The 2010 Right Livelihood Awards go to four recipients who will share the € 200.000 cash award:
NNIMMO BASSEY (Nigeria) receives an Award “for revealing the full ecological and human horrors of oil production and for his inspired work to strengthen the environmental movement in Nigeria and globally”.
Bishop ERWIN KRÄUTLER (Brazil) is honoured “for a lifetime of work for the human and environmental rights of indigenous peoples and for his tireless efforts to save the Amazon forest from destruction”.
SHRIKRISHNA UPADHYAY and the organisation SAPPROS (Nepal) are recognised “for demonstrating over many years the power of community mobilisation to address the multiple causes of poverty even when threatened by political violence and instability”.
The organisation PHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS-ISRAEL (Israel) is awarded “for their indomitable spirit in working for the right to health for all people in Israel and Palestine”.
Jakob von Uexkull, Founder and Co-Chair of the Right Livelihood
Awards, noted after the jury decision:
“True change starts at the grassroots level: physicians who did not wait for politicians before acting to end unnecessary suffering in the Middle East; villagers who work themselves out of poverty; and environmental movements which unite the victims of ecological devastation. Combine this work on the ground with targeted advocacy, for example for the constitutional rights of indigenous people, and you understand why this year’s Right Livelihood Award Laureates yet again offer role models, whose work and commitment can be replicated throughout the world.”
Founded in 1980 the Right Livelihood Awards are presented annually in the Swedish Parliament and are often referred to as 'Alternative Nobel Prizes'. They were introduced "to honour and support those offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today".
Jakob von Uexkull, a Swedish-German professional philatelist, sold his business
to provide the original funding. Since then, the Award has been financed by
individual donors.
This year, there were 120 proposals from 51 countries, whereof 69 candidates
from "developing" countries.
* Marianne Andersson, Member of the Board and Jury of the Right Livelihood Award Foundation
* Ole von Uexkull, Executive Director of the Right Livelihood Award Foundation
* Nnimmo Bassey (available in Lilongwe, Malawi): +234 803 727 4395
* Bishop Erwin Kräutler (available in the evening, Altamira, Brazil):
Tel./Fax: +55 9335151935
* Shrikrishna Upadhyay (available in Nebraska, USA): +1 402 213 3421
* Dr. Ruchama Marton for PHRI: +972 3 6482913
* Jakob von Uexkull, Founder and Co-Chair of the Right Livelihood Award
(available in London): + 44 20 7321 3810
* Monika Griefahn, Co-Chair of the Right Livelihood Award (Germany): +49-151-1672 6618
* Ole von Uexkull, Exec. Dir., Right Livelihood Award Foundation (Sweden, afternoon): +46 8 70 20 337
A press conference with the 2010 Recipients will be held at the International Press Centre of the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Stockholm on Monday, December 6th, at 9:30 am.
The Award Ceremony in the Swedish Parliament will be held the same day at 6 pm.
Further information, the Foundation's logo and photos of the recipients can be
accessed via
www.rightlivelihood.org
For videos and high-resolution pictures please also refer to
Right Livelihood Award Foundation
Office: +46-8-702 03 39
Mobile: +49-170-24 49 348
Fax: +46-8-702 03 38
E-mail: press @ rightlivelihood.org
