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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 12h
The 2026 Right Livelihood Award goes to women and women-led organisations challenging entrenched power structures: 🏆 Jalila Haider @jalilahaider.bsky.social 🏆 Rural Women's Assembly 🏆 Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association 🏆 Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app rightlivelihood.org/2026-announc...
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 22/09/2026
How are the Right Livelihood Laureates chosen — and what happens when the Jury disagrees? Hear three Jury members explain how they reach a decision, and meet the 2026 Laureates on September 30! Tune in at 8 am CEST ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Nk-...
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Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org · 15/09/2026
👏🏽📣 Justice For Myanmar welcomes charges against Telenor in Norway for violations of sanctions and complicity in crimes against humanity in Myanmar. Police raided the Telenor headquarters today. The charges follow a police complaint filed in Norway by Justice For Myanmar and ICJ Norway in 2024.
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Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org · 17/09/2026
Press Release 📣 ASEAN Regional Forum must ban Myanmar junta from drone workshop and save lives ✅ Read the report on how the ARF drone workshop risks boosting the junta’s terror campaign here 👉🏽 buff.ly/gni6Bkc ✅ Read the press release online here 👉🏽 buff.ly/4d37TDt
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 09/09/2026
Ahead of the announcement of this year's Right Livelihood Laureates, we’re revisiting messages from last year's recipients—and what drives their work! First up: Julian Aguon on listening to Pacific communities facing climate change and why their stories go beyond legal language.
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 03/09/2026
"A luta continua." The struggle continues. Mariel Merayo from our team travelled with Right Livelihood Laureate Justiça Ambiental! to Mozambique, where communities face harm from mining and cement operations. But this isn't only a story of loss. It's a story of resistance. Read 👉 bit.ly/4yiTfN9
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Mozambique: Communities Resisting Extractive Industries - Right Livelihood
A first-hand report from Mozambique, where communities displaced by mining and cement projects are organising to defend their land.
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 01/09/2026
200 nominations. 72 countries. Who will be the 2026 Right Livelihood Laureates? 🗓️ Find out on September 30 ⤵️ 6 am CEST: Laureates announced on our website 8 am CEST: Live press conference Follow us for the reveal! 👉 bit.ly/4qOA77r
Who is building a more just future? Meet the 2026 Right Livelihood Laureates on September 30
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 02/07/2026
Two years since their conviction. On July 2, 2024, five Mother Nature Cambodia activists — Ly Chandaravuth, Long Kunthea, Phuon Keoraksmey, Thun Ratha, and Yim Leanghy — were jailed for defending Cambodia’s environment. Thank you to everyone who wrote them a letter. They are not alone. #FreeMNC
Solidarity messages for imprisoned Mother Nature Cambodia activists.
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 25/06/2026
Uganda’s “foreign agents” law threatens prison time for civil society groups receiving international funding. For Laureate Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO) fighting destructive oil and gas projects, the stakes are existential. But they refuse to stop. Read 👉 bit.ly/4oMfdov
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Civil society “could crumble” under Uganda’s new foreign agents law  - Right Livelihood
On May 17, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed a “foreign agents” bill into law, aimed at restricting the flow of funding into civil society by criminalising organisations “acting on behalf of f...
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 22/06/2026
Women human rights defenders are being criminalised for speaking out. At #HRC62, we will bring together women defenders, UN experts and civil society to discuss gendered repression, protection gaps and accountability. Join us! 🗓️ June 25 🕒 10-11 📍 Room IX, Palais des Nations
#HRC62 side event: Criminalising Courage: Gendered Repression of Women Human Rights DefendersSpeakers include: Ivana Krstić, Dr. Sima Samar, Eva Zillén, Diana Nabiruma and Olivia Ekobe
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 25/05/2026
After more than four years in a Belarusian penal colony, Right Livelihood and Nobel Prize Laureate Ales Bialiatski is free. But nearly 1,000 political prisoners in Belarus are still waiting. Ales hasn’t forgotten them. Neither should we. Read 👉 bit.ly/4uqPC6t @freeviasna.org
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'Like going back to the same school': Ales Bialiatski on prison, war and the world that collapsed outside his cell - Right Livelihood
Belarusian human rights defender Ales Bialiatski, released in 2025, reflects on his imprisonment and political repression in Belarus.
