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    20.10.25
    Environmental justice leader Nnimmo Bassey joins Right Livelihood’s Board Image
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    Environmental justice leader Nnimmo Bassey joins Right Livelihood’s Board
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    White Helmets join Syria’s National Emergency Response Ministry
    01.10.25
    Justice For Myanmar honoured with the 2025 Right Livelihood Award for exposing global financial complicity in the Myanmar military’s atrocities Image
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    Justice For Myanmar honoured with the 2025 Right Livelihood Award for exposing global financial complicity in the Myanmar military’s atrocities
    01.10.25
    Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms receive Right Livelihood Award for life-saving, community-led humanitarian response Image
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    Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms receive Right Livelihood Award for life-saving, community-led humanitarian response
    01.10.25
    2025 Laureates Confront Violence and Climate Chaos with Collective Action Image
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    2025 Laureates Confront Violence and Climate Chaos with Collective Action
    01.10.25
    Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change and Chamorro Human Rights lawyer Julian Aguon receive Right Livelihood Award for historic campaign redefining international climate law Image
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    Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change and Chamorro Human Rights lawyer Julian Aguon receive Right Livelihood Award for historic campaign redefining international climate law
    01.09.25
    We’re announcing the 2025 Right Livelihood Laureates on October 1! Image
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    We’re announcing the 2025 Right Livelihood Laureates on October 1!
    21.08.25
    Four days. Over one hundred choices: Decisions that can shape futures Image
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    Four days. Over one hundred choices: Decisions that can shape futures
    08.07.25
    “See us as human beings”: Issa Amro brings standing ovation, full house to Berlin Image
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    “See us as human beings”: Issa Amro brings standing ovation, full house to Berlin
    07.07.25
    Waleed Abu al-Khair has spent 11 years in prison—He’s still Saudi Arabia’s conscience Image
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    Waleed Abu al-Khair has spent 11 years in prison—He’s still Saudi Arabia’s conscience
    01.07.25
    Right Livelihood and Laureates of the Award call for the release of Mother Nature Cambodia activists Image
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    Right Livelihood and Laureates of the Award call for the release of Mother Nature Cambodia activists
    30.06.25
    Voices unlocked: highlights from the 5th World Congress on Justice with Children Image
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    Voices unlocked: highlights from the 5th World Congress on Justice with Children
    26.06.25
    Ales Bialiatski and Viasna must be freed: Right Livelihood urges UN action on Belarus crackdown Image
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    Ales Bialiatski and Viasna must be freed: Right Livelihood urges UN action on Belarus crackdown
    19.06.25
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    19.06.25
    The cost of speaking truth to power: Helen Mack-Chang on corruption and impunity Image
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    The cost of speaking truth to power: Helen Mack-Chang on corruption and impunity
    19.06.25
    Indigenous women, collective rights and global resistance: a conversation with Joan Carling Image
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    Indigenous women, collective rights and global resistance: a conversation with Joan Carling
    19.06.25
    Who gets to dream? Sima Samar and Jamila Raqib on education, power and gender apartheid Image
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    Who gets to dream? Sima Samar and Jamila Raqib on education, power and gender apartheid
    17.06.25
    How to resist authoritarianism without burning out Image
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    How to resist authoritarianism without burning out
    09.06.25
    Forensic Architecture reviewing evidence of Israeli interception of Gaza aid ship Image
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    Forensic Architecture reviewing evidence of Israeli interception of Gaza aid ship
    28.05.25
    Global rights, local battles: What we took to the 58th UN Human Rights Council Image
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    Global rights, local battles: What we took to the 58th UN Human Rights Council
    22.05.25
    In Syria, a nation returns home — and the White Helmets rise to a new mission Image
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    In Syria, a nation returns home — and the White Helmets rise to a new mission
