Reebok Human Rights Award
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The Reebok Human Rights Award honours activists under the age of 30 who fight for human rights through non-violent means. Each year, the award is given to four or five individuals. Each receives a grant of US$50,000 that must be used to support their human rights work. The awards are underwritten by the Reebok
Foundation. No new awards have been given out since 2007.
Youth from close to 40 countries have received the award since it was established in 1988.
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Foundation. No new awards have been given out since 2007.
Youth from close to 40 countries have received the award since it was established in 1988.
Laureates
2007- - Laura McCargar, United States
- - Anderson Sa, Brazil
- - Iryna Toustsik, Belarus
- - Ou VirakOu VirakOu Virak is a well known Cambodian human rights activist and intellectual, the President of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, founder of the Alliance for Freedom of Expression in Cambodia , and winner of the Reebok Human Rights Award for his civil society campaign for freedom of expression...
, Cambodia
2006
- - Li Dan, China
- - Rachel Lloyd, United States
- - Khurram Parvez, India
- - Otto Saki, Zimbabwe
2005
- - Zarema Mukusheva, Chechnya/Russia
- - Carlos RojasCarlos RojasCarlos Rodolfo Rojas Rojas is a Chilean football midfielder who played for Chile in the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Unión Española.-External links:*...
, Mexico - - Aloysius Toe, Liberia
- - Charm TongCharm TongCharm Tong is a Shan teacher and human rights activist. She is head of the School for Shan State Nationalities Youth in Northern Thailand...
, Burma/Thailand
2004
- - Yinka Jegede-Ekpe, Nigeria
- - Vanita GuptaVanita GuptaVanita Gupta is a civil rights lawyer and the Deputy Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union , where she oversees the ACLU's national criminal and drug law reform advocacy efforts and its docket of criminal justice related lawsuits. Gupta is an Indian-American, but mostly grew up in...
, United States - - Joenia Batista de Carvalho, Brazil
- - Ahmad Nader Nadery, Afghanistan
2003
- - Pedro Anaya, United States
- - Anusuya (Oona) Chatterjee, United States
- - Mohamed Pa-Momo Fofanah, Nigeria
- - Ernest Guevara, Philippines
- - Christian Mukosa, Democratic Republic of Congo
2002
- - Kavwumbu Hakachima, Zambia
- - Maili Lama, Nepal
- - Malika Asha Sanders, United States
2001
- - Ndungi Githuku, Kenya
- - Heather Barr, United States
- - Kodjo Djissenou, Togo
- - Will Coley, United States
2000
- -Iqbal MasihIqbal MasihIqbal Masih , was a young Pakistan Islamic boy who was forced into bonded labour in a carpet factory at the age of four, became an international figurehead for the Bonded Labour Liberation Front at the age of 10 after he escape from servitude, and was assassinated at the age of 13.-Early life and...
, Pakistan
1999
- - Julianna Dogbadzi, Ghana
- - Tanya Greene, United States
- - Suba Meshack, Kenya
- - Ka Hsaw WaKa Hsaw WaKa Hsaw Wa is a Burmese human rights activist. He is a member of the Karen indigenous group. Along with his wife, environmental and human rights attorney Katie Redford, he is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of , an organization that focuses on human rights in Burma and other areas "where...
, Burma
1998
- - Abraham Grebreyesus, Eritrea
- - Rana HusseiniRana HusseiniRana Husseini is an award-winning journalist and human rights activist who, from her home base in Jordan, has been instrumental in bringing the issue of honour crimes against women to public attention and for securing changes to the law in Jordan to bring stronger penalties for crimes of these...
, Jordan - - Van JonesVan JonesAnthony Kapel "Van" Jones is an American environmental advocate, civil rights activist, and attorney. Jones is a co-founder of three non-profit organizations. In 1996, he founded the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, a California non-governmental organization working for alternatives to violence...
, United States - - Dydier Kamundu, Democratic Republic of Congo
1996
- - Innocent Chukwuma, Nigeria
- - Jesus Tecu OsorioJesús Tecú OsorioJesús Tecú Osorio is a Guatemalan social activist, worker for human rights, and advocate for the Achi Maya....
, Guatemala - - Julie Su, United States
- - Ma Thida, Burma
- - Craig KielburgerCraig KielburgerCraig Kielburger, CM, MSM, OMC is a Canadian activist for the rights of children. He is the founder of Free The Children and co-founder of Me to We. On February 20, 2007, he was named a Member of the Order of Canada by the Governor General of Canada.-Early life:Kielburger was born in Thornhill,...
, Canada
1995
- - Angela Elizabeth Brown, United States
- - Miguel Angel de los Santos Cruz, Mexico
- - Richard Nsanzabaganwa, Rwanda
- - Ven. Phuntsok Nyidron, Tibet
- - Broad Meadows Middle School, United States
1994
- - Adauto Alves, Brazil
- - Rose-Anne Auguste, Haiti
- - Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary, Nepal
- - Iqbal MasihIqbal MasihIqbal Masih , was a young Pakistan Islamic boy who was forced into bonded labour in a carpet factory at the age of four, became an international figurehead for the Bonded Labour Liberation Front at the age of 10 after he escape from servitude, and was assassinated at the age of 13.-Early life and...