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 14/05/2026
“People can free the future together.” Right Livelihood Laureate @audreyt.org shows how technology can strengthen democracy rather than divide it, creating spaces where communities can listen, collaborate and find “uncommon ground” across differences! 🎥 youtu.be/GQgJe0Xh11o
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Issa Amro @issa-amro.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Thanks for amplifying our voices! Thanks for not forgetting us! Thanks for not letting us down! Don't let the Israel-US-attack on Iran distract you from Palestine, not from violence by settlers and soldiers here in the Westbank, not from the still ongoing genocide in Gaza.
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 18/03/2026
⚖️ A legal roadmap for climate accountability is finally here! Driven in part by 2025 Right Livelihood Laureates PISFCC and Julian Aguon, the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion is a major breakthrough. Now, they’re pushing to turn it into action. What happens next could shape our future! ➡️ bit.ly/4lDOAjY
Screen capture of the article titled "What Vanuatu’s UN Resolution on the ICJ Climate Opinion Means for the Planet"
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 17/03/2026
While global attention shifts to the war with Iran and rising oil prices, conditions in the occupied West Bank are worsening. 2024 Right Livelihood Laureate @issa-amro.bsky.social describes what is happening in Hebron.
“The war on Iran is worsening conditions for Palestinians in the West Bank.” — Issa Amro, 2024 Right Livelihood Laureate
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Michael Succow Stiftung @succow-stiftung.de · 25/02/2026
🌍 #DAAD-funded #PhD #Scholarship: Protected & Conserved Area Management, nature conservation & local participation. For candidates from Central Asia, Caucasus & Mongolia. 📅 Deadline: 5.4.2026. 🔗 Details kurzlinks.de/17oi @zefbonn.bsky.social @rightlivelihood.org
Photo: M. SuccowPhoto: M. Mustaeva
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Geneva Graduate Institute Library @gvagradlibrary.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Civil resistance against systems of oppression: Discover the Right Livelihood Collection in Salon Davis
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Civil resistance against systems of oppression: Discover the Right Livelihood Collection in Salon Davis
Visit our latest book exhibition and step into stories of courage and resistance. A guest post by Right Livelihood.
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 24/02/2026
Stories of courage, resistance and community power. Our latest book exhibition at the @gvagradlibrary.bsky.social brings together influential works by Right Livelihood Laureates who have challenged injustice for decades! 🗓️ February 24 – April 15 📍 Salon Davis (Library), @gvagrad.bsky.social
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Civil resistance against systems of oppression: Discover the Right Livelihood Collection in Salon Davis
Visit our latest book exhibition and step into stories of courage and resistance. A guest post by Right Livelihood.
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 22/02/2026
In honouring Rev. Jesse Jackson, 2020 Right Livelihood Laureate Bryan Stevenson reminds us: transformation requires defending those pushed aside by injustice or corporate power. And championing the silenced ⤵️
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EJI Founder Bryan Stevenson remembers legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson - WAKA 8
Bryan Stevenson, the founder of the Montgomery-based Equal Justice Initiative, is remembering the life and work of Rev. Jesse Jackson.
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 21/02/2026
In a fragmented world, the #UNGA resolution endorsing the ICJ Climate Opinion offers a path back to cooperation. From the Pacific to the EU, this is about acting together. We stand with 2025 Laureate Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change and Vanuatu! #ClimateICJAO #ClimateJustice
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 20/02/2026
If you’re looking for an internship where your work contributes to real impact, you’ve come to the right place ✨ Three Stockholm-based positions are open for application until February 22. Learn more and apply! ➡️ fuf.se/karriar/sokp...
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 16/02/2026
När vi agerar tillsammans, skiftar maktens balans ✊ Följ med på fyra inspirerande berättelser om förändring med journalisten @Teldah Mawarire och 2025 års Right Livelihood-pristagare. Se intervjuerna på SVT ⤵️
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 12/02/2026
Inside Iran’s crackdown: 2020 Right Livelihood Laureate Nasrin Sotoudeh on repression, resistance and her support for Jafar Panahi, whose film "It Was Just an Accident" won Palme d’Or & is now Oscar-nominated. 📖 @msmagazine.com by Jeff Kaufman 👉 bit.ly/40cn5E1
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What Iran’s Crackdown Looks Like From Inside: A Q&A With Nasrin Sotoudeh and Reza Khandan
Mass protests and a deadly crackdown grip Iran: human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh from Tehran; her husband Reza Khandan from Evin Prison
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Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org · 11/02/2026
In 2025, we were humbled to be recognised with a Right Livelihood Award. 🎙️Watch our post-award interview with @svtnyheter.bsky.social available in English with Swedish subtitles. Joined by @amnesty.org. buff.ly/qrYudcQ @rightlivelihood.org
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Finansiering av militärjuntan i Myanmar avslöjad
Hemlig aktivistgrupp belönas efter avslöjande om finansiering av militärjuntan i Myanmar
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 30/01/2026
⏳ Final countdown to nominate for the 2026 Award! Solomon from 2025 Laureate PISFCC and their nominator, Neshan, remind us: 🔹 Look to the people creating real change 🔹 Bring their work to global attention If you know they deserve it, nominate now 👉 rightlivelihood.org/nominate
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 30/01/2026
⏰ Today is the last day to nominate ⏰ As 2025 Right Livelihood Laureate @audreyt.org says: creating real change takes years, but submitting a nomination takes only a fraction of that time. ✨ And don’t let language stop you. AI tools can help! Nominate now 👉 rightlivelihood.org/get-involved...
