Hrant Dink - Awards

Awards

  • 2005 Ayşenur Zarakolu Award for Freedom of Thought and Expression, awarded by the Turkish Human Rights Association in Turkey
  • 2006 Henri Nannen Prize for Freedom of the Press by Gruner + Jahr, publisher of Stern in Germany
  • 2006 Oxfam/Novib PEN Award for Freedom of Expression by Oxfam Novib in Netherlands
  • 2006 Bjørnson Prize by The Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression in Norway
  • 2007 Armenian Presidential State Prize, citing Dink's contribution to "restoration of historical justice, mutual understanding between peoples, freedom of speech, and protection of human rights."
  • 2007 (posthumous) Hermann Kesten Medal for outstanding efforts in support of persecuted writers
  • 2007 International Press Institute World Press Freedom Hero

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