, Pakistan - - Samuel Kofi WoodsSamuel Kofi WoodsSamuel Kofi Woods is a Liberian human rights activist, journalist, politician and academic. In 1994, Woods founded and still runs the Forefront Organisation, which documented many of human rights abuses during the Second Liberian Civil War. He won the Reebok Human Rights Award in 1994 and received...
, Liberia
1993
- - Marie-France Botte, Belgium
- - Sia Runikui Kashinawa, Brazil
- - Hisham Mubarak, Egypt
- - Reverend Carl Washington, United States
1992
- - Floribert Chebeya BahizireFloribert ChebeyaFloribert Chebeya Bahizire was a leading Congolese human rights activist in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, hailed by the United Nations as "a champion of human rights"...
, Zaire - - Fernando de AraujoFernando de Araújo (East Timorese politician)Fernando de Araújo, also known by Lasama is an East Timorese politician and the current President of the National Parliament of East Timor. He was also serving as the Acting President of East Timor for two months in early 2008. He is also the President of the Democratic Party. He is married to...
, East Timor - - Stacy Kabat, United States
- - Martin O'BrienMartin O'Brien (humanitarian)Martin O’Brien is human rights activist and charity administrator in Northern Ireland.Since 2004 O’Brien has been employed by Atlantic Philanthropies, a grant making programme which works to bring about lasting changes in the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable people in Northern Ireland, the...
, Northern Ireland
1991
- - Mirtala Lopez, El Salvador
- - Sauveur Pierre, United States
- - Abubacar Sultan, Mozambique
- - Carlos Toledo, Guatemala
- - Ashley Black, United States
1990
- - Jeffrey Bradley and Martin DunnMartin DunnMartin Dunn is a British newspaper editor.Dunn attended Dudley Grammar School, then started his journalistic career on the Dudley Herald. In 1977, he moved to the Birmingham Evening Mail, then the Birmingham Post, and the Daily Mail. After a period as a freelance, he joined The Sun in 1983, as...
, United States - - Shawan Jabarin, West Bank
- - Tracye Matthews, United States
- - Akram Mayi, Iraq
- - David MoyaDavid MoyaDavid Moya is a soccer player who started his career with Colo-Colo in hisnative Chile, before moving to New Zealand to play for the Football Kingz in 1999....
, Cuba
1989
- - Louise Benally-Crittenden, United States
- - Michael BrownMichael Brown-Politics:*Michael Brown , current mayor of Grand Forks, North Dakota*Michael Brown , former British Conservative MP, now a political journalist...
and Alan KhazeiAlan KhazeiAlan Khazei is an American social entrepreneur. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Be the Change, Inc., a Boston-based group dedicated to building national coalitions of non-profit organizations and citizens to enact legislation on issues such as poverty and education...
, United States - - Li LuLi LuLi Lu is a Chinese-American investment banker and fund manager. He is the founder and Chairman of Himalaya Capital Management...
, Wang Dan, Chai LingChai LingChai Ling was one of the student leaders in the Tian'anmen Square protests of 1989. Today she is Founder of All Girls Allowed, a humanitarian organization working to restore value to girls in China.-Education and protest:Chai Ling's parents were members of the Communist Party...
and Wu'er Kaixi, China - - Mercedes DorettiMercedes Doretti-Life:Her mother is Magdalena Ruiz Guinazu, a radio journalist.She was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and earned an advanced degree in Anthropological Sciences in 1987 from the National University of Buenos Aires....
and Luis Fondebrider, Argentina - - Dawat Lupung, Malaysia
- - Bryan Stevenson, United States
1988
- - David BruceDavid BruceDavid Bruce may refer to:* David Bruce , founder of the Firkin Brewery pub chain*David Bruce , Scottish physician* David II of Scotland , David Bruce, King of Scots, son of King Robert the Bruce...
, South Africa - - Joaquin Antonio Caceres, El Salvador
- - Janet Cherry, South Africa
- - Arn Chorn-PondArn Chorn-PondArn Chorn-Pond is a human rights activist committed to preserving traditional Cambodian music.-Early life:Chorn-Pond was born in Cambodia in 1966 into a Battambang family of performers and musicians...
, United States - - Tanya Coke, United States
- - Lobsang Jinpa, Tibet
- - Salim Karim, South Africa
- - Winona LaDukeWinona LaDukeWinona LaDuke is a Native American activist, environmentalist, economist, and writer. In 1996 and 2000, she ran for vice president as the nominee of the United States Green Party, on a ticket headed by Ralph Nader. In the 2004 election, however, she endorsed one of Nader's opponents, Democratic...
, United States - - Juan Pablo Letelier, Chile
- - Maria Paz Rodriguez, United States
- - Dalee Sambo, United States