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Threatened Amazon Forest Defender Receives the Edelstam Prize

by: The Edelstam Foundation Nov 23, 2020News0

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 ...

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Paul Rusesabagina

Hero of Hotel Rwanda – Rusesabagina Kidnapped and Detained by Rwandan Government

by: The Edelstam Foundation Sep 1, 2020News0

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 ...

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THE EDELSTAM PRIZE LAUREATE 2018 SHAVES OFF HER HAIR IN PROTEST OF THE PERSECUTION OF HER HUSBAND

by: The Edelstam Foundation Dec 29, 2018News0

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 ...

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Persecuted wife of detained Chinese human rights lawyer receives the Edelstam Prize

by: The Edelstam Foundation Nov 27, 2018News0

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 ...

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The Edelstam Prize 2018 opens the Call for Nominations

by: The Edelstam Foundation Nov 29, 2017News0

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 ...

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Caroline Edelstam and Juan Guzmán Tapia

Pinochet’s nemesis receives the Edelstam Prize

by: The Edelstam Foundation Nov 14, 2016News0

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 ...

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Chile’s President hands over a Statue of the diplomat hero Harald Edelstam to the Swedish Parliament

by: The Edelstam Foundation May 11, 2016News0

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 ...

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The Edelstam Prize 2016 opens the Call for Nominations

by: The Edelstam Foundation Mar 17, 2016News0

During a press conference in Stockholm earlier today the Edelstam Foundation announced that it is now opening their Call for Nominations for the Edelstam Prize 2016. The nomination is open and candidates may be submitted ...

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Benjamín Manuel Jerónimo

Mr. Benjamín Manuel Jerónimo from Guatemala receives the Edelstam Prize for this pursuit of justice in Guatemala

by: The Edelstam Foundation Nov 10, 2014News0

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 ...

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Announcement of the Edelstam Prize Laureate 2014

by: The Edelstam Foundation Aug 26, 2014News0

  The Laureate of the Edelstam Prize 2014 will be announced on the 10th of November, 10 A.M. during a press conference at the Army Museum in Stockholm. The Laureate will attend the press conference together ...

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