Iranian women won this year's Raw in War Anna Politkovskaya Award, for the One Million Signatures Campaign, marking the first time the Award was won by a group and not an individual woman.
The Award was originally established to support the work of women human rights defenders in conflict zones who stand up for the rights of victims, "often at a great personal risk." It is named in honor of Anna Politkovskaya, the Russian journalist and activist who was assassinated in 2007 for reporting the atrocities perpetrated against civilians in Chechnya.
Congratulations and many thanks to the women of the One Million Signatures Campaign.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
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