Human Rights Defenders Tulip Award: Nominations are now being accepted for the Human Rights Defenders Tulip award.

Anyone can nominate a candidate for the human rights defenders award.

The award, an initiative of the Dutch Government, will be presented by the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs on 9 November.

The Human Rights Defenders Tulip is an expression of appreciation intended to acknowledge persons who have shown exceptional moral courage in protecting and promoting the rights of fellow citizens.

Only individuals can be nominated for the award; organisations are not eligible for consideration.

They should be human rights defenders who work full-time to promote or protect human rights.

They should have faced or be at risk of facing negative personal consequences as a result of their work.

The individual nominees are activists who could benefit from the recognition and visibility associated with winning the award.

The winner receives an official commemorative statuette, the Human Rights Defenders Tulip, and an individual cash award of EUR 10,000.

He or she also has the opportunity to submit a proposal for a project to the value of up to EUR 100,000, to be used to intensify the winner’s work as a human rights defender.

Deadline: 23rd August.

For more information and application , visit: Human Rights Defenders Tulip Award Website

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The Libyan soldiers have already met with Uganda’s ministry of foreign affairs officials and discussed mechanisms under which Libya and Uganda can work.

The minister of Foreign Affairs, Okello Oryemu (Uganda) says that Uganda is ready to work with NTC and to receive their representatives.

The post Col. Muammar Gadaffi Government also wants to have an ambassador to Uganda. Oryemu also says that Uganda was ready to reopen its mission in Libya. Uganda (president Museveni) was at first opposed to the pro-democracy war led by the NTC against Gadaffi. The war ended with the death of Brother Col. Muammar Gadaffi.

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 Kibaki will collect the certificate on the last day of the 62^nd graduation ceremony ofMakerereUniversity.MakerereUniversity observed that Kibaki has distinguished himself as a visionary Kenyan statesman who has also spearheaded economic development, gender and educational reforms and political cohesion, so the institution awarded him a degree.

The university decided to honour President Kibaki on December 8^th last year in recognition of his contribution to public service at national, regional and international levels. However many people in East Africa say Kibaki was not fit to get the honours from a highly recognised university in Africa due to his reported despotic leadership.

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