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Right Livelihood Standing up for human courage since 1980. A just, peaceful and sustainable world is in the making.

Established in 1980, Right Livelihood honours and supports courageous people solving global problems. Housed under the umbrella of a foundation, Right Livelihood is a courage-powered community for social change committed to peace, justice and sustainability for all. Each year, Right Livelihood highlights change-makers through an Award. To date, 182 Laureates from 72 countries have received the dis

tinction. By recognising the actions of brave visionaries and building impactful connections around the world, Right Livelihood boosts urgent and long-term social change. However, the work of Right Livelihood goes beyond only presenting the Award: they provide these change-makers with life-long support. Right Livelihood is a megaphone and a shield for the Laureates: raising their profile, providing them protection when their lives and liberty are in danger, and educating people on their innovative solutions. Find out more about the Award:
https://rightlivelihood.org/what-we-do/the-right-livelihood-award/

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https://rightlivelihood.org/the-change-makers/find-a-laureate/

A new "foreign agents" law in Uganda threatens up to 10 years in prison for civil society organisations that receive int...
17/06/2026

A new "foreign agents" law in Uganda threatens up to 10 years in prison for civil society organisations that receive international funding.

For Right Livelihood Laureate Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO), which fights to protect Ugandan communities from destructive oil and gas projects, the consequences could be devastating.

"AFIEGO could crumble," says Programmes and Communications Manager Diana Nabiruma.

But she and her colleagues refuse to stop.

Read more ➡️ https://rightlivelihood.org/news/civil-society-could-crumble-under-ugandas-new-foreign-agents-law/

1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ years of courage, service and solidarity!Today, we celebrate Krishnammal Jagannathan, Right Livelihood Laureat...
16/06/2026

1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ years of courage, service and solidarity!

Today, we celebrate Krishnammal Jagannathan, Right Livelihood Laureate and lifelong Gandhian activist, on her 100th birthday.

Known as "India's Soul," Krishnammal has spent a century living the vision of justice in practice — fighting for land rights, dignity and sustainable livelihoods for some of India’s most marginalised communities.

Alongside her husband Sankaralingam, she has stood with Dalits, landless people and communities threatened by landlords and multinational corporations.

On the ground. Every day.

“We must feel we are coming together, joining together spiritually and economically on a community basis.”

Happy 100th birthday, Krishnammal 🎂

🇪🇭 is Africa’s last colony.After 50 years of illegal occupation, its people are nearing a breaking point. Right Liveli...
10/06/2026

🇪🇭 is Africa’s last colony.

After 50 years of illegal occupation, its people are nearing a breaking point.

Right Livelihood Laureate and human rights defender Aminatou Haidar describes a harrowing reality for the 600,000 Sahrawis living there.

As the international community looks the other way, Moroccan settlers displace locals, and a generation of youth is forced to flee, with faith in a peaceful solution disappearing.

Today, Sahrawis make up less than 25% of the population in their own homeland.

Aminatou’s message to the world is clear:
Do not let this injustice happen in silence.

Read the full interview ➡️ https://bit.ly/4vCaisa

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What does it take to make human rights more than words on paper? 🤔For Theo van Boven, it meant a lifetime of work to pla...
27/05/2026

What does it take to make human rights more than words on paper? 🤔

For Theo van Boven, it meant a lifetime of work to place them at the centre of international law.

The Dutch lawyer and scholar, who received the Right Livelihood Award in 1985, worked across the UN, academia, government and civil society to make human rights protections real and enforceable.

He pushed the UN to confront violations honestly — enforced disappearances, torture, and arbitrary executions — and challenged the idea that different countries should be held to different standards.

He passed away on May 9, at the age of 91.

“His legacy will live on in the many different arenas his work spanned and among the Right Livelihood community,” said Ole von Uexkull, Right Livelihood’s Executive Director.

We honour his life, his courage and his lifelong commitment to justice.

🔗: https://rightlivelihood.org/news/theo-van-boven-who-put-human-rights-at-the-centre-of-international-law-passes-away-at-91/

Right Livelihood and Nobel Laureate Ales Bialiatski spent over four years in a Belarusian penal colony before his releas...
25/05/2026

Right Livelihood and Nobel Laureate Ales Bialiatski spent over four years in a Belarusian penal colony before his release alongside 122 other political prisoners.

During that time, he endured isolation, punishment cells and denied medical care.

Now, as he speaks out, his story stands as a powerful reminder: nearly 1,000 political prisoners in Belarus are still waiting for their release.

Ales hasn’t forgotten them. Neither should we.

Hear his experience firsthand ➡️ http://bit.ly/4uqPC6t

18/05/2026

“Collectively, we can put pressure to actually end it and lift the suffering of the Sudanese people.”

Every day, families across Sudan are enduring the devastating consequences of war: forced from their homes, separated from loved ones, and exposed to relentless violence.

In the face of this crisis, Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs) المنتدى التضامني لغرف الطوارئ - السودان have built a nationwide network of volunteers delivering food, safety, medical support, and hope to communities under attack.

Rooted in solidarity and mutual aid, ERRs continue to stand alongside people in danger — refusing to abandon their communities, even in the darkest moments.

👉 Take a deep dive into the reality on the ground as Alsanosi Adam, who represented ERRs at the 2025 Right Livelihood Award Presentation, shares how grassroots courage, determination, and collective action are helping shape Sudan’s future!

🎥: https://youtu.be/B1mND_vynDk

14/05/2026

“The cyberspace, like any conflict region, there are people waging peace — and people can free the future together.”

Democracy does not fail because of technology. It fails when the people it serves are not allowed to steer it.

Taiwan’s Audrey Tang 唐鳳 is showing that technology can strengthen democracy rather than divide it, creating spaces where communities can listen, collaborate, and find “uncommon ground” across differences.

👉 Take a deep dive with Audrey, a 2025 Right Livelihood Laureate, as she explores how collective intelligence, trust, and digital participation can help shape more inclusive and resilient societies!

🎥: https://youtu.be/GQgJe0Xh11o?si=eCJJqljVKVV36fJ5

04/05/2026

“We are part of a wider movement to dismantle the Myanmar military cartel.”

Since the 2021 coup, Myanmar’s military has perpetrated mass killings, torture, sexual violence, and airstrikes on its own people.

But this system is being challenged.

Working in anonymity, a covert group of activists is exposing the financial networks that keep the military junta in power — pushing governments and companies worldwide to cut ties 🔍

👉 Take a deep dive with 2025 Right Livelihood Laureate, Justice For Myanmar, and Amnesty International’s Montse Ferrer. From the frontlines of fear to the fight for justice, JFM and its partners are challenging the military junta and working to reshape Myanmar’s future.

🎥: https://youtu.be/mzyn_0aknyo

27/04/2026

“We need to know what happens when states fail to regulate the fossil fuel industry, fail to reduce their emissions.”

For years, questions like these were left unanswered, while vulnerable Pacific communities stood alone on the frontlines of the climate crisis.

Until 27 law students in Vanuatu chose to rise together ✊

From urgency came action. From action, a movement was born: Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change. Ideas sparked in a classroom became a groundbreaking moment that changed the course of legal history.

👉 Take a deep dive with the 2025 Right Livelihood Laureates, Julian Aguon and PISFCC (represented by Belyndar Rikimani). From the courtroom to the frontlines, they’re shaping a new framework for accountability — where climate inaction carries legal consequences.

🎥: https://youtu.be/2IoPz-PKSwc

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