11 September 2014

Live Broadcast: International Hrant Dink Award





INTERNATIONAL HRANT DINK AWARD CEREMONY
LIVE ON INTERNET

AWARD CEREMONY
15 September 2014
between 20:00- 22:00


The International Hrant Dink Award Ceremony, which will be presented for the sixth time on Hrant Dink's birthday, September 15, will be broadcasted live in English on www.hrantdink.org and www.hrantdinkaward.org.

The details of the night will also be available on Facebook pages 'Uluslararası Hrant Dink Ödülü / International Hrant Dink Award' and 'Hrant Dink Vakfı / Hrant Dink Foundation / Հրանդ Տինք Հիմնարկ' and 'HrantDinkVakfi' ve 'HrantDinkAward' accounts on Twitter in 3 languages, being Turkish, English and Armenian.

The award ceremony will take place on September 15th, 2014 between the hours 20.00-22.00 (between UTC/GMT +2 hours and UTC/GMT +4 hours) at Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall. At the ceremony, Ara Dinkjian and Ari Hergel will take to the stage, and the awardees of 2014 will be announced. The ceremony will be presented by Olgun Simsek.

The Jury of the International Hrant Dink Award 2014 consists of Baskın Oran, Gerard Libaridian, Kenneth Roth, Kumi Naidoo, Mary Kaldor, Nataša Kandić, Saturday Mothers / People, Oya Baydar and Rakel Dink

Every year, the award is presented to two people, groups or institutions from inside and outside Turkey, who work for a world free of discrimination, racism, and violence, take personal risks for their ideals, use the language of peace, and by doing so, inspire and encourage others.

With this award, the Foundation aims to remind to all those who struggle for these ideals that their voices are heard, their work is visible and that they are not alone, and also to encourage everyone to fight for their ideals.

Alper Görmüş, Amira Hass, the Conscientious Objection Movement of Turkey, Baltasar Garzón, Ahmet Altan, Lydia Cacho, İsmail Beşikçi, International MEMORIAL Society, Nataša Kandić and Saturday Mothers / People are the former laureates of the International Hrant Dink Award.

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