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The Right Livelihood Foundation strongly condemns crackdown on Belarusian human rights activists and organisations
media 17/02/2021
The Foundation deplores US recognition of Moroccan claim over Western Sahara
media 15/12/2020
Ordenan regresar a prisión a la premiada activista iraní Nasrin Sotoudeh
media 02/12/2020
International Day For the Elimination of Violence Against Women – Right Livelihood Laureates at the Forefront of the Shadow Pandemic
media 25/11/2020
Congresistas alemanes exigen la liberación permanente de la abogada iraní Nasrin Sotoudeh
media 12/11/2020
German parliamentarians demand permanent release of Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
media
251 NGOs decry UN’s disregard and neglect of the people of Western Sahara
media 06/11/2020
Belarus: Human Rights Center “Viasna” faces persecution, as crackdown on protests continues
media 04/11/2020
HRC45: Intimidation and reprisals against human rights defenders engaging with the United Nations, the case of Morocco
media 02/10/2020
Morocco and Western Sahara: Stop the smear campaign and prosecution of Aminatou Haidar and Sahrawi activists
media 30/09/2020
Open Letter to the United Nations Secretary General on the situation in Western Sahara
media 18/09/2020
HRC45: Concern over UN silence on Western Sahara
media 16/09/2020
Right Livelihood Foundation and Survival International call on Brazilian government to protect indigenous peoples
media 12/03/2020
Saudi Arabia must stop using counter terrorism laws to crackdown on peaceful critics
media 05/03/2020
Activists in Colombia exceedingly endangered 30 years after leaders of ‘Alternative Nobel’ Laureate organisation were killed
media 25/02/2020
A 30 años del asesinato de sus líderes, organización campesina premiada con “Nobel Alternativo” exige justicia y reparación
media
“No más violaciones a los derechos humanos en Chile”, piden los laureados del Premio Right Livelihood
media 07/11/2019
Right Livelihood Award Laureates call to end human rights violations in Chile
media
Aminatou Haidar
laureates 25/09/2019
Guo Jianmei
laureates
Unfinished Business: International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala dismantled
media 03/09/2019
#FreeWaleed: 5 years on from his sentencing, join us in calling for the release of Saudi prisoner of conscience Waleed Abu al-Khair
media 05/07/2019
Egypt must lift the travel ban imposed on Ms Hassan
media 03/07/2019
Russia must stop repressing fundamental freedoms
media 02/07/2019
The Global Campus of Human Rights enters into new educational partnership with the Right Livelihood Foundation
media 05/06/2019
Mukwege Foundation Impacts UN Human Rights Review of Democratic Republic of the Congo
media 21/05/2019
Parlamentarios alemanes ven con preocupación el proceso electoral de Guatemala
media 15/05/2019
German Parliamentarians Concerned about the Electoral Process in Guatemala
media
Five Years since Saudi Right Livelihood Award Laureate was Imprisoned
media 15/04/2019
2018 Right Livelihood Award Laureate Runs for President in Guatemala
media 14/03/2019
Chechnya must acquit Mr Oyub Titiev of the fabricated criminal charges
media 13/03/2019
“Hay una violencia que es histórica: la indiferencia del Estado”
media 08/03/2019
“We don’t only need women in positions of power, we need feminist women”
media
“We are experiencing a women’s revolution”
media
Final Nail in the Coffin for Press Freedom in Turkey?