    09.05.25
    Palestinian human rights defender Issa Amro targeted following BBC documentary appearance Image
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    Palestinian human rights defender Issa Amro targeted following BBC documentary appearance
    09.05.25
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    30.04.25
    Cambodia’s Supreme Court upholds imprisonment of Mother Nature activists Image
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    Cambodia’s Supreme Court upholds imprisonment of Mother Nature activists
    29.04.25
    International organisations call for the immediate release of Iranian human rights activist Reza Khandan Image
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    International organisations call for the immediate release of Iranian human rights activist Reza Khandan
    28.04.25
    “Weeks before we can no longer operate”: EMERGENCY warns as ICJ hears case on Gaza aid blockade Image
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    “Weeks before we can no longer operate”: EMERGENCY warns as ICJ hears case on Gaza aid blockade
    12.03.25
    “Impunity will not be tolerated,” says Joan Carling calling for broader justice as Duterte faces ICC trial Image
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    “Impunity will not be tolerated,” says Joan Carling calling for broader justice as Duterte faces ICC trial
    10.03.25
    Despite mounting pressure on her family, Nasrin Sotoudeh struggles on for human rights in Iran Image
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    Despite mounting pressure on her family, Nasrin Sotoudeh struggles on for human rights in Iran
    24.01.25
    Palestinian Laureate Issa Amro condemns Trump’s lifting of sanctions on violent Israeli settler groups Image
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    Palestinian Laureate Issa Amro condemns Trump’s lifting of sanctions on violent Israeli settler groups
    16.01.25
    Laureates express cautious optimism over Israel-Hamas ceasefire amidst “profound grief” over lives lost Image
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    Laureates express cautious optimism over Israel-Hamas ceasefire amidst “profound grief” over lives lost
    02.01.25
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    19.12.24
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    15.11.24
    2024 Laureate Spotlight: Joan Carling Image
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    2024 Laureate Spotlight: Joan Carling
    06.11.24
    2024 Laureate Spotlight: Anabela Lemos / Justiça Ambiental! Image
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    2024 Laureate Spotlight: Anabela Lemos / Justiça Ambiental!
    24.10.24
    Mother Nature Cambodia activists should be applauded not imprisoned, Right Livelihood tells the UN Human Rights Council Image
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    Mother Nature Cambodia activists should be applauded not imprisoned, Right Livelihood tells the UN Human Rights Council
    16.10.24
    Saudi Arabia must be held responsible for human rights abuses Image
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    Saudi Arabia must be held responsible for human rights abuses
    16.10.24
    Right Livelihood highlights global rise in arbitrary detentions at UN Human Rights Council  Image
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    Right Livelihood highlights global rise in arbitrary detentions at UN Human Rights Council 
    23.09.24
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    18.09.24
    Right Livelihood addresses UN Human Rights Council on behalf of Abdullah al-Qahtani as his father’s enforced disappearance nears two-year mark Image
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    Right Livelihood addresses UN Human Rights Council on behalf of Abdullah al-Qahtani as his father’s enforced disappearance nears two-year mark
    30.08.24
    Juan Pablo Orrego: “The Jury process made me reflect more deeply on the unpleasant subject of arms and war” Image
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    Juan Pablo Orrego: “The Jury process made me reflect more deeply on the unpleasant subject of arms and war”
    28.08.24
    SEWA’s fight against heat, India’s invisible killer: “This is the reality for women in the informal sector” Image
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    SEWA’s fight against heat, India’s invisible killer: “This is the reality for women in the informal sector”
    15.08.24
    Right Livelihood Laureates – stories told through the eyes of their families: 2014 Laureate Asma Jahangir Image
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    Right Livelihood Laureates – stories told through the eyes of their families: 2014 Laureate Asma Jahangir
    31.07.24
    Right Livelihood: The UN Human Rights Council must act on EACOP human rights violations Image
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    Right Livelihood: The UN Human Rights Council must act on EACOP human rights violations
    30.07.24
    Environmental defenders should be applauded, not attacked, Right Livelihood urges UN Human Rights Council Image
