Iranian Human Rights Workers Up for An Award
This year on 6 October 2009 the third Anna Politkovskaya Award will be presented by Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Mairead Maguire to a courageous human rights defender from Iran.
RAW in WAR (Reach All Women in WAR) with the Guardian newspaper as a Media Partner and with the support of Kings Place, present the Anna Politkovskaya Award 2009
The evening will be hosted by prominent UK journalist, Jon Snow (Channel 4). Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Mairead Maguire will present the award to the brave human rights defender from Iran. We will be remembering Anna and Natalia and their work in pursuit of the truth with Lord Frank Judd, Elena Kudimova (Anna’s sister), Eva Hoffman, Gillian Slovo, Azar Nafisi, Lord Nicolas Rea, Mariana Katzarova, (founder of RAW in WAR), and many others who knew Anna and Natalia. The audience will join with the acclaimed musicians Sussan Deyhim, Alfia Nakipbekova, Cellorhythmics and others in remembering Anna and Natalia, two special and brave women, and in honouring the work of the new award winner.
The annual award ceremony is a powerful and special event at which artists, musicians, human rights supporters, journalists, friends and colleagues come together to remember Anna on the anniversary of her murder. The award is presented to a woman human rights defender from a conflict zone in the world who, like Anna, seeks justice and gives voice to the victims, often at great personal risk
http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/spoken-word/raw-in-war-anna-politkovskaya-award-2009
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