media 20/02/2019
Khadija Ismayilova wins case against Azerbaijan
media 11/01/2019
The government of Guatemala must be held accountable for the safety of a hundred members of CICIG
media 09/01/2019
Responsabilizan al gobierno de Guatemala por la seguridad de un centenar de miembros de la CICIG
media 08/01/2019
20th anniversary of the arrest of dictator Augusto Pinochet
media 16/10/2018
“Perseguir a los responsables de crímenes de lesa humanidad es una necesidad de interés colectivo”
media
2018 Right Livelihood Award Laureates Announced
media 24/09/2018
Thelma Aldana & Iván Velásquez
laureates
Turkish opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet hijacked by Erdoğan loyalists
media 09/09/2018
Israeli peace activist Uri Avnery has passed away
media 20/08/2018
After a successful evacuation process, hundreds of White Helmets volunteers remain in Syria under growing danger
media 27/07/2018
The Right Livelihood Award Foundation strongly condemns the violence perpetrated against Swami Agnivesh
media 18/07/2018
Turkey vs Freedom of the Press
media 29/06/2018
Right Livelihood Award Foundation mourns Felicia Langer
media 26/06/2018
Right Livelihood Award Laureates stand with Human Rights Centre Memorial
media 14/06/2018
29 Laureates Sign Petition in Support of White Helmets and Ceasefire in Syria
media 27/03/2018
The solution to corruption is more transparency – UN must act now
media 28/02/2018
Celebrate World Day of Social Justice by proposing an exemplary change maker for the 2018 Right Livelihood Award
media 20/02/2018
Pakistan’s leading human rights lawyer and Alternative Nobel Laureate Asma Jahangir has passed away
media 11/02/2018
Journalism is Not a Crime
media 02/11/2017
44 Right Livelihood Award Laureates: Dismiss the Case Against Thailand’s Sulak Sivaraksa
media 25/10/2017
Robert Bilott
laureates 26/09/2017
Khadija Ismayilova
laureates
Yetnebersh Nigussie
laureates
Released from Jail, ‘Alternative Nobel’ Medha Patkar Still Faces Charges of Kidnapping in India’s Dam Protest
media 25/08/2017
The World Loses Climate and Nuclear Disarmament Champion Tony de Brum
media 22/08/2017
Turkey Must Act on UN Experts’ Call to Free Cumhuriyet Journalists
media 19/07/2017
Zonas de tránsito a la vida civil reciben al 27° festival de poesía de Medellín
media 10/07/2017
Solidarité avec Cumhuriyet à Genève
media 31/05/2017
Journalism grant scheme to report on ‘Alternative Nobel’ Laureates launched
media 03/05/2017
An Indictment Against Democracy in Turkey
media 06/04/2017
The White Helmets on Screen
media 23/02/2017
21 Years After the War, Bosnian Rape Survivors Still Grapple with Trauma and Stigma
media 14/12/2016
Premios “Nobel Alternativo” de Chile rinden homenaje a Douglas Tompkins a un año de su muerte
media 08/12/2016
Chile reúne a cinco premiados con el “Nobel Alternativo”
media 05/12/2016
‘Alternative Nobel’ Laureates from Egypt and Turkey Barred from Travel, Behind Bars Despite UN Support
media 24/11/2016
Roma Rights Under Threat Across Europe
media 01/11/2016
Statement by the Right Livelihood Award Foundation on the detention of Cumhuriyet staff
media 31/10/2016
Syria Civil Defence
laureates 22/09/2016
Cumhuriyet
laureates
Snowden: A Reluctant Celebrity
media 16/09/2016
Los Juegos Olmpicos son una vergenza para Brasil
media 10/08/2016
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture: Dignity Comes First
media 24/06/2016
Speaker’s decision to block the ‘Alternative Nobel’ from Parliament shows bias, says Right Livelihood Award chief
media 08/06/2016
