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The winners will receive their prizes in a ceremony in Stockholm on 4 December.

Join us virtually in honouring the 2020 Right Livelihood Laureates on December 3 22/10/2020 . Currently, pro bono legal work in China is facing enormous challenges. The Swedish activist, whose emotional address accusing world leaders of betraying her generation went viral this week, was recognised by the judges of Sweden’s annual Rights Livelihood awards for “inspiring and amplifying political demands for urgent climate action reflecting scientific facts”. Kopenawa and the Hutukara Yanomami Association – of which he is president and co-founder – were hailed “for their courageous determination to protect the forests and biodiversity of the Amazon, and the lands and culture of its indigenous peoples”. 01:14 STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg was named on Wednesday as one of four winners of the 2019 Right Livelihood Award, known as …

Jianmei said: “This award recognises and acknowledges the efforts of my team and me to uphold women’s rights and promote democracy and the rule of law in China, under difficult circumstances, for the past 25 years. India Must Refrain From Undermining Civil Society 21/10/2020 . All rights reserved. Inspired by her, millions of young people poured onto streets around the world last Friday to demand governments attending the summit take emergency action. He said: “The award gives me the strength to continue the fight to defend the soul of the Amazon forest. Thunberg and her fellow laureates will each receive 1m Swedish krona (£83,000) to further their work in addition to long-term support that includes help and protection for those “whose lives and liberty are in danger”. Indigenous leader Davi Kopenawa, a spokesperson for the Yanomami people, who live in an area of the Amazon rainforest on the Brazil-Venezuela border, completed the four-strong list of laureates.

Dubbed the Dalai Lama of the Rainforest, Kopenawa has dedicated his life to advocating for Yanomami rights, culture and lands in the Amazon. Thunberg won the award “for inspiring and amplifying political demands for urgent climate action reflecting scientific facts,” the Right Livelihood Foundation said in a statement. Almost nobody knew their name a year ago. Kopenawa, who wrote The Falling Sky, the first book by a Yanomami, said the award came “just at the right time” and marked “a show of trust in me and Hutukara and all those who defend the forest and planet Earth”.

The Sweden-based Right Livelihood Foundation announced 4 winners in 2019 edition of awards, namely- Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg – for inspiring and amplifying political demands for urgent climate action reflecting scientific facts Thunberg shares the award with Brazilian indigenous leader Davi Kopenawa of the Yanomami people, Chinese women’s rights lawyer Guo Jianmei and Western Sahara human rights defender Aminatou Haidar. Thunberg, 16, denounced world leaders on Monday for failing to tackle climate change in a speech at the start of a climate summit at the United Nations in New York. Announcing the laureates in Stockholm, Ole von Uexkull, executive director of the Right Livelihood Foundation, said: “With the 2019 Right Livelihood award, we honour four practical visionaries whose leadership has empowered millions of people to defend their inalienable rights and to strive for a liveable future for all on planet Earth.”. The Right Livelihood Award is an international award to "honour and support those offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today." Days after her powerful speech to the UN climate action summit reverberated around the world, Greta Thunberg has been named among four winners of an international award dubbed the “alternative Nobels”. Chinese women’s rights advocate Guo Jianmei also among quartet of ‘practical visionaries’ recognised in Right Livelihood awards, Wed 25 Sep 2019 12.35 BST Human rights defender Haidar, affectionately known as the “Sahrawi Gandhi”, was recognised for “her steadfast nonviolent action, despite imprisonment and torture, in pursuit of justice and self-determination for the people of western Sahara”. The Right Livelihood Award, widely known as the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. On the road for the climate. All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes.

“But of course, it is not me who is the winner. September 25, 2019, 9:02 am. Announcing the laureates in Stockholm, Ole von Uexkull, executive director of the Right Livelihood Foundation, said: “With the 2019 Right Livelihood award, … The prize was established in 1980 by German-Swedish philanthropist Jakob von Uexkull, and is presented annually in early December. I share this award with them.”. I am part of a global movement of school children, youth and adults of all ages who have decided to act in defence of our living planet.

The Laureates were announced in Stockholm, Sweden, today. Kopenawa was jointly recognised with the Hutukara Yanomami Association, which conserves the rainforest and campaigns for indigenous rights, in Brazil. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. We, the peoples of the planet, need to preserve our cultural heritage as Omame [the Creator] taught – to live well caring for our land so that future generations continue to use it.”. Haidar said: “This is a recognition of my nonviolent struggle and the just cause of the Sahrawi people. Thursday, April 18, 2019 - Tony Rinaudo - Re-greening Degraded Landscapes: Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration.

This award serves as an encouragement and motivation.”. Reporting by Johan Ahlander, Editing by Timothy Heritage. STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg was named on Wednesday as one of four winners of the 2019 Right Livelihood Award, known as Sweden’s alternative Nobel Prize. “I’m deeply grateful for being one of the recipients of this great honour,” said Thunberg, in New York for the UN general assembly. The Sahrawis deserve to be supported by all so that, one day, they will achieve independence and freedom.”. “With the 2019 Right Livelihood Award, we honour four practical visionaries whose leadership has empowered millions of people to defend their inalienable rights and to strive for a liveable future for all on planet Earth,” the foundation said in the statement. Jianmei, who has been hailed as China’s “patron of the weak” and has helped thousands of disadvantaged women to access justice , has faced sustained pressure in her efforts to support those affected by domestic violence.