Đàn Chim Việt (Theo Frontlinedefenders)
03:34:pm 17/05/12
Dublin (17.05.2012):
Ban giám khảo (bao gồm các nghị sĩ quốc
hội Irland: ông Pat Breen TD, Thượng nghị sĩ Averil Power, Bộ trưởng Bộ Giáo
dục, ông Ruairi Quinn TD, Bộ trưởng Bộ Nông nghiệp, Thực phẩm và Hàng hải, ông
Simon Coveney TD và bà Noeline Blackwell Giám đốc Free Legal Aid Centres) đã
thông báo danh sách 5 đề cử viên chọn lọc cho giải FRONT LINE DEFENDERS AWARD 2012.
Giải
thưởng Nhân quyền FRONT LINE DEFENDERS AWARD được trao hàng năm cho cá nhân
hoặc nhóm người có những đóng góp xuất sắc cho sự nghiệp đấu tranh vì nhân
quyền. Năm
nay giải thưởng FRONT LINE DEFENDERS AWARD nhận được tổng cộng 107 đề cử từ 46
quốc gia.
Các
ứng cử viên lọt vào danh sách chọn lọc giải thưởng năm nay là:
Ivonne
Mallezo Galano (Cuba)
Rafiq Hazat (Malawi)
Tiến sĩ Cù Huy Hà Vũ (Việt Nam)
Mona Seif (Ai Cập)
Ms Razan Ghazzawi (Syria)
Rafiq Hazat (Malawi)
Tiến sĩ Cù Huy Hà Vũ (Việt Nam)
Mona Seif (Ai Cập)
Ms Razan Ghazzawi (Syria)
Giải
thưởng sẽ chính thức được công bố tại Dublin City Hall vào ngày 08 Tháng Sáu.
Dưới
đây là bản tin từ trang nhà FRONT LINE DEFENDERS:
Dublin:
Human rights defenders from Malawi, Cuba, Sryia, Egypt and Vietnam shortlisted
for 2012 Front Line Defenders Award
JURY
OF IRISH PARLIAMENTARIANS ANNOUNCES SHORTLIST OF 5 NOMINEES FOR 2012 FRONT LINE
DEFENDERS AWARD SELECTED FROM LIST OF 106 NOMINEES FROM 46 COUNTRIES
PRESS
RELEASE EMBARGOED 17 June 2012
Every
year the Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk is
awarded to one individual, or group of individuals, who has made an outstanding
contribution to the cause of human rights. This year the Front Line Defenders
Award received a total of 107 nominations from 46 countries.
The
jury consisting of: Mr Pat Breen TD, Senator Averil Power, Minister for
Education Mr Ruairi Quinn TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Mr
Simon Coveney TD and Ms Noeline Blackwell Director, FLAC (Free Legal Aid
Centres) today announced the list of the five human rights defenders who have
been shortlisted for this year’s Award. The overall winner of the Front Line
Defenders Award 2012 will be announced at a ceremony in Dublin’s City Hall on
08 June.
The
shortlisted nominees for the 2012 Front Line Defenders Award are:
Cuba:
Ivonne Mallezo Galano
Malawi:
Rafiq Hazat
Vietnam: Dr Cu Huy Ha Vu
Egypt:
Mona Seif
Syria:
Ms Razan Ghazzawi
”The
stories of individual courage and the utter dedication of these brave and
determined human rights defenders who risk their freedom, their livelihoods and
even their lives in defence of the rights of others challenge us to live up to
their example”, said Mary Lawlor Executive Director of Front Line Defenders in
Dublin.
The
winner will receive €15,000 to enable them to continue their vital work for
human rights. It is also hoped that winning the Front Line Defenders Award will
act as an additional form of security and help them to develop their network of
media and advocacy contacts.
“Front
Line Defenders is proud to recognise these brave and dedicated individuals all
of whom remain at grave risk today because of their legitimate human rights
work” added Ms Lawlor.
The
winner of the 2012 Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at
Risk will be announced on June 8th in Dublin. Stay up to date on the work of
these and other human rights defenders around the world at www.frontlinedefenders.org
For
further information please contact: Jim Loughran, Front Line Defenders, Head of
Media Tel +353 1 212 3750 mob +353 (0)87 9377586
BIOGRAPHIES OF
NOMINEES SHORTLISTED FOR 2012 FRONT LINE DEFENDERS AWARD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
DEFENDERS AT RISK
Rafiq Hajat, Director of the Institute for Policy
Interaction (IPI), is one of the leading human rights defenders in Malawi where
the Government has been seeking to repress protests and silence all critical
voices. On 3 September 2011, at 1 am approximately, a petrol bomb was thrown
through the window of the IPI office in the Chichiri area of Blantyre,
following which the front room of the building caught fire resulting in
extensive damage. Rafiq Hajat has been publicly accused by former President
Bingu wa Mutharika of being an enemy of the state and he has been forced to go
into hiding. However, in spite of the threats against him he has continued to
speak out about human rights violations in Malawi.
In
Cuba, Ivonne Mallezo Galano has been repeatedly
detained by the authorities for promoting human rights and democracy. On 30th
November 2011 following a peaceful protest in the Fraternidad Park in Havana
where she was part of a group that displayed a white sheet that read: “Down
with Hunger, Misery, and Poverty”. She was subjected to 51 days of cruel and
degrading treatment in prison before her release on January 20, 2012. Two days
after her release in January she was back together with the Ladies in White
(Damas de Blanca) participating in their regular Sunday march on 22nd January
in the streets of Havana. During the recent visit of the Pope to Cuba, Ivonne
was one of the human rights defenders rounded up and detained throughout the
pontiff’s visit.
Dr Cu Huy Ha Vu was sentenced to seven years in prison in
April 2011 following an unfair trial on charges of “propaganda against the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam.” He had been arrested on 4 November 2010 and
held incommunicado following his involvement in a number of high profile legal
cases including two cases against the Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung
in relation to bauxite mining in Vietnam’s Central Highlands as well as a case
relating to the arrest of a number of Catholic church members who were
participating in a funeral procession on disputed land. Both lawsuits against
the Prime Minister were posted on the Bauxite Vietnam website and reposted on
several others.
When
former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down after weeks of mass public
protest, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces of Egypt (known as SCAF)
assumed power. After being part of the Tahrir protests, Mona Seif,
normally cancer research lab worker, started a movement taking on the SCAF and
its widespread use of military trials of civilians. The ‘No Military Trials’
movement has been a galvanising force among Egyptian revolutionaries, but has
also taken on the challenge of exposing the SCAF regime’s crimes against
detainees. Through written and video testimonies, her Tahrir Diaries blog seeks
to reveal the military’s abuses against the revolution they once claimed to be
saving.
Razan Ghazzawi is a tireless defender of human rights,
not only in her native Syria but throughout the Arab world and beyond. She is
an active blogger who also works for the Syrian Centre for Media and Free
Expression advocating for journalists and bloggers under threat in Syria and
the rest of the region. For this she has been detained and is currently facing
trial. She has stood up for minority rights, including equal rights for
Palestinians. Most recenty she has worked documenting abuses by the Syrian
Government. She was first arrested in December, when she was on her way to a
regional meeting on media in the Arab world hosted in Amman. Following a
grassroots social media campaign, she was released shortly afterwards. In
February, the Syrian authorities raided the offices of the SCM and arrested
Razan and her colleagues. They currently face a military trial in an attempt to
crackdown on free speech activists and restrict the flow of information out of
Syria. ENDS
Theo
Frontlinedefenders
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