Emil Grünzweig Human Rights Prize
The Emil Grünzweig Human Rights Prize ( Hebrew אות אמיל גרינצוויג) is an award given by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel . It was donated in 1981 and renamed in 1983 after the murdered human rights activist Emil Grünzweig . The Emil Grünzweig Human Rights Prize is awarded annually for “ unique and outstanding contributions to the advancement of human rights in Israel” .
Award winners
- 1981: Gabriel Stern , journalist for Al Hamishmar
- 1982: Jehuda Litani , Ha'aretz reporter in the Israel-occupied Palestinian territories; special posthumous mention of Robert Walsh , a Jewish journalist in Germany
- 1983: Lieutenant Colonel Dov Yirmiya
- 1984: Mosche Negbi , editor of the Din Udvarim radio program
- 1985: Baruch Meiri , journalist for Maariw
- 1986: Jitzhak Zamir , former legal advisor to the Israeli government
- 1987: Supreme Court Judge Zvi Berenson
- 1988: Reporters in Israel-Occupied Palestinian Territories
- 1989: Alice Shalvi , founder of the Israel Women's Network
- 1990: Jitzhak Kadman , Chairman of the National Council on Child Protection
- 1991: Lotta Salzburger , founder of the Hotline for Victims of Violence
- 1992: Bassem Eid , founder of the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group ; Special award to James Ya'acov Rosenthal , journalist, for his lifelong commitment to human rights
- 1993: Ejal Simchoni , lawyer
- 1994: Yitzhak Clinton Bailey , campaigner for Bedouin rights
- 1995: Founder of Aid for Women Victims of Violence in the Arab Sector
- 1996: Gideon Levi , journalist for Haaretz
- 1997: Community Defense
- 1998: Workers' Hotline; Major General Hareven; Special prize for life's work: Schulamit Aloni
- 1999: Physicians for Human Rights and its founder Ruchama Marton
- 2000: Jossi Algazi , journalist for Haaretz
- 2002: Miriam Darmoni Scharvit and Sigal Rosen from the hotline for foreign workers
- 2004: The women of Machsom Watch , an organization of Israeli women who watch checkpoints
- 2005: Hanna Safran , feminist
- 2007: The religious women's forum Kolech
- 2008: The Shovrim Shtika ( Breaking Silence ) organization and the TAU refugee program
- 2009: The human rights organization Yesh Din ( There is law )
- 2010: Jehudit Zur, Oren Jiftachel
Individual evidence
- ↑ News (December 9, 2008) ( Memento of December 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on www.acri.org.il
- ↑ Newsletter (November 2007) on www.acri.org.il
Web links
- Complete list of award winners in Hebrew ( memento of October 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive )