Freedom Award
Freedom Award | |
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Awarded for | "extraordinary contributions to the cause of refugees and human freedom"[1] |
Country | United States |
Presented by | International Rescue Committee |
First awarded | 1957 |
Last awarded | 2013 |
Website | IRC Freedom Award |
The
freedom. According to the IRC, "The Freedom Award reveals the remarkable ability of an individual to shape history and change for the better a world moving toward freedom for all."[1]
The IRC was founded in 1933 at the request of
Second World War, for his "dedicated and devoted service to the cause of human liberty".[4] The first joint recipients of the award were Lane Kirkland and his wife Irena who won the prize in 1981.[5] Lane was honored for his "long devotion to the cause of refugees" while Irena was described as "very much a human rights activist".[5] Chinese dissidents Li Shuxian and Fang Lizhi were jointly honored in 1991;[1][6] two American Presidents, George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton took the prize as a pair in 2005, and film actress Angelina Jolie and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees High Commissioner António Guterres received the award together in 2007.[7]
Since the first award presentation in 1957, the IRC has made it to 46 recipients, 24 of which were American; the majority of awards have been to politicians. The 1995 presentation was made Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in November, where the presentation was made to the Brokaw family.[10] In 2012, John C. Whitehead received the prize for a second time, the only person to do so.[1]
Recipients
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References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "IRC Freedom Award". International Rescue Committee. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ "IRC at a glance". International Rescue Committee. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ "The Nobel Peace Prize 1971". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ Gettysburg Times. 1958-05-30. p. 2. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ a b c d Krebs, Albin (1981-04-07). "Notes on people; Kirklands to Get Awards". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ "Statements by Chinese Dissidents and Beijing". The New York Times. 1990-06-26. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
- ^ a b c "High Commissioner and Angelina Jolie to receive IRC Freedom Award". United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 2007-11-06. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ "Profile: Aung San Suu Kyi". BBC News. 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
- ^ a b c d e "UN refugee agency, Angelina Jolie receive Freedom Award". United Nations. 2007-11-08. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ a b "2011 Freedom Award: Honoring the Brokaw Family". International Rescue Committee. 2011-11-10. Archived from the original on 2013-07-20. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
- ^ a b c d "Walesa says West to blame if Poland fails". Times-News. 1989-11-17. p. 2. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ a b c d e "Madeleine Albright receives International Rescue Committee's Freedom Award". International Rescue Committee. 1999-11-10. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ "Austria's Kreisky Will Get Freedom Award". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. 1975-04-10. p. 35. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ "Press Release – SG/SM/7625". United Nations. 2000-11-15. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ "Social Events". The New York Times. 1991-11-03. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ a b "Benefits". The New York Times. 1994-11-20. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ "Remarks of Senator John McCain – The International Rescue Committee's 2001 Freedom Award Dinner". U.S. Senator John McCain – Arizona. 2001-11-14. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ "2008 UPS Lecture on Nonprofit Leadership, Governance and Economic Stewardship". Georgia State University. Archived from the original on 2010-06-30. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ "His Excellency President Hamed Karzai". The Embassy of Afghanistan – Tokyo. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ "Samantha Power – IRC Freedom Award Dinner – November 10, 2004" (PDF). Harvard University. Archived from the original (pdf) on June 30, 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ "IRC Honors Former Presidents Bush and Clinton for Tsunami, Katrina Relief Efforts". International Rescue Committee. 2005-11-10. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
- ^ "Biographical Brief of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf". Government of the Republic of Liberia – Executive Mansion. Archived from the original on 2010-04-23. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ Lunn, Stephen; Harris, Bret (2008-12-09). "Give 'til it hurts". The Australian. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
- Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
- ^ International Rescue Committee. "Freedom Award: Honoring George Soros". Rescue.org. International Rescue Committee. Archived from the original on 2015-02-03. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ Honoring the humanitarian aid worker Archived 2015-09-06 at the Wayback Machine, Rescue, 2014
- ^ "International Rescue Committee honors Mayor Spyros Galinos of Lesbos and the Mack family at annual Rescue Dinner benefit". Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ "Governor Scott Joins Venezuelan Expats In Doral; Says Maduro, 'Thugs' Have To Go". Retrieved 2017-05-08.
- ^ "Freedom Award: Leopoldo López fue homenajeado con el Freedom Award en Miami". Archived from the original on 2017-05-11. Retrieved 2017-05-08.