 20 years, has battled conditions that cause patients to suffer severe pain unnecessarily. As clinician, academic, and activist, Rajagopal is a global force behind efforts to promote and put into practice palliative care as a human right. He built the world’s most successful community-based palliative care program, and he and his organization, Pallium India, played a key role in convincing India’s government to make morphine accessible. Human Rights Watch honors Dr. M. R. Rajagopal for his efforts to defend the right of patients with severe pain to live and die with dignity.Jacqueline Moudeïna, Chad Jacqueline Moudeïna is leading the efforts to hold the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré accountable for atrocities and to achieve justice for his victims. Habré is accused of thousands of political killings, systematic torture, and ethnic cleansing. Despite being injured in an assassination attempt, Moudeïna has pursued charges against Habré and his henchmen, and in 2013 won an important victory when a special court in Senegal indicted the former dictator for crimes against humanity. Human Rights Watch honors Jacqueline Moudeïna for her commitment to bringing justice to Hissène Habré’s victims and for protecting human rights in Chad.
Jacqueline Moudeïna, a recipient of the 2013 award, will also tour North America and will be honored at dinners in Toronto, Silicon Valley, and San Francisco. Moudeïna has worked for more than two decades to hold Hissène Habré, dictator of Chad from 1982 to 1990, accountable for atrocities and to achieve justice for his victims. For more information about the recipients, please read below or visit:http://www.hrw.org/voices-for-
For more information, please contact:In Amsterdam, Jan Kooy (English, Dutch): +31-6-420-91-869; or kooyj@hrw.org
In Berlin, Wolfgang Buettner (English, German): +49-30-25-93-06-10; or buettnw@hrw.org
In London, David Mepham (English): +44-75-72-603-995; or mephamd@hrw.org
In New York, Carroll Bogert (English, French): +1-212-216-1244; or bogertc@hrw.org
In Paris, Jean-Marie Fardeau (English, French, Portuguese): +33-1-43-59-55-35; or +33-6-45-85-24-87 (mobile); orfardeaj@hrw.org
For more information about the recipients, please read below.
Shin Dong-Hyuk, North KoreaShin Dong-Hyuk is the world’s leading advocate for closing North Korea’s forced labor camps. He is the only known escapee of Camp 14, one of North Korea’s camps for political prisoners, where he was born. While there, he witnessed numerous executions, including those of his own mother and brother, and was beaten, tortured, and routinely starved. Since escaping North Korea in 2005, he has worked tirelessly to alert the international community to the horrors inflicted on his fellow citizens. Human Rights Watch honors Shin Dong-Hyuk for his efforts to expose and end atrocities in North Korea.Father Bernard Kinvi, Central African Republic
Father Bernard Kinvi is a Catholic priest who directs the hospital at the Catholic mission in Bossemptele, Central African Republic. In early 2014, when sectarian violence devolved into coordinated violence targeting Muslim civilians, Kinvi saved the lives of hundreds of besieged Muslims, whom he gathered from their homes and sheltered in the Catholic church. Despite repeated death threats, Kinvi persisted in protecting those in his charge until they could be taken to safety. Human Rights Watch honors Father Bernard Kinvi for his unwavering courage and dedication to protecting civilians in the Central African Republic.
Arwa Othman, YemenArwa Othman is a leading advocate working to end child marriage in Yemen. During the mass protests that erupted in Yemen in 2011, Othman was among the most outspoken activists calling for human rights and gender equality. She is credited with facilitating some of the strongest recommendations produced by the national dialogue conference, tasked with shaping Yemen’s new constitution, including enshrining gender equality in law, prohibiting discrimination, and setting the minimum age for marriage at 18. Human Rights Watch honors Arwa Othman for her courageous work on behalf of all Yemenis, including women and children.
