The Rafto Human Rights Memorial Prize for 2006 has been awarded to Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Quang Do for his peaceful opposition against the communist regime.
The board of the Rafto Foundation announced that it has decided to award the 2006 Professor Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize to one of Vietnam’s most prominent defenders of democracy, religious freedom and human rights, the Venerable Thich Quang Do.
The board says he receives the prize for his personal courage and perseverance through three decades of of peaceful opposition against the communist regime in Vietnam, and as a symbol for the growing democracy movement in the country.
The annual Rafto Prize is awarded every year, in memory of the Norwegian professor Thorolf Rafto, who for many years worked to eliminate poverty and supression in the world. He died in 1986.
The Rafto Foundation says that with this award it wishes to express its support for all Vietnamese who are fighting for a peaceful transition to democracy.
The annual Rafto Prize is awarded in memory of the Norwegian professor Thorolf Rafto, who for many years worked to eliminate poverty and supression in the world. He died in 1986.
(NRK/The Rafto Foundation)
Rolleiv Solholm
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