Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng has won the 2021 Martin Ennals Award. A series of emotional short films illustrates his struggle, as well as the struggle of finalists Soltan Achilova and Loujain AlHathloul.
Soltan Achilova, Loujain AlHathloul and Yu Wensheng have undertaken tremendous human rights activism in Turkmenistan, Saudi Arabia and China at great risk to themselves.
Watch these short films about the 2020 Martin Ennals Award laureate, Yemeni human rights activist Huda Al-Sarari, and finalists Norma Librada Ledezma and Sizani Ngubane.
Huda Al-Sarari, Norma Ledezma and Sizani Ngubane are human rights defenders who have risked their lives to promote justice and dignity in their local communities.
“This award sheds light on the very cruel refugee policy of the Australian Government. It also brings international attention to the dangers and ill-treatment faced by refugees all over the world…”
The MEA aims to recognise individuals, or exceptionally organisations, who are working in conditions hostile to fundamental human rights, at risk, and in need of protection.