Harry Wu "You can take the very best men in the world ... and if you put them in the laogia, after a time, they will all become beasts" - Harry Wu... Read the Full Story !

Asma Jahangir Asma Jahangir is a prominent lawyer and Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, one of Pakistan's leading human rights non-governmental organisations... Read the Full Story !

Clement Nwankwo Clement Nwankwo is the Executive Director of the Constitutional Rights Project (CRP) in Nigeria, which aims to ensure that Nigerian legislation conforms with international standards... Read the Full Story !

Bishop Msg. Samuel Ruiz Garcia Former Bishop of the Diocese of Chiapas and advocate of the poor and indigenous people, Mgs. Samuel Ruiz Garcia was a mediator between the Mexican government and the Zapatista National Liberation Assembly... Read the Full Story !

Dr. Eyad Rajab El Sarraj Dr. Eyad Rajab El Sarraj, is the founder and Medical Director of the Gaza Community Mental Health Program, an independent health service supporting victims of violence and torture... Read the Full Story !

Nataša Kandić Natasha Kandic is the founder and director of the Humanitarian Law Centre in Belgrade. The Centre has proved inspiring example of systematic and impartial investigations of human rights abuses... Read the Full Story !

Immaculée Birhaheka "We will continue to struggle, in the name of humanity, until the last drop of our blood", said Immaculée Birhaheka... Read the Full Story !

Peace Brigades International Peace Brigades International (PBI), is an international NGO committed to non-violent social change through the promotion and protection of human rights. Read the Full Story!

Jacqueline Moudeina Jacqueline Moudeina, took enormous risks by filing complaints in Chad against a number of Habré's accomplices, many of whom are still in positions of power... Read the Full Story !

Alirio Uribe Muñoz Upon receiving the Martin Ennals Award, Alirio Uribe Muñoz said that the honor "belongs foremost to all the human rights defenders in Colombia who struggle in the hope that their country will one day come out of the crisis in which it now finds itself"... Read the Full Story !

Lidia Yusupova Lidia Yusupova is the coordinator of the Grozny office of the Moscow-based human rights organisation Memorial. This small group is one of the few human rights organisations still operating in Chechnya... Read the Full Story !

Aktham Naisse Hans Thoolen, Chairman of the Jury, describes Aktham Naisse as “an extraordinary example of a man who continues to fight for fundamental rights in spite of constant harassment and threats.”... Read the Full Story !

Arnold Tsunga
Arnold Tsunga, Zimbabwean human rights defender and lawyer described as 'fearless' and 'tenacious', he is the founder and former Director of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights... Read the full story!

Akbar Ganji
After five years in jail, renowned Iranian author and award-winning investigative journalist, Akbar Ganji was freed following a 60-day hunger strike. He is now one of Iran's most outspoken dissidents... Read the full story!

Pierre Claver Mbonimpa Pierre Claver Mbonimpa, a former police officer in Burundi, was jailed in 1994 and tortured for two years, upon his release he setup the Burundian Association for the Protection of Human Rights and Detained Persons (APRODH)... Read the Full Story !

Rajan Hoole & Kopalasingham Sritharan Rajan Hoole and Kopalasingham Sritharan, co-founders of the University Teachers for Human Rights (UTHR)... Read the Full Story !

Mutabar Tadjibaeva Mutabar Tadjibaeva is a very courageous woman who has long helped ordinary people to find justice, monitored trials and made findings public... Read the full story !

Emad Baghi Emad Baghi is a leading Iranian human rights and founder of the Society for the Defense of Prisoners' Rights. He is a vigorous and outspoken opponent of the death penalty in Iran... Read the full story !

Muhannad Al-Hassani Muhannad Al-Hassani, founder Swasiya for human rights in Syria, Al-Hassani's organisation was denied registration for more than six years. He was arrested and convicted of "weaking the national sentiment" in 2010, but later released in June 2011, admist mass protests in Syria. Read the full story !

Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera
Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera is a Ugandan human rights defender working on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues. She is founder of Freedom and Roam Uganda... Read the Full Story !

Vacancy for the post of Director

The Martin Ennals Foundation is seeking a new Director to further enhance the impact and reputation of the Martin Ennals Award and ensure a stable funding base.

Vacancy for the post of Director

Nominations Martin Ennals Award 2012

Deadline for Nominations 2012

Martin Ennals Award Ceremony 2011 : Kasha

Portrait film of Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera

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