JUSTICE FIGHTER RECEIVES THE EDELSTAM PRIZE
The Edelstam Prize 2022 is awarded to Ms. Norma Esther Andrade for her outstanding contributions and exceptional courage in standing up for one’s beliefs in the Defense of Human Rights.…
FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF SWEDEN – MR. STEFAN LÖFVEN – BECOMES NEW BOARD MEMBER OF THE EDELSTAM FOUNDATION
The Edelstam Foundation appoints Sweden’s former Prime Minister, Mr. Stefan Löfven, as a new member of the Board of Directors. The foundation is a politically and religiously independent organization, working…
THE EDELSTAM PRIZE 2022 OPENS THE CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
PRESS RELEASEStockholm, December 10, 2021 Picture from the seminar’s panel discussion from the left: Ms. Caroline Edelstam, President of the Edelstam Foundation, Dr. Jonas Ebbesson, Professor of Environmental Law att…
THE EDELSTAM FOUNDATION DEMANDS THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF PAUL RUSESABAGINA
PRESS RELEASEStockholm, the 1st June, 2021 The Edelstam Foundation has today sent a letter to President Paul Kagame of Rwanda demanding the release of Paul Rusesabagina, esteemed human rights activist…
Threatened Amazon Forest Defender Receives the Edelstam Prize
PRESS RELEASE Stockholm, 23 November 2020 The Edelstam Prize 2020 is awarded to Mrs. Osvalinda Marcelino Alves Pereira from the Amazon rainforest territory in Brazil for outstanding contributions and exceptional…
Hero of Hotel Rwanda – Rusesabagina Kidnapped and Detained by Rwandan Government
PRESS RELEASEStockholm, the 1st of September 2020 Paul Rusesabagina, Board Member of the Edelstam Foundation, and the humanitarian whose true story was told in the movie Hotel Rwanda has been…
THE EDELSTAM PRIZE LAUREATE 2018 SHAVES OFF HER HAIR IN PROTEST OF THE PERSECUTION OF HER HUSBAND
PRESS RELEASE Stockholm, December 18, 2018 The Edelstam Prize 2018 Laureate, Mrs. Li Wenzu from China, together with three other fellow wives of China’s most prominent right lawyers and activists…
Persecuted wife of detained Chinese human rights lawyer receives the Edelstam Prize
Press Release Stockholm, 27 November 2018 The Edelstam Prize 2018 is awarded to Mrs. Li Wenzu from China for outstanding contributions and exceptional courage in standing up for one’s…
The Edelstam Prize 2018 opens the Call for Nominations
PRESS RELEASE Santiago den Chile, 11/29/2017 During a ceremony yesterday at the Unviersidad de Santiago de Chile, USACH, the Edelstam Foundation announced that it is now opening their Call…
Pinochet’s nemesis receives the Edelstam Prize
The Edelstam Prize 2016 is awarded to Judge Juan Guzmán Tapia of Santiago for outstanding contributions and exceptional courage in standing up for one’s beliefs in the Defence of Human…
