The International League of Human Rights
announces following Award:
Human Rights Day 2008 “Carl-von-Ossietzky-Medal”
to the Palestine Popular Committee of Bil’in
http://www.bilin-village.org/index.htm.
and the
„Anarchists Against the Wall“ from Israel
http://www.awalls.org/about_aatw
Both stands for the non-violence fight against the inhuman separation and for a culture, which makes a common future and life in peace and freedom possible in Israel and Palestine.
Where:
House of cultures of the world
John-Foster-Dulles Allee 10, 10557 Berlin
Sunday 7th December 2008 www.ilmr.de
The Carl-von-Ossietzky-Medal is awarded from the International League for Human Rights since 1962 every year. This honour goes to people, who are fighting for the reality of basic rights to everybody. The medal is a reminder to the publicist and Noble Prize recipient Carl von Ossietzky. He was a strong pacifist und active fighter for the human rights and died in 1938 due to his torture in the concentration camps.