Dr. M. R. Rajagopal, IndiaDr. M. R. Rajagopal is a leading palliative care physician from India who, for more than 20 years, has battled conditions that cause patients to suffer severe pain unnecessarily. As clinician, academic, and activist, Rajagopal is a global force behind efforts to promote and put into practice palliative care as a human right. He built the world’s most successful community-based palliative care program, and he and his organization, Pallium India, played a key role in convincing India’s government to make morphine accessible. Human Rights Watch honors Dr. M. R. Rajagopal for his efforts to defend the right of patients with severe pain to live and die with dignity.Jacqueline Moudeïna, Chad Jacqueline Moudeïna is leading the efforts to hold the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré accountable for atrocities and to achieve justice for his victims. Habré is accused of thousands of political killings, systematic torture, and ethnic cleansing. Despite being injured in an assassination attempt, Moudeïna has pursued charges against Habré and his henchmen, and in 2013 won an important victory when a special court in Senegal indicted the former dictator for crimes against humanity. Human Rights Watch honors Jacqueline Moudeïna for her commitment to bringing justice to Hissène Habré’s victims and for protecting human rights in Chad.
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Human Rights Watch's Alison Des Forges Awardcelebrates the valor of individuals who put their lives on the line to protect the dignity and rights of others. Human Rights Watch collaborates with these courageous activists to create a world in which people live free of violence, discrimination, and oppression.
Arwa Othman is a writer, journalist, anthropology researcher and leading advocate working to end child marriage in Yemen.
Women in Yemen face severe discrimination in law and in practice. More than half of Yemeni girls are married—often to much older men—before age 18, making them more likely to drop out of school, die in childbirth, or experience physical and sexual abuse. During the mass protests that erupted in Yemen in 2011—ultimately ending then-President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s 33-year rule Othman was among the most outspoken activists calling for human rights and gender equality.
In 2013, Othman participated in Yemen’s national dialogue conference, tasked with shaping the country’s new constitution. The recommendations by the rights and freedom committee, which Othman headed, are among the most progressive and rights-respecting to come out of the process. They include reforms that could vastly improve the lives of Yemeni women and children, such as enshrining gender equality in law, prohibiting discrimination, and setting the minimum age for marriage at 18. The committee also recommended criminal sanctions for anyone who forces a child to marry. Othman is widely credited with bringing these strong recommendations to fruition.
Because of her prominent role during Yemen’s transitional period, Othman and other women’s rights activists have been the subjects of an increasingly aggressive apostasy campaign. Critics have used social media and flyers to call for attacks—and in some cases murder—against Othman and her colleagues. Despite these threats, Othman perseveres in her efforts to end child marriage and to promote women’s rights in Yemen.
Human Rights Watch honors Arwa Othman for her courageous work on behalf of all Yemenis, including women and children.
Source:
http://www.hrw.org/node/128277
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Le prix Alison Des Forges a été décerné à des activistes de la Corée du Nord, de la République centrafricaine, du Yémen et d'Inde
(New York, le 16 septembre 2014) – Quatre militants courageux défendant sans relâche les droits humains ont été désignés comme lauréats pour l’année 2014 du prestigieux prix Alison Des Forges pour engagement exceptionnel en faveur des droits humains (Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism), a annoncé Human Rights Watch aujourd'hui.
Shin Dong-Hyuk (Corée du Nord), le père Bernard Kinvi (République centrafricaine), Arwa Othman (Yémen) et le Dr. M. R. Rajagopal (Inde) figurent parmi les principales voix pour la justice dans leurs pays, travaillant sans relâche pour protéger les droits et la dignité d'autrui. Ils se joindront à un précédent lauréat international du prix lors de l’hommage qui leur sera rendu au cours des dîners annuels « Voix pour la justice » organisés par Human Rights Watch dans 20 villes à travers le monde en novembre 2014 et en mars-avril 2015.
« Le prix Alison Des Forges est destiné à honorer des personnes d'un courage et d'une compassion extraordinaires qui œuvrent en faveur de certaines des personnes les plus vulnérables de la planète », a déclaré Kenneth Roth, directeur exécutif de Human Rights Watch. « Les lauréats de ce prix ont fait entendre leurs voix et sont intervenus en dépit de pressions ou de l'indifférence, et parfois même au péril de leur vie. »
Le prix est nommé en l’honneur d’Alison Des Forges, conseillère senior à Human Rights Watch pendant près de vingt ans, qui a péri dans un accident d'avion le 12 février 2009 dans l’État de New York. Alison Des Forges était la principale experte mondiale du Rwanda, notamment du génocide de 1994 et de ses séquelles. Le prix, décerné annuellement par Human Rights Watch, rend hommage à son engagement exceptionnel en faveur des droits humains. Il salue le courage de personnes qui risquent leur vie pour créer un monde exempt de violence, de discrimination et d'oppression.
Les lauréats du prix Alison Des Forges pour engagement exceptionnel en faveur des droits humains décerné par Human Rights Watch en 2014 sont:
Shin Dong-Hyuk (Corée du Nord), le père Bernard Kinvi (République centrafricaine), Arwa Othman (Yémen) et le Dr. M. R. Rajagopal (Inde) figurent parmi les principales voix pour la justice dans leurs pays, travaillant sans relâche pour protéger les droits et la dignité d'autrui. Ils se joindront à un précédent lauréat international du prix lors de l’hommage qui leur sera rendu au cours des dîners annuels « Voix pour la justice » organisés par Human Rights Watch dans 20 villes à travers le monde en novembre 2014 et en mars-avril 2015.
« Le prix Alison Des Forges est destiné à honorer des personnes d'un courage et d'une compassion extraordinaires qui œuvrent en faveur de certaines des personnes les plus vulnérables de la planète », a déclaré Kenneth Roth, directeur exécutif de Human Rights Watch. « Les lauréats de ce prix ont fait entendre leurs voix et sont intervenus en dépit de pressions ou de l'indifférence, et parfois même au péril de leur vie. »
Le prix est nommé en l’honneur d’Alison Des Forges, conseillère senior à Human Rights Watch pendant près de vingt ans, qui a péri dans un accident d'avion le 12 février 2009 dans l’État de New York. Alison Des Forges était la principale experte mondiale du Rwanda, notamment du génocide de 1994 et de ses séquelles. Le prix, décerné annuellement par Human Rights Watch, rend hommage à son engagement exceptionnel en faveur des droits humains. Il salue le courage de personnes qui risquent leur vie pour créer un monde exempt de violence, de discrimination et d'oppression.
Les lauréats du prix Alison Des Forges pour engagement exceptionnel en faveur des droits humains décerné par Human Rights Watch en 2014 sont:
- Shin Dong-Hyuk, qui a survécu aux brutalités et à la faim imposées systématiquement passée dans un des camps de travaux forcés de Corée du Nord où il a passé son enfance, avant de travailler sans relâche pour révéler ces horreurs à la face du monde depuis son évasion en 2005 ;
- Le père Bernard Kinvi, un prêtre catholique qui a sauvé la vie de centaines de civils musulmans qui étaient pris pour cibles lors des violences interconfessionnelles en République centrafricaine ;
- Arwa Othman, une avocate de renom engagée dans la lutte contre le mariage des enfants et la promotion des droits des femmes au Yémen ; et
- Le Dr. M. R. Rajagopal, un médecin indien spécialiste des soins palliatifs qui, pendant plus de vingt ans, a lutté pour mettre fin aux douleurs intenses dont les patients pourraient être épargnés.
Shin Dong-Hyuk sera honoré lors de dîners à Santa Barbara, à Los Angeles et à New York; Bernard Kinvi à Londres, à Paris et à Genève; Arwa Othman à Munich et à Amsterdam; et M. R. Rajagopal à Santa Barbara et à Los Angeles.
Jacqueline Moudeïna, une lauréate du prix en 2013, sera également honorée en Amérique du Nord lors de dîners à Toronto, dans la Silicon Valley et à San Francisco. Mme Moudeïna est engagée depuis plus de deux décennies afin que Hissène Habré réponde des atrocités commises lors de sa dictature au Tchad de 1982 à 1990, et pour rendre justice à ses victimes.
Jacqueline Moudeïna, une lauréate du prix en 2013, sera également honorée en Amérique du Nord lors de dîners à Toronto, dans la Silicon Valley et à San Francisco. Mme Moudeïna est engagée depuis plus de deux décennies afin que Hissène Habré réponde des atrocités commises lors de sa dictature au Tchad de 1982 à 1990, et pour rendre justice à ses victimes.
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