Meghalaya-based rights activist Agnes Kharshiing received the 11th International Hrant Dink Award along with Turkish activist Nebahat Akkoç who is against male violence.
This international Award commemorates the memory of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, who was killed in 2007.
Agnes Kharshiing is in the forefront of fighting against illegal coal mining in Meghalaya.