Human Rights Defender Issa Amro with Youth Against Settlements won the Right Livelihood Award of 2024 as one of four laureates "for their steadfast non-violent resistance to Israel’s illegal occupation, promoting Palestinian civic action through peaceful means." The Award is referred to as the "alternative Nobel Prize" directed at human rights an ecological preservation.
Amro is recognized as a human rights defender by the UN and EU and he is the Executive Director for Friends of Hebron. He co-founded and led the Youth Against Settlements initiative, which is supported by Friends of Hebron.
The awards ceremony will be held in December. Read more here.
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