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    Environmental defenders should be applauded, not attacked, Right Livelihood urges UN Human Rights Council
    30.07.24
    Right Livelihood condemns Cambodia’s rigged judicial system, calls for release of jailed Mother Nature Cambodia members Image
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    Right Livelihood condemns Cambodia’s rigged judicial system, calls for release of jailed Mother Nature Cambodia members
    04.06.24
    Raji Sourani: Defending Palestinians is a fight for the world’s conscience Image
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    Raji Sourani: Defending Palestinians is a fight for the world’s conscience
    24.05.24
    Police brutality in Kenya raises safety concerns for Phyllis Omido, local environmental defenders Image
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    Police brutality in Kenya raises safety concerns for Phyllis Omido, local environmental defenders
    02.05.24
    Right Livelihood sheds light on human rights crises across the globe at 55th Human Rights Council Image
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    Right Livelihood sheds light on human rights crises across the globe at 55th Human Rights Council
    29.04.24
    Colombian farmers mobilise against illegal armed groups attempting to take control Image
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    Colombian farmers mobilise against illegal armed groups attempting to take control
    10.04.24
    Right Livelihood and Viasna demand accountability at UN Human Rights Council Image
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    Right Livelihood and Viasna demand accountability at UN Human Rights Council
    26.03.24
    The UN must take action to stop human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia Image
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    The UN must take action to stop human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia
    14.03.24
    Right Livelihood denounces global repression of peaceful protesters at Human Rights Council Image
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    Right Livelihood denounces global repression of peaceful protesters at Human Rights Council
    14.03.24
    Joint statement condemns global persecution of youth activists Image
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    Joint statement condemns global persecution of youth activists
    12.03.24
    Aminatou Haidar admonishes Morocco’s human rights violations at UN Human Rights Council Image
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    Aminatou Haidar admonishes Morocco’s human rights violations at UN Human Rights Council
    11.03.24
    Right Livelihood Laureates – stories told through the eyes of their families: 2018 Laureate Mohammad al-Qahtani Image
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    Right Livelihood Laureates – stories told through the eyes of their families: 2018 Laureate Mohammad al-Qahtani
    05.03.24
    Joint statement: Nicaragua has victimised over 1,198 Indigenous people since 2018 Image
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    Joint statement: Nicaragua has victimised over 1,198 Indigenous people since 2018
    28.12.23
    A night to spark action: Highlights from the 2023 Right Livelihood Award Presentation Image
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    A night to spark action: Highlights from the 2023 Right Livelihood Award Presentation
    14.12.23
    Governments must reform their laws on torture, IRCT urges, as it advocates for survivor justice Image
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    Governments must reform their laws on torture, IRCT urges, as it advocates for survivor justice
    01.12.23
    Son of disappeared Saudi Laureate met with hostility at Saudi embassy for delivering petition calling for his release Image
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    Son of disappeared Saudi Laureate met with hostility at Saudi embassy for delivering petition calling for his release
    09.11.23
    Right Livelihood and partners launch #FreeAlQahtani campaign to demand Laureate’s release Image
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    Right Livelihood and partners launch #FreeAlQahtani campaign to demand Laureate’s release
    02.11.23
    Advancing human rights across the globe at the 54th session ofthe UN Human Rights Council Image
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    Advancing human rights across the globe at the 54th session ofthe UN Human Rights Council
    27.10.23
    54th UN Human Rights Council: We shed light on activist repression, indigenous peoples’ plight in Nicaragua, environmental degradation Image
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    54th UN Human Rights Council: We shed light on activist repression, indigenous peoples’ plight in Nicaragua, environmental degradation
    20.10.23
    Joint statement: human rights violations in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara must end Image
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    Joint statement: human rights violations in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara must end
    05.10.23
    Civil society faces erasure in Belarus, Saudi Arabia, Western Sahara Image
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    Civil society faces erasure in Belarus, Saudi Arabia, Western Sahara
    04.10.23
    The Green Climate Fund’s BioClima project endangers Indigenous life in Nicaragua Image
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    The Green Climate Fund’s BioClima project endangers Indigenous life in Nicaragua
    02.10.23
    Joint UN statement: Continued impunity threatens survival of Nicaragua’s Indigenous Peoples Image
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    Joint UN statement: Continued impunity threatens survival of Nicaragua’s Indigenous Peoples
    28.09.23
    Phyllis Omido receives Right Livelihood Award for protecting East African communities’ environmental and land rights Image
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    Phyllis Omido receives Right Livelihood Award for protecting East African communities’ environmental and land rights
    28.09.23
    SOS MEDITERRANEE receives 2023 Right Livelihood Award for saving lives at sea Image
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    SOS MEDITERRANEE receives 2023 Right Livelihood Award for saving lives at sea
    28.09.23
    2023 Right Livelihood Laureates shine a light on suffering to safeguard lives and nature Image
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    2023 Right Livelihood Laureates shine a light on suffering to safeguard lives and nature
    25.09.23
    The UN must establish an independent investigative body for Belarus Image
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    The UN must establish an independent investigative body for Belarus
    22.09.23
    Right Livelihood calls for end to EACOP construction amidst human rights concerns Image
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    Right Livelihood calls for end to EACOP construction amidst human rights concerns
    19.09.23
    Saudi Arabia must end practice of enforced disappearances, we demand at UN Human Rights Council Image
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    Saudi Arabia must end practice of enforced disappearances, we demand at UN Human Rights Council
    14.09.23
    Nicaragua must protect indigenous communities from violence and land grabs Image
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    Nicaragua must protect indigenous communities from violence and land grabs
    11.09.23
    On the 50th anniversary of the Chilean coup, Right Livelihood honours Laureate pursuing accountability Image
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    On the 50th anniversary of the Chilean coup, Right Livelihood honours Laureate pursuing accountability
    07.09.23
    Right Livelihood Laureates – stories told through the eyes of their families: 1992 Laureate Helen Mack Chang Image
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    Right Livelihood Laureates – stories told through the eyes of their families: 1992 Laureate Helen Mack Chang
    28.08.23
    Forging a new era of justice at the third annual conference on the Global State of Human Rights Image
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    Forging a new era of justice at the third annual conference on the Global State of Human Rights
    28.08.23
    We’re announcing the 2023 Right Livelihood Laureates on September 28! Image
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    We’re announcing the 2023 Right Livelihood Laureates on September 28!
    24.08.23
    Transforming children’s lives in conflict zones Image
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    Transforming children’s lives in conflict zones
    21.08.23
    Desde el exilio, defensoras guatemaltecas laureadas de Right Livelihood ven con optimismo la victoria del presidente anticorrupción Image
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    Desde el exilio, defensoras guatemaltecas laureadas de Right Livelihood ven con optimismo la victoria del presidente anticorrupción
    27.07.23
    Nicaragua’s indigenous peoples and Uganda’s LGBTIQ+ community highlighted at UN Human Rights Council Image
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    Nicaragua’s indigenous peoples and Uganda’s LGBTIQ+ community highlighted at UN Human Rights Council
    21.07.23
    We must act to protect LGBTIQ+ Ugandans, activists plead at UN side event Image
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    We must act to protect LGBTIQ+ Ugandans, activists plead at UN side event
    22.06.23
    Uganda must repeal its new anti-LGBTIQ+ law, which forces Ugandans back into the closet Image
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    Uganda must repeal its new anti-LGBTIQ+ law, which forces Ugandans back into the closet
    22.06.23
    Indigenous communities in Nicaragua are facing a humanitarian crisis Image
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    Indigenous communities in Nicaragua are facing a humanitarian crisis
    20.06.23
    Thelma Aldana: “My biggest challenge in exile is to be happy” Image
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    Thelma Aldana: “My biggest challenge in exile is to be happy”
    17.06.23
    Daniel Ellsberg, US whistleblower and peace activist, dies at age 92 Image
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    Daniel Ellsberg, US whistleblower and peace activist, dies at age 92
    13.06.23
    Right Livelihood’s Education workshops: “We wanted to encourage people, but also to equip them with useful tools” Image
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    Right Livelihood’s Education workshops: “We wanted to encourage people, but also to equip them with useful tools”
    31.05.23
    Aminatou Haidar’s vision for a free Western Sahara Image
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    Aminatou Haidar’s vision for a free Western Sahara
    22.05.23
    The art of advocacy: bringing Laureates’ causes to the international arena Image
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    The art of advocacy: bringing Laureates’ causes to the international arena
    18.05.23
    Meet the Right Livelihood Laureates fighting to keep our waters clean from pollutants Image
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    Meet the Right Livelihood Laureates fighting to keep our waters clean from pollutants
    16.05.23
    Svetlana Gannushkina: At 81, “I really want to live to see the end of Putin’s regime” Image
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    Svetlana Gannushkina: At 81, “I really want to live to see the end of Putin’s regime”
    03.05.23
    World Press Freedom Day 2023: Natallia Satsunkevich details dire situation for journalists and ordinary citizens in Belarus Image
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    World Press Freedom Day 2023: Natallia Satsunkevich details dire situation for journalists and ordinary citizens in Belarus
    03.05.23
    World Press Freedom Day 2023: María Stella Cáceres shares insights on the history and current state of press freedom in Paraguay Image
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    World Press Freedom Day 2023: María Stella Cáceres shares insights on the history and current state of press freedom in Paraguay
    03.05.23
    World Press Freedom Day 2023: András Bíro reflects on the current state of press freedom in Hungary Image
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    World Press Freedom Day 2023: András Bíro reflects on the current state of press freedom in Hungary
    20.04.23
    Pacific Islander Laureates continue fight for environmental justice, enduring effects of nuclear testing and climate change Image
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    Pacific Islander Laureates continue fight for environmental justice, enduring effects of nuclear testing and climate change
    20.04.23
    Right Livelihood warns of human rights abuses against activists, indigenous peoples and women during 52nd session of UN Human Rights Council Image
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    Right Livelihood warns of human rights abuses against activists, indigenous peoples and women during 52nd session of UN Human Rights Council
    12.04.23
    After the 2023 UN Water Conference: Making water security a top priority for climate action Image
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    After the 2023 UN Water Conference: Making water security a top priority for climate action
    30.03.23
    Indigenous people’s existence can’t rely on political favours: Brazil must take action Image
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    Indigenous people’s existence can’t rely on political favours: Brazil must take action
    27.03.23
    Right Livelihood demands action from Morocco on Sahrawi self-determination in joint UN statement Image
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    Right Livelihood demands action from Morocco on Sahrawi self-determination in joint UN statement
    24.03.23
    Joint UN statement: Prioritising economic interests over human rights in Saudi Arabia has a human cost Image
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    Joint UN statement: Prioritising economic interests over human rights in Saudi Arabia has a human cost
    23.03.23
    Maude Barlow: Tackling the water crisis is the only way to safeguard people and the planet Image
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    Maude Barlow: Tackling the water crisis is the only way to safeguard people and the planet
    23.03.23
    States must better protect human rights defenders in Belarus, we warned in UN joint statement Image
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    States must better protect human rights defenders in Belarus, we warned in UN joint statement
    22.03.23
    Why you should care about the impending water crisis Image
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    Why you should care about the impending water crisis
    21.03.23
    Viasna member Natallia Satsunkevich: “What’s going on in Belarus is not only about my country… we are all connected.” Image
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    Viasna member Natallia Satsunkevich: “What’s going on in Belarus is not only about my country… we are all connected.”
    20.03.23
    Afghan women and girls are stripped of basic rights: UN Human Rights Council must take action Image
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    Afghan women and girls are stripped of basic rights: UN Human Rights Council must take action
    16.03.23
    Acvitists still work in climate of fear 25 years after UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders Image
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    Acvitists still work in climate of fear 25 years after UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders
    10.03.23
    Brazil must do more to protect the Yanomami people and their territory, we warned in UN joint statement Image
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    Brazil must do more to protect the Yanomami people and their territory, we warned in UN joint statement
    09.03.23
    Democratic institutions in Guatemala are being dismantled, we warn UN Human Rights Council Image
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    Democratic institutions in Guatemala are being dismantled, we warn UN Human Rights Council
    07.03.23
    UN Human Rights Council must prioritise Nicaragua’s indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples Image
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    UN Human Rights Council must prioritise Nicaragua’s indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples
    02.03.23
    Belarus: Imminent verdict in the trial against Viasna’s leaders Image
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    Belarus: Imminent verdict in the trial against Viasna’s leaders
    22.02.23
    Five ways to join Right Livelihood Laureates in standing up against Russia’s war of aggression on Ukraine Image
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    Five ways to join Right Livelihood Laureates in standing up against Russia’s war of aggression on Ukraine
    21.02.23
    How have Right Livelihood Laureates used arts and culture to create social change? Image
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    How have Right Livelihood Laureates used arts and culture to create social change?
    15.02.23
    Nominations are open: How our Research team is seeking new Right Livelihood Laureates Image
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    Nominations are open: How our Research team is seeking new Right Livelihood Laureates
    08.02.23
    Emergency: Italy has turned search and rescue missions in the Mediterranean into “a political issue” Image
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    Emergency: Italy has turned search and rescue missions in the Mediterranean into “a political issue”
    07.02.23
    “This mandate should deal with the war:” Right Livelihood Laureates discuss the appointment of a UN Special Rapporteur on Russia Image
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    “This mandate should deal with the war:” Right Livelihood Laureates discuss the appointment of a UN Special Rapporteur on Russia
    31.01.23
    Campaign Against Arms Trade faces UK government in court over legality of Saudi weapon sales Image
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    Campaign Against Arms Trade faces UK government in court over legality of Saudi weapon sales
    24.01.23
    Help us find the next Right Livelihood Laureates! Image
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    Help us find the next Right Livelihood Laureates!
    22.12.22
    Thirty years after their discovery, Latin America’s Terror Files are “fundamental pieces of memory and universal justice” Image
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    Thirty years after their discovery, Latin America’s Terror Files are “fundamental pieces of memory and universal justice”
    20.12.22
    Campaign Against Arms Trade has made weapons sales “embarrassing” for Western governments Image
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    Campaign Against Arms Trade has made weapons sales “embarrassing” for Western governments
    10.12.22
    Elena Zhemkova: “People in Russia who couldn’t stop this war bear this responsibility” Image
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    Elena Zhemkova: “People in Russia who couldn’t stop this war bear this responsibility”
    10.11.22
    Sima Samar continues her work on women’s rights despite harrowing conditions under Taliban rule Image
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    Sima Samar continues her work on women’s rights despite harrowing conditions under Taliban rule
    26.10.22
    Sima Samar: “Acts of genocide” are committed against Hazara community in Afghanistan Image
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    Sima Samar: “Acts of genocide” are committed against Hazara community in Afghanistan
    19.10.22
    Right Livelihood warns of human rights abuses and repression of activists during UN Human Rights Council Image
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    Right Livelihood warns of human rights abuses and repression of activists during UN Human Rights Council
    29.09.22
    Ukrainian human rights defender Oleksandra Matviichuk and the Center for Civil Liberties receive 2022 Right Livelihood Award Image
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    Ukrainian human rights defender Oleksandra Matviichuk and the Center for Civil Liberties receive 2022 Right Livelihood Award
    29.09.22
    2022 Right Livelihood Laureates lead the way on changing broken systems Image
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    2022 Right Livelihood Laureates lead the way on changing broken systems
    27.09.22
    Ales Bialiatski held in dark basement cell by Belarus, we warn UN Human Rights Council Image
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    Ales Bialiatski held in dark basement cell by Belarus, we warn UN Human Rights Council
    22.09.22
    Ugandan LGBT+ organisations are under mounting pressure from the government Image
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    Ugandan LGBT+ organisations are under mounting pressure from the government
    20.09.22
    Saudi authorities silence human rights defenders with increasingly long prison sentences Image
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    Saudi authorities silence human rights defenders with increasingly long prison sentences
    15.09.22
    UN observers must urgently visit Western Sahara, Right Livelihood and ISACOM urge Image
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    UN observers must urgently visit Western Sahara, Right Livelihood and ISACOM urge
    14.09.22
    Indigenous communities suffer as Nicaragua shuts down NGOs that protect them Image
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    Indigenous communities suffer as Nicaragua shuts down NGOs that protect them
    01.09.22
    We’re announcing the 2022 Right Livelihood Laureates on September 29! Image
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    We’re announcing the 2022 Right Livelihood Laureates on September 29!
    31.08.22
    Basil Fernando: “Sri Lanka’s problem is the breakdown of the rule of law” Image
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    Basil Fernando: “Sri Lanka’s problem is the breakdown of the rule of law”
    14.07.22
    Laureates highlight women’s rights, Belarus and LGBT+ people in Uganda during UN Human Rights Council Image
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    Laureates highlight women’s rights, Belarus and LGBT+ people in Uganda during UN Human Rights Council
    11.07.22
    My visit to Dr Mukwege’s Panzi Hospital Image
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    My visit to Dr Mukwege’s Panzi Hospital
    01.07.22
    Kasha Nabagesera: Uganda must decriminalise same-sex relations and combat homophobia and transphobia Image
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    Kasha Nabagesera: Uganda must decriminalise same-sex relations and combat homophobia and transphobia
    28.06.22
    Raji Sourani: “The occupation wants to silence the truth” in Palestine Image
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    Raji Sourani: “The occupation wants to silence the truth” in Palestine
    21.06.22
    Corruption will grow in Guatemala as attorney general dismantles judicial institutions, Right Livelihood warns Image
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    Corruption will grow in Guatemala as attorney general dismantles judicial institutions, Right Livelihood warns
    03.06.22
    Save the Planet: Protect the Future / No Excuses for Inaction Image
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    Save the Planet: Protect the Future / No Excuses for Inaction
    29.03.22
    Right Livelihood and Laureates highlight Russia, crackdown on civil society and Western Sahara at UN Human Rights Council Image
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    Right Livelihood and Laureates highlight Russia, crackdown on civil society and Western Sahara at UN Human Rights Council
    24.03.22
    Marthe Wandou – Realising rights and livelihoods in the Lake Chad Basin Image
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    Marthe Wandou – Realising rights and livelihoods in the Lake Chad Basin
    22.03.22
    The UN should scrutinise Russia for committing human rights violations against its citizens Image
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    The UN should scrutinise Russia for committing human rights violations against its citizens
    17.03.22
    Belarusian government is systematically eradicating civil society, Viasna and Right Livelihood say in joint statement Image
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    Belarusian government is systematically eradicating civil society, Viasna and Right Livelihood say in joint statement
    16.03.22
    Civil society activists are often imprisoned amid crackdown on dissent, Right Livelihood warns Image
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    Civil society activists are often imprisoned amid crackdown on dissent, Right Livelihood warns
    11.03.22
    Illegal mining in Brazil threatens the lives and environment of indigenous peoples, Right Livelihood and Survival warn Image
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