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 29/01/2026
If you’re finalising your nomination for this year’s Right Livelihood Award, here’s 2025 Laureate Julian Aguon’s tip for making a strong nomination! Nominate by January 30 👉 rightlivelihood.org/nominate
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 25/01/2026
Pacific communities are leaving ancestral graves behind. Relocations with nowhere left to go. Climate change as an unravelling of rights 🌊 Accepting the 2025 Right Livelihood Award, Julian Aguon delivered a speech that placed the room inside those realities. Watch 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNkF...
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 22/01/2026
2025 Right Livelihood Laureate @audreyt.org at the Award Presentation on turning polarisation into democratic renewal, and why “AI must not divide us with outrage.” Civic hacker, global voice, poet. Watch 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjIr...
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 16/01/2026
🚨 Deadline extended 🚨 So many of you are already nominating people who are leading change, defending rights and building solutions for the Right Livelihood Award — and we want to make sure no one misses the chance! New deadline: January 30, 2026 Submit now 👉 rightlivelihood.org/nominate
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 13/01/2026
They’ve told this story many times: why the Pacific is at risk and why the law must respond. Still, Belyndar Rikimani and Solomon Yeo of PISFCC shared it with grace and deep love for their islands at the 2025 Right Livelihood Award Presentation. Watch 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=ShGo41EQH6c
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 12/01/2026
Does one nomination really matter? 🤔 As Belyndar Rikimani of 2025 Laureate PISFCC emphasises, nominations for the Right Livelihood Award raise awareness not only of the work people are doing across the world, but also of the challenges they're facing. Nominate now 👉 rightlivelihood.org/nominate
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 10/01/2026
Still thinking about nominating for the 2026 Right Livelihood Award? 🤔 As Alsanosi Adam of 2025 Laureate Emergency Response Rooms reminds us, you never know how one nomination can change a life. Submit now! ➡️ rightlivelihood.org/nominate
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 10/01/2026
Emergency Response Rooms’ Alsanosi Adam, receiving the 2025 Right Livelihood Award, spoke about the people keeping Sudan alive and why visibility 👁️ matters. With a 🇸🇩 flag worn as a cape and the Sudanese community behind him, listen 👉 youtu.be/s2t3NpAbFKA
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 03/01/2026
😍 When a Right Livelihood Laureate passes the mic back to you! At the 2025 Award Presentation, @audreyt.org invited everyone to nominate for the 2026 Award, reminding the audience that change-makers don’t surface by accident. 🎥 Watch the moment and submit 👉 rightlivelihood.org/nominate
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 29/12/2025
#Cooperatives work. Better than we’re told. With 2025 named the International Year of Cooperatives, the Award Presentation spotlighted Right Livelihood Laureates Seikatsu Club in Japan and Cecosesola in Venezuela, who are building people-run alternatives. Watch ⤵️
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Cooperatives reshaping power: How Cecosesola and Seikatsu Club built community-powered alternatives
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 28/12/2025
Voting begins today in Myanmar, under military control and repression. Speaking for 2025 Laureate @justiceformyanmar.org, @amnesty.org's Montse Ferrer spelt out what we can do to stand with the people of Myanmar: 💸 Check where pension money is invested 📣 Call on governments to stop cutting aid
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 27/12/2025
“The world is watching. The Myanmar people’s revolution will prevail.” On the eve of the junta’s planned election, watch @thunberggreta.bsky.social deliver @justiceformyanmar.org’s words at the 2025 Right Livelihood Award Presentation, calling out a sham vote and the systems behind military rule.