Violence sexuelle en Afrique : Des tendances à inverser
media 25/05/2016
Sexual Violence in Africa: Reversing the Trends
media
Riksdagens talman vill porta Right Livelihood-priset
media 21/05/2016
The Award’s Future in Parliament Under Threat
media
The Chernobyl Secret Protocols: Lies in the Aftermath of Disaster
media 26/04/2016
Denis Mukwege: Rape As A Weapon Of War In The Democratic Republic of Congo
media 20/04/2016
Foundation, Laureate Condemn Killings of Landless Workers in Brazil
media 14/04/2016
Crime against landless workers rampant as Brazil descends into political crisis
media
Hate Speech: A New Strategy Against Human Rights Defenders
media 23/03/2016
Laureates petition against impunity following the murder of activist Berta Caceres
media 09/03/2016
Laureate Leads Historic Nuclear Disarmament Hearings at ICJ
media 07/03/2016
Airways for Good: Celebrating World Radio Day
media 13/02/2016
Laureates Issue Open Letter to King of Saudi Arabia
media 12/02/2016
One Month Left Until 1 March Nomination Deadline
media 02/02/2016
Award Ceremony: 2015 Laureates call for climate leadership and putting an end to war and discrimination
media 30/11/2015
Media opportunity: Austrian pop artist and worldwide LGBTI icon Conchita Wurst will meet with 2015 Laureate Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera in Stockholm
media 23/11/2015
Employees of Afghanistan Indepedent Human Rights Commission Killed In Explosion
media 29/10/2015
RLA 2015 Laureates announced
media 01/10/2015
Upcoming announcement of the 2015 Laureates
media 10/09/2015
Tony de Brum & the People of the Marshall Islands
laureates 23/08/2015
Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera
laureates
Gino Strada / EMERGENCY
laureates
Laureates Show Solidarity with Patkar’s Protest
media 14/08/2015
Por tercer ao consecutivo, Brasil encabeza ranking mundial de asesinatos de lderes sociales y ambientales
media 17/07/2015
NSA surveillance programme reformed by new legislation
media 03/06/2015
Right Livelihood Award Laureates condemn incitement to murder Swami Agnivesh
media 18/05/2015
Inauguration of Munir Street in The Hague: Suciwati calls on President to resolve Munir murder
media 13/04/2015
Swedish parliamentarians visit Edward Snowden in Moscow
media 27/03/2015
Right Livelihood Laureates petition the Federal Government of Nigeria over Ogoni environment clean-up
media 11/03/2015
Regional Conference close in Mumbai
media 07/03/2015
Jumanda Gakelebone in South Africa to discuss hunting ban
media 28/02/2015
Laureate elected to district council in Botswana
media 18/02/2015
Regional Conference in Mumbai Announced
media 17/02/2015
The impact of the 2014 Right Livelihood Awards
media 28/11/2014
Solidarity Mission – RLA delegation returns from Gaza
media 05/11/2014
RLA solidarity mission to Gaza
media 30/10/2014
RLA Delegation calls on Brazilian Presidential Candidates
media 29/09/2014
Laureates’ reactions to Right Livelihood Awards: “We have something to protect”
media 25/09/2014
2014 Laureates announced
media 24/09/2014
Jakob von Uexkull honoured by Swedish government
media 28/08/2014
Edward Snowden
laureates 23/08/2014
Alan Rusbridger
laureates
Asma Jahangir
laureates
Basil Fernando / AHRC
laureates
No podemos volver a estar como estbamos Los palestinos exigimos que se nos reconozca como seres humanos
media 13/08/2014
Joan Garces: ÒAlegra y esperanza para todos aquellos que en el mundo se inspiran en las AbuelasÓ
media 06/08/2014
Laureates sign declaration on Gaza: “They are also our children.”
