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On his 65th birthday, Bruno Kreisky renounced his gifts. A circle of friends and co-workers of the then mayor of Vienna, Leopold Gratz, and the president of the Austrian Trade Union Federation, Anton Benya, developed the idea of a Foundation for Human Rights, which should bear Kreisky's name. The then financial Secretary of the Austrian Trade Union, Alfred Ströer, a former political prisoner of the Nazi regime, took over the duties of realising and managing the project.
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19th presentation of the Bruno Kreisky Prize for services to human rights
On June 23, 2022, the Bruno Kreisky Foundation for Services to Human Rights awarded the oldest and most renowned human rights prize in Austria, named after former Federal Chancellor Bruno Kreisky, for the 19th time at the Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue. The jury of the Bruno Kreisky Prize for services to human rights, composed of independent experts and [...]
Presentation of the honorary award 2019 to Michael Landau
The honorary award of the Bruno Kreisky Foundation for services to human rights has been awarded since 2007 for very special commitment and sustainable services to the implementation, promotion and further development of human rights. In 2019, the independent jury and board of trustees of the Bruno Kreisky Foundation for services to human rights unanimously decided to award Michael Landau, the President of Caritas in Austria, with the honorary award of the Bruno Kreisky Foundation for services to human rights for his very special commitment to human rights award. The prize was awarded on October 21, 2019 in the Ringturm in Vienna.
Bruno Kreisky Prize for Services to Human Rights 2019
18th presentation of the Bruno Kreisky Prize for services to human rights Cash desk of the Oesterreichische nationalbank, Otto-Wagner-Platz 3, 1090 Vienna May 20, 2019, 6:00 p.m. Welcome: GovernorUniv. Prof. Dr. Ewald NowotnyChairman of the Board of Trustees of the Bruno Kreisky Foundation for Services to Human Rights Overview of the 2019 award winners: International nomination: Amal FathyWith laudatory speech by Dr.in Gudrun […]
The Bruno Kreisky Foundation mourns the loss of Kofi Anan and Uri Avnery, who passed away on August 18 and 20, respectively
Kofi Annan Born in Kumasi, Ghana on April 8, 1938, Annan graduated from Kumasi University of Science and Technology and received his undergraduate degree in Economics from Macalester College in the United States in 1961. From 1961 to 1962 he completed bachelor's degrees in Economics at the Institut universitaire des hautes études Internationales in Geneva. As […]
Ari Rath Prize for Critical Journalism
Vienna (OTS) - The "Ari Rath Prize for Critical Journalism" was set up on the basis of a private initiative to honor journalists whose work focuses on a critical and human rights reporting on flight, expulsion and asylum […]
Bruno Kreisky Prize for Human Rights goes to Asli Erdogan
The international jury of the Bruno Kreisky Prize for services to human rights unanimously awarded the Bruno Kreisky Human Rights Prize to the Turkish author Aslı Erdoğan for her outstanding services to safeguarding human rights. The Bruno Kreisky Human Rights Award was named after the late Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky and is the […]
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Kreisky Prize for reporters imprisoