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President Lú Olo awarded five persons with Sergio Vieira de Mello Human Right Awards

President Lú Olo awarded five persons with Sergio Vieira de Mello Human Right Awards

DILI, 10 december 2020 (TATOLI)– President of Republic, Francisco Guterres Lú Olo has awarded the five participants with the “Sergio Vieira de Mello Human Right Award” for their outstanding contribution made for the promotion, protection and discloses of the human right in Timor-Leste.

The awards is categorized into Civil Right and the politic for the individual or organization that become a Defensor to the human right and the right of the social, economy and cultural for the individual and organization that dedicate themselves for the promotion of human right activities in the social right area, economy and culture, namely fight the poverty, education, health, environment protection and social solidarity.

This year President has awarded the awards for the  category of Social, Economy and Culture right to, Cosme dos Santos Freitas, Fr Martin António Pablo Abad Santos, S.J Deolindo da Costa and Leopoldina Joana Guterres, While the Civil and Political award goes to FOCUPERS.

Every Winner accept the awards with the price of US$ 10.000 for the winner for every category.

In Spite the awards is attributed annually in December 10, at the International Declaration of Human Right day.

it is also assigned by the President as an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the contribution of the Timorese and International citizens, government organization, and non-government organization for the promotion, protection and publication of Human Right in Timor-Leste.

The Sergio Vieira Award was launched in 2008 by the President of Republic and the Noble Peace Price Mr José Ramos Horta.

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