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 22/12/2025
✨ One night. Many voices. Shared power. Dive into our visual story capturing the best moments from the 2025 Right Livelihood Award Presentation. Speeches, music, quotes and connection, all in one place. 👉 Explore the story ⤵️ bit.ly/3YGcArT
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 16/12/2025
Know someone already shifting reality on the ground? Your nominee could become the next Right Livelihood Laureate! Don’t just applaud them. Put their name forward. NOMINATE BY JAN 16, 2026 👇 rightlivelihood.org/nominate
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 13/12/2025
‼️ Ales Bialiatski is free ‼️ We welcome the release of the 2020 Right Livelihood Laureate and Viasna colleagues after 3+ years of unjust detention. Many others, including Marfa Rabkova, remain jailed. Full justice must include them ✊ Read our statement and follow @freeviasna.org for latest info ⤵️
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Right Livelihood welcomes release of Laureate Ales Bialiatski and demands freedom for all activists - Right Livelihood
STOCKHOLM – Right Livelihood welcomes the release of 2020 Right Livelihood Laureate Ales Bialiatski and two of his colleagues from Human Rights Center “Viasna”, which is a long-overdue moment of justi...
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Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org · 11/12/2025
We are not alone in this fight for peace, justice and human dignity. From Palestine to Ukraine, East Turkistan to Sudan, our struggle is shared, interconnected and urgent ✊🏽
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Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org · 11/12/2025
📣 Amnesty International’s Montse Ferrer calls on governments to stop cutting aid to Myanmar, and for the​ Swedish public to be aware of how their pension money is invested. 🎥 Watch her full comments during the Right Livelihood Award ceremony. @rightlivelihood.org @amnesty.org
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 10/12/2025
This #HumanRightsDay, meet defenders for whom exile is rupture and reinvention. Through our work with the Global Campus of Human Rights, they rebuild across borders and keep protecting #OurEveryDayRights. Their stories show how they continue. Read more 👉 bit.ly/3YiKu5M
Helen Mack Chang: “Exile is one way to kill you.”Natallia Satsunkevich: “I can’t go to my home city…This is not freedom. I was fighting for freedom and now I see these limits.”Viacheslav Samonov: “I was expecting the repression to last two or three months. I wasn’t expecting that I wouldn’t come back to Russia.”Askold Kurov: “The officer kept asking, ‘Are you running away? For him, it was something shameful. And for me too in that moment. Now I don’t see my life as punishment. It’s just changing my life and starting again.”
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 09/12/2025
Transformative change is already taking root throughout the world ✨ As we celebrate this year’s Right Livelihood Laureates, we’re looking for the next courageous people building a just, peaceful and sustainable world! Nominate for the 2026 Award by January 16 👉 bit.ly/3YOjqu2
PISFCC and Julian Aguon at the 2025 Right Livelihood Award Presentation.
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Milk Tea Alliance Calendar @mtacalendar.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
We were heartened to see that @justiceformyanmar.org won a @rightlivelihood.org award. Well deserved for all their work dismantle the military cartel in Myanmar. Like many it was great to see Greta Thunberg delivery their acceptance speech & throw up 3 fingers in solidarity 17/
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Greta Thunberg delivers speech for Justice For Myanmar | 2025 Right Livelihood Award Presentation
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Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org · 08/12/2025
Thanks you to our fellow Right Livelihood laureates from Taiwan, the Pacific Islands and Sudan for your solidarity. #RightLivelihood @rightlivelihood.org
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 06/12/2025
The 2025 Right Livelihood Laureates stood together in Stockholm — except for @justiceformyanmar.org, who could not travel due to security risks. Yet their courage, and the courage of 🇲🇲 people, remained deeply felt ✊ 🎥 Watch their speech delivered by @thunberggreta.bsky.social 👉 bit.ly/3KsHKjd
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 04/12/2025
“This award belongs to the people of Myanmar.” At the Right Livelihood Award Presentation, 2019 Laureate @thunberggreta.bsky.social read fellow Laureate @justiceformyanmar.org’s speech, dedicating the Award to youth, survivors and communities still resisting the junta. We stand with them.
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Stockholm University @stockholm-uni.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
When @rightlivelihood.org award laureate Belyndar M. Rikimani from Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change (PISFCC) visited Stockholm University on 2 December, the message was clear: commitment can move mountains – and shape international law. #Climate www.su.se/english/rese...
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