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Nobel Laureates Honour Afghan recipient of International Human Rights Award |
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We, six women Nobel Peace Laureates—Shirin Ebadi, Jody Williams, Wangari Maathai, Rigoberta Menchu, Betty Williams and Mairead Maguire—are honoured to once again support the Reach All Women In War (RAW) Anna Politkovskaya Award. This award is presented each year to a woman human rights defender from an area of war and conflict, and keeps alive the spirit of Anna Politkovskaya: a woman activist and journalist from Russia whose courageous reports of atrocities against civilians in Chechyna led ultimately to her untimely death exactly two years ago. 
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Joya's article in The Nation magazine - New York |
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Editor's Note October 7 marks the second anniversary of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the crusading Russian journalist and outspoken government critic who exposed the brutal treatment of civilians in Chechnya by Russian forces and Moscow-supported Chechen officials. Two years on, Russia shows no political will to bring her killers to justice. To honor Politkovskaya and other women like her in the world, the human rights organization Reach All Women in War (RAW in WAR), presented the second annual Anna Politkovskaya Award to Afghan politician and social activist Malalai Joya in London Monday. An elected member of the Afghan Parliament and outspoken critic of warlords and war criminals in the government, Joya was suspended from office on grounds that she had "insulted" fellow representatives in a television interview. She delivered these remarks at the London ceremony.
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REUTERS: INTERVIEW-Afghan woman rights campaigner wins courage award |
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LONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - She has been called Afghanistan's bravest woman, defying the Taliban and the warlords in a tireless campaign for women's rights and the victims of rape.
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Channel 4 - News - Afghan MP receives courage award |
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Afghan MP's courage under fire
Sue Turton met Afghan MP, Malalai Joya who is in London to receive an award for her work in defending human rights.
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Telegraph: 'Justice not yet done' over murder of Anna Politkovskaya |
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More than 100 notable people including authors, playwrights, politicians and religious leaders have called for Russia to "bring to justice" those responsible for the death of the journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
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Letters to the Telegraph Anna Politkovskaya Award 2008 |
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Anna Politkovskaya - Telegraph Sir – Today marks the second anniversary of the murder of the Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
We the undersigned are all supporters of the human rights organisation RAW in WAR (Reach All Women in War). Yesterday we presented the annual Anna Politkovskaya Award, set up to recognise women defending human rights in zones of war and conflict, to Malalai Joya from Afghanistan. She lives a life of courage in the face of grave danger, just as Anna did.
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Message from Lord Judd for RAW in WAR Anna Politkovskaya Award |
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Message from Lord Judd for RAW in WAR Anna Politkovskaya Award
Anna Politkovskaya remains a challenging example of selfless courage and integrity
in journalism. That she was so cold bloodedly murdered will forever raise profound
questions about the prevailing realities in Russia. Truth could not be accommodated.
There are other countries besides Russia where Anna's example and this prize in her
honour sadly are high relevant. Afghanistan is one. Today we therefore not only
warmly congratulate the prizewinner, but also demonstrate our solidarity with all those
NGO’s, academics, professionals and other individuals who bravely make their stand
for the better future they want to achieve.
Women and girls are still too often the victims of war, tyranny and oppression.
Physically abused and psychologically damaged, their plight demands our total
commitment to their support. The biggest task of all, however, is to strive for the
justice and freedom, which underpin decent society. There is no room for
complacency - anywhere.
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The winner of RAW in WAR’s second annual Anna Politkovskaya Award is Malalai Joya |
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The winner of RAW in WAR’s second annual Anna Politkovskaya Award is Malalai Joya from Afghanistan. Malalai Joya (30) was the youngest elected member of Afghanistan's national parliament in 2005 and past elected delegate for Afghanistan's historic constitutional assembly, the Loya Jirga. At the age of 25, she spoke out against ex-mujahedeen warlords, who dominated Afghanistan's constitutional assembly and now are members of the country's national parliament.
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