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September 25, 2019

Greta Thunberg & Aminatou Haidar Win Right Livelihood Awards, Known as "Alternative Nobel Prize"
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The winners of this year's Right Livelihood Awards have been announced.
The prize is widely known as the "Alternative Nobel Prize." The head of
the Right Livelihood Foundation, Ole von Uexküll, announced the
laureates earlier today in Stockholm.

Ole von Uexküll: "Greta Thunberg receives the Right Livelihood Award for
inspiring and amplifying political demands for urgent climate action
reflecting scientific facts. Aminatou Haidar receives the 2019 Right
Livelihood Award for her steadfast nonviolent action, despite torture
and imprisonment, in pursuit of justice and self-determination for the
people of Western Sahara. Guo Jianmei receives the Right Livelihood
Award for her pioneering and persistent work in securing women's rights
in China. Davi Kopenawa and the Yanomami Hutukara Association receive
the Right Livelihood Award for their courageous determination to protect
the forests and biodiversity of the Amazon, and the lands and culture of
its indigenous peoples."

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