Indian to be awarded Weimar’s 2010 Human Rights Award
On 10th December – International Human Rights Day – Dr. Lenin Raghuvanshi from India will be presented with the 2010 Human Rights Award of the city of Weimar in Germany.
The city municipal council’s explanatory statement applauds Dr. Raghuvanshi, founder of People’s Vigliance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), in his efforts for observation and assertion of fundamental rights of disadvantaged sections of society, such as women, children, Dalits and indigenous minorities. The Friedrich Nauman Foundation for Liberty nominated Dr. Raghuvanshi for the award.
Another successful initiative by Raghuvanshi is his conceptual design of ‘people-friendly villages”. In areas, first and foremost inhabited by Dalits, primary schools are set up, offering alternative teaching methods and advocating education for girls.
The Weimar Human Rights Award is presented to individuals, groups and organisations who, through their work, promote and support humane dealings and tolerance among and between peoples.
Every citizen, as well as groups and organisations have the right to nominate an individual, a group or organisation for the award until 30 April of each year. The award includes prize money of 2,500 euros and a work of art donated by the Bauhaus University, Weimar. Raghuvanshi will be awarded the prize on 10th December 2010, at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar (Franz Liszt academy of Music).
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