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PRESS RELEASE
Geneva, 24 April 2012
Micheline Calmy-Rey Announces Nominees for 2012 Martin Ennals Award
for Human Rights Defenders
GENEVA - Former Swiss President and newly-appointed Chair of the Martin Ennals Foundation, Micheline Calmy-Rey, today announced the nominees for the 2012 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders (MEA) at a press conference at the Palais Eynard, Geneva, Switzerland. The MEA is the main award of the international human rights movement.
The announcement and press conference will be streamed 11:00 -11:30hrs Geneva time on http://www.martinennalsaward.org/
The three nominees for the 2012 award are:
Venerable Luon Sovath, Cambodia. In March 2009, Luon Sovath, a Buddhist monk from Siem Reap, Cambodia witnessed his family and fellow villagers being forcibly evicted from their homes. Forced evictions remove families from their homes, often with no compensation. Despite threats of violence, arrest and disrobing, the venerable Sovath, a non-violent Buddhist monk, uses videos, poems and songs to defend the right to housing, but his advocacy touches powerful economic interests. The threats against the venerable Sovath are very real.
Nasrin Sotoudeh, a woman lawyer from Iran, is currently serving an 11-year sentence on charges of ‘spreading propaganda against the State’, ‘collusion and gathering with the aim of acting against national security’ and ‘membership in an illegal organization’. She is the former lawyer and member of the organization of the now-exiled Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, who declares Sotoudeh is ‘one of the last remaining courageous human rights lawyers who has accepted all risks for defending the victims of human rights violations in Iran’.
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) is internationally recognized for its work on documenting human rights abuses in Bahrain. Despite harassment by the government, who warn of legal action against the Center’s members if they continue their activities, the BCHR provides information to international NGOs and the diplomatic community in Bahrain and advocates locally and internationally in support of demands for democratic change in the Gulf Kingdom.
The nominees were carefully selected by ten human rights organizations which make up the Martin Ennals Award Jury: Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights First, the International Federation for Human Rights, the World Organisation Against Torture, Frontline, the International Commission of Jurists, German Diakonie, the International Service for Human Rights and HURIDOCS.
On 2 October 2012, the Laureate will be announced during the annual ceremony at Victoria Hall, organized in cooperation with the Ville de Genève.
For more information, photos and videos regarding this year's nominees please visit http://www.martinennalsaward.org or contact info@martinennalsaward.org
+41 22 809 49 25.
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COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE
Genève, le 24 avril 2012
Micheline Calmy-Rey annonce les nominés au Prix Martin Ennals
pour les Défenseurs des Droits de l’Homme 2012
GENÈVE - Micheline Calmy-Rey, ancienne présidente de la Confédération suisse et nouvellement nommée à la présidence de la Fondation Martin Ennals, a annoncé, aujourd’hui, les nominés au Prix Martin Ennals pour les Défenseurs des Droits de l’Homme (MEA) 2012, lors d’une conférence de presse qui s’est déroulée au Palais Eynard de Genève (Suisse). Le MEA est le principal prix du mouvement mondial des droits de l’homme.
L’annonce et la conférence de presse seront diffusées entre 11h00 et 11h30 (heure de Genève) sur le site : http://www.martinennalsaward.org/
Les trois nominés pour le prix 2012 sont :
Le vénérable Loun Sovath (Cambodge). En mars 2009, Loun Sovath, un moine bouddhiste de Siem Reap, au Cambodge, a été témoin des expropriations subies par sa famille et les habitants de son village. Les familles ont été expulsées de leurs habitations, par la force, le plus souvent sans aucun dédommagement. Malgré les menaces de représailles physiques, d’arrestation et d’anathème, dont il fait l’objet, le vénérable Sovath, ce moine bouddhiste qui prône la non violence, utilise des vidéos, des poèmes et des chansons pour défendre le droit au logement, mais son plaidoyer se heurte à de puissants intérêts économiques. Les menaces à son encontre sont donc bien réelles.
Nasrin Sotoudeh, avocate iranienne, qui purge actuellement une peine de 11 ans de prison pour « propagande contre l’État », « collusion et rassemblement visant à agir contre la sécurité nationale » et « appartenance à une organisation illégale ». Elle est membre et ancienne avocate de l’organisation fondée par Shirin Ebadi, prix Nobel de la Paix iranienne, aujourd’hui exilée, qui affirme que Sotoudeh est : « l’une des dernières avocates courageuses à se consacrer à la défense des droits de l’homme et à prendre tous les risques pour défendre les victimes de violations des droits humains en Iran ».
Le Centre bahreïni pour les droits de l’homme (BCHR) est mondialement reconnu pour son travail de diffusion d’informations relatives aux violations des droits humains au Bahreïn. Malgré le harcèlement du gouvernement, qui menace les membres du Centre de poursuites judiciaires s'ils continuent leurs activités, le BCHR fournit des informations aux ONG internationales et à la communauté diplomatique au Bahreïn, tout en soutenant, localement et à l’échelle mondiale, les demandes de changement démocratique dans le royaume du Golfe.
Les nominés ont été soigneusement sélectionnés par les dix organisations de défense des droits de l’homme qui composent le Jury du Prix Martin Ennals : Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights First, la Fédération internationale des droits de l’homme, l’Organisation mondiale contre la torture, Frontline, la Commission internationale des juristes, Diakonie Allemagne, le Service international pour les droits de l’homme et HURIDOCS.
Le nom du lauréat sera annoncé, le 2 octobre 2012, lors de la cérémonie annuelle, organisée en collaboration avec la Ville de Genève, qui se tiendra au Victoria Hall.
Pour plus d’informations, de photos et de vidéos concernant les nominés de cette année, rendez-vous sur le site http://www.martinennalsaward.org ou contactez-nous par e-mail à info@martinennalsaward.org ou par téléphone au +41 22 809 49 25.
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Cambodians should follow Venerable
Luon Savath.
If all of them would do so,Cambodia
and her people will control completely under Vietnam.
Time almost will be gone.Khmer people has a little time to save Cambodia.
ខ្មែរគ្រប់រូបគួរដើរតាមព្រះតេជគុណ លួន សាវ៉ាត
ដាច់ខាតទៅ ព្រោះពេលវេលារបស់ប្រទេសខ្មែរ
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