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 courage in standing up for ...

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 arrested while traveling. We believe ...

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 on Monday shaved their heads ...

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 beliefs in the Defence of ...

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 for Nominations for the Edelstam ...

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 Rights, and the prize will ...

PRESS RELEASE During a ceremony in the Swedish Parliament today, Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet, handed over a bust of the Swedish diplomat, Harald Edelstam, thanking for his humanitarian deeds during the coup in Chile in ...

The Edelstam Prize 2014 is awarded to Mr. Benjamín Manuel Jerónimo for outstanding contributions and exceptional courage in standing up for one’s beliefs in the Defence of Human Rights, and the prize will be awarded ...