Congrats to No Right Turn

Congrats to Idiot/Savant over at No Right Turn for his nomination in this years Amnesty International Aotearoa NZ’s Human Rights Defender Award which will be awarded at the Human Rights Commission Friday this week.

Other nominees include: Contemporary artist Shahriar Asdollah-Zadeh; Singapore opposition leader Chee Soon Juan; AIANZ local activists Dolores Edge and Elena Wrelton; New Zealand civil liberties lawyer Tony Ellis; Fijian human rights lawyer Imrana Jalal; Defence lawyer for the ‘Waihopai three’ Michael Knowles; Maire Leadbetter of the Indonesian Human Rights Committee; TVNZ’s Sunday correspondent Janet McIntyre; Burmese activist and refugee Naing Ko Ko; NZ peace and disarmament campaigner Alyn Ware; and West Papuan activist Yan Christian Warinussy.

Good luck to all, coverage of the winner will be posted Saturday Morning on Tumeke