media 25/07/2014
Declaration by Right Livelihood Award Laureates on Gaza
media
Gaza: “Violence has gone too long” – Raji Sourani
media 13/07/2014
Regional Conference Egypt
media 02/06/2014
Theo van Boven turns 80
media 26/05/2014
Hans-Peter Duerr passes away
media 19/05/2014
Parliaments towards a nuclear weapon free world
media 21/03/2014
For nuclear weapons, there are no right hands
media 20/03/2014
Abolition: For nuclear weapons, there are no right hands
media 14/03/2014
2014-02-03 Justice, the greatest debt of Paraguay’s democracy – an interview with Martn Almada
media 30/01/2014
30 Years of MST – Remembering Ccero Guedes
media 24/01/2014
Paul Walker at Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony honouring OPCW
media 11/12/2013
Zafrullah Chowdhury takes part in hunger strike for a peaceful Bangladesh free of political violence
media 06/12/2013
Award Ceremony
media 02/12/2013
The significance of Right Livelihood Award for the 2013 Laureates
media 28/11/2013
Upcoming: Award ceremony and programme
media 21/11/2013
Right Livelihood Laureates and members World Future Council demand immediate release of Greenpeace activits
media 08/11/2013
OPCW “great choice” for Nobel Peace Prize
media 11/10/2013
Announcement Laureates 2013
media 26/09/2013
2013 Laureates Announced
media
New RLA documentary – CAAT
media 28/08/2013
Paul Walker
laureates 23/08/2013
Raji Sourani
laureates
Denis Mukwege
laureates
2012 Annual Report published!
media 18/07/2013
Global coalition warns against nuclear power expansion plans
media 16/07/2013
Laureates at Regional Conference in Bogot condemn violence against indigenous, small farmers and social movement leaders
media 08/07/2013
Poetry Festival of Medelln starting today
media 06/07/2013
Hissne Habr to face war crimes trial
media 02/07/2013
Regional Conference of Latin American Laureates
media 01/07/2013
Regional Conference of Latin American Laureates in Bogota
media 26/06/2013
Daniel Ellsberg speaks out for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden
media 11/06/2013
New web app from CAAT reveals EU arms export info
media 31/05/2013
Former dictator Ros Montt’s genocide verdict annulled
media 24/05/2013
Laureates sign petition in protection of Klaus Hnniger
media 20/05/2013
Asghar Ali Engineer passes away
media 14/05/2013
Asghar Ali Engineer passes away
media
Survival and CIMI call upon IACHR to save the Aw
media 07/05/2013
100 years Robert Jungk
media 03/05/2013
Reports from 3rd and 4th day of solidarity visit in Brazil
media 05/04/2013
RLA solidarity visit to Brazil
media 26/03/2013
RLA solidarity visit for Brazilian activists
media 25/03/2013
New attempts of uprooting Bushmen
media 22/03/2013
Sulak Sivaraksa participated in Thai TV Monarchy debate
media
Trident Ploughshares organises disarmament camp Aug 26 – Sep 7
media 14/03/2013
Several Laureates signed open letter in support of ongoing Columbian peace process
media 18/02/2013
Sankaralingam Jagannathan passes away at age of 100
media 12/02/2013
Sankaralingam Jagannathan passed away
media
Jacqueline Moudeina to represent victims in Habré trial
media 11/02/2013
MST leader Cícero Guedes killed
media 31/01/2013
20 years ago: Martn Almada discovers Archives of Terror
media 22/12/2012
CAAT calls for investigation of use of Swedish weapons in Burma military operations
media 12/12/2012
The 2012 Award Week
media 10/12/2012
Laureates’ statements and use of prize money
media 06/12/2012
Swami Agnivesh attacked in Bhopal
media 03/12/2012
Memorial defies the law on “foreign agents”
