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Right Livelihood Award
October 1 , 2018
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- The 2018 Honorary Award goes to anti-corruption champions Thelma Aldana (Guatemala) & Iván Velásquez (Colombia)
- It has been awarded for their innovative work in exposing abuse of power and prosecuting corruption, thus rebuilding people’s trust in public institutions.
- The three cash awards go to the following Laureates:
- 3 imprisoned civil and human rights defenders from Saudi Arabia, Abdullah al-Hamid, Mohammad Fahad al-Qahtani and Waleed Abu al-Khair.
- A farmer from Burkina Faso named Yacouba Sawadogo and
- Australian agronomist Tony Rinaudo.
- It is the first time that a Right Livelihood Award goes to Laureates from Saudi Arabia.
Right Livelihood Award
- The Award was established in 1980 to “honour and support courageous people and organisations offering visionary and exemplary solutions to the root causes of global problems”.
- It has become widely known as the 'Alternative Nobel Prize' and is Presented annually in Stockholm.
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