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Ambassador of Conscience Award

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Ambassador of Conscience Award
Awarded forhuman rights award
Date2003 (2003)
Presented byAmnesty International
Websitehttp://www.amnesty.org/ Edit this on Wikidata

The Ambassador of Conscience Award is Amnesty International's most prestigious human rights award. It celebrates individuals and groups who have furthered the cause of human rights by showing exceptional courage standing up to injustice and who have used their talents to inspire others. It also aims to generate debate, encourage public action and raise awareness of inspirational stories and human rights issues. The award ceremonies were organised by Art for Amnesty on behalf of Amnesty International up to 2016.

The award was conceived and created in 2003 by Bill Shipsey, the founder of Art for Amnesty. The Award was inspired by a poem written by Seamus Heaney for Amnesty International in 1985. The poem, "From the Republic of Conscience" ends with the lines:"Their embassies he said, were everywhere but operated independently and no ambassador would ever be relieved".

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References

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  1. ^ "Czech Republic: Havel Is Amnesty's First 'Ambassador Of Conscience'". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Amnesty International honours Mandela". Mg.co.za. 1 November 2006. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Ambassador of Conscience - Peter Gabriel". U2.com. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of Amnesty's highest honour over her 'shameful betrayal'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  5. ^ "Harry Belafonte, Malala Yousafzai to get Ambassador of Conscience Awards". Los Angeles Times. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Prix Ambassadeur de la conscience 2017. Alicia Keys et le mouvement des droits des autochtones du Canada, lauréats de la prestigieuse récompense d'Amnesty International". Amnesty.fr (in French). 2017-04-13. Retrieved 2017-06-29..
  7. ^ "Accepting Rights Award, Colin Kaepernick Decries 'Lawful Lynching'". The New York Times. 2018-04-21. Retrieved 2018-04-21..
  8. ^ "Climate activists Greta Thunberg and the Fridays for Future movement honoured with top Amnesty International award". Amnesty International. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Ambassador of Conscience Award". Amnesty.org. Archived from the original on April 22, 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
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