media 23/11/2012
Karaca’s court trial
media 20/11/2012
Medha Patkar arrested
media 06/11/2012
RLA Solidarity Visit to Chad
media 19/10/2012
New video portraits available
media 15/10/2012
CAAT Protests end National Gallery’s arms trade links
media 11/10/2012
2012 Right Livelihood Awards announced!!
media 27/09/2012
Announcement of the 2012 Laureates
media
Statement by Memorial on the Law on “Foreign Agents”
media 21/09/2012
Memorial condemns new Russian law
media
Upcoming Award Announcement
media 18/09/2012
The Silenced Majority: new book by Amy Goodman
media 03/09/2012
Hissène Habré: Senegal and AU agree on special tribune
media 27/08/2012
Gene Sharp
laureates 23/08/2012
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT)
laureates
Sima Samar
laureates
Chico Whitaker warns of ‘nuclear two class society’
media 17/08/2012
World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2012 published
media 10/07/2012
Land grabbing in focus
media 18/06/2012
Disarmament for Sustainable Developement
media 28/05/2012
Back Seat Heroes – Photo Exhibition about our Laureates
media 24/05/2012
The Economies of the Commons
media 10/05/2012
Anti-nuclear action impact in Korea
media 13/03/2012
Uri Avnery comments on Administrative Detention
media 24/02/2012
NGOs want Hissne Habr extradited to Belgium
media 25/01/2012
16th Anniversary of Ken Saro-Wiwa’s killing
media 11/11/2011
Article in German Handelsblatt
media 07/10/2011
2011 Award Announcement
media 30/09/2011
Recipients in Stockholm
media 29/09/2011
Award Announcement
media
Wangar Maathai passes away
media 26/09/2011
Jacqueline Moudeina
laureates 23/08/2011
Asha Hagi Elmi: Help Somalia’s starving people
media 01/08/2011
Dekha Ibrahim Abdi 1964 – 2011
media 14/07/2011
Pentagon Papers officially released
media 13/06/2011
Rachel Avnery 1932 – 2011
media 23/05/2011
Juliano Mer-Khamis killed
media 04/04/2011
Daniel Ellsberg arrested
media 21/03/2011
Chilean government defered to US demands
media 09/03/2011
International Women’s Day
media 08/03/2011
Nomination deadline comes closer!
media 04/02/2011
European of the Year 2011
media 13/01/2011
2010 Ceremony online
media 19/12/2010
2010 Ceremony: Change from the grassroots
media 07/12/2010
Upcoming: The 2010 Award Ceremony
media 01/12/2010
Christopher Weeramantry launches memoires
media 24/11/2010
2010 Laureates’ public program online
media 22/11/2010
What you always wanted to ask
media 28/10/2010
Ruchama Marton (Israel, RLA 2010) is interviewed by the BBC
media
Ellsberg interview on release of Iraq War docs
media 23/10/2010
2010 Right Livelihood Awards
media 30/09/2010
Day three of the Anniversary Conference
media 18/09/2010
Democracy Now! in Bonn
media 17/09/2010
The 30th Anniversary Conference commences
media 16/09/2010
Day two of the Anniversary Conference
media
Physicians for Human Rights – Israel
laureates 23/08/2010
First People of the Kalahari denied access to water
media 21/07/2010
First People of the Kalahari (Botswana, RLA 2005)
media 08/06/2010
Mordechai Vanunu (Israel, RLA 1987)
media 16/05/2010
Auction to support the Right Livelihood Award
media 26/04/2010
Alyn Ware (New Zealand, RLA 2009)
media 07/04/2010
Amy Goodman (USA, RLA 2008)
media 24/03/2010
Vandana Shiva (India, RLA 1993)
media 07/03/2010
Angie Zelter on tour in Sweden
media 16/02/2010
Memorial (Russia, RLA 2004)
media 02/02/2010
Nicanor Perlas (Phillipines, RLA 2003)
media 14/01/2010
Right Livelihood Award Foundation
media 09/12/2009
Right Livelihood Award Foundation
media 03/12/2009
Why Israel won’t attack Iran
