Posthumous Human Rights Award
Tim Lopes was posthumously awarded Brazil's top human rights prize, the Prêmio Direitos Humanos on December 17, 2012, among other recipients. The award was presented by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to Lopes' sister Tânia Lopes at Itamaraty in Brasília. President Dilma expressed that the award honors "individuals fighters" who "risk their lives in defense of human rights."
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