BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has been honoured with 'Tamil Ratna' award by a body of Tamil diaspora in the USA, for fighting corruption and working for more transparency in the functioning of the announced on September 22, 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden. The laureates of this year's Right livelihood Award include : Syria Civil Defence (The White Helmets), Egypt's Mozn Hassan and Nazra for Feminist
Studies, Russia's Svetlana Gannushkina,
Turkish daily Cumbunjet. The laureates will share the
3.0-millionkronor ($35Q,000) prize. The White Helmets of Syria was awarded for their outstanding bravery, compassion and humanitarian engagement in rescuing civilians from the destruction of the Syrian civil war. Mozn Hassan and Nazra for Feminist Studies from Egypt were awarded for asserting the equality and rights of women inr: cumstances where they are subject to ongoing violence, abuse and discrimination. Russia's Svetlana Gannushkina was awarded for her decades-long commitment to promoting human rights and justice for refugees and forced migrants, and tolerance among different ethnic groups. The Turkish newspaper, Curt/bur:Yet was awarded for their fearless investigative journalism and commitment to freedom of expression in the face of
oppression, censorship, imprisonment and death threats.
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