media 22/11/2009
Alyn Ware (New Zealand, RLA 2009)
media 06/11/2009
Dekha Ibrahim Abdi (Kenya, RLA 2007)
media 22/10/2009
Memorial (Russia, RLA 2004)
media
Press release October 13th
media 13/10/2009
Press release 13 Oct 2009
media 12/10/2009
Juan Garcés (Spain, RLA 1999)
media 07/10/2009
RLA Press Release Oct 5th 2009
media 05/10/2009
Asha Hagi (Somalia, RLA 2008)
media 25/09/2009
Daniel Ellsberg (USA, RLA 2006)
media 14/09/2009
Munir (Indonesia, RLA 2000)
media 07/09/2009
Alyn Ware
laureates 23/08/2009
FPK & Survival International
media 06/08/2009
Martin Almada (Paraguay, RLA 2002)
media 31/07/2009
Amory Lovins
media 22/01/2009
Dekha Ibrahim Abdi & Herman Daly
media 21/01/2009
Krishnammal and Sankaralingam Jagannathan / LAFTI
laureates 23/08/2008
Amy Goodman
laureates
Asha Hagi Elmi
laureates
Percy and Louise Schmeiser
laureates 23/08/2007
Christopher Weeramantry
laureates
Dekha Abdi
laureates
Chico Whitaker Ferreira
laureates 23/08/2006
Daniel Ellsberg
laureates
Ruth Manorama
laureates
Festival Internacional de Poesía de Medellín
laureates
Irene Fernandez
laureates 23/08/2005
Roy Sesana / First People of the Kalahari
laureates
David Suzuki steps off board of directors
media 25/04/2005
Swami Agnivesh
laureates 23/08/2004
Asghar Ali Engineer
laureates
Memorial
laureates
Bianca Jagger
laureates
Walden Bello
laureates 23/08/2003
Citizens’ Coalition for Economic Justice (CCEJ)
laureates
David Lange
laureates
Centre Jeunes Kamenge (CJK)
laureates 23/08/2002
Kvinna till Kvinna
laureates
Martín Almada
laureates
Uri and Rachel Avnery / Gush Shalom
laureates 23/08/2001
Trident Ploughshares
laureates
Munir
laureates 23/08/2000
Juan Garcés
laureates 23/08/1999
Katarina Kruhonja
laureates 23/08/1998
Vesna Terselic
laureates
International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN)
laureates
Samuel Epstein
laureates
Jinzaburo Takagi
laureates 23/08/1997
Cindy Duehring
laureates
The Committee of Soldiers’ Mothers of Russia (CSMR)
laureates 23/08/1996
András Biró / Hungarian Foundation for Self-Reliance
laureates 23/08/1995
Serb Civic Council
laureates
Carmel Budiardjo
laureates
Sulak Sivaraksa
laureates
Astrid Lindgren
laureates 23/08/1994
Mary and Carrie Dann of the Western Shoshone Nation
laureates 23/08/1993
Arna Mer-Khamis
laureates
Kylätoiminta / Finnish Village Action
laureates 23/08/1992
Helen Mack Chang
laureates
Marie-Thérèse and Bengt Danielsson
laureates 23/08/1991
Senator Jeton Anjain / The Rongelap People
laureates
Comissão Pastoral da Terra (CPT)
laureates
Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais sem Terra (MST)
laureates
Alice Tepper Marlin
laureates 23/08/1990
Asociación de Trabajadores Campesinos del Carare (ATCC)
laureates
Felicia Langer
laureates
Seikatsu Club Consumers’ Cooperative
laureates 23/08/1989
Inge Genefke / Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims
laureates 23/08/1988
Sahabat Alam Malaysia – Sarawak (SAM)
laureates
Hans-Peter Dürr
laureates 23/08/1987
Johan Galtung
laureates
Frances Moore-Lappé / Institute for Food and Development Policy
laureates
Mordechai Vanunu
laureates
Robert Jungk
laureates 23/08/1986
Janos Vargha / Duna Kör
laureates 23/08/1985
Theo van Boven
laureates
Imane Khalifeh
laureates 23/08/1984
Ela Bhatt / Self-Employed Women’s Association
laureates
Winefreda Geonzon / FREE LAVA
laureates
Wangari Maathai
laureates
High Chief Ibedul Gibbons and the people of Belau
laureates 23/08/1983
Petra Kelly
laureates 23/08/1982
Anwar Fazal
laureates
Mike Cooley
laureates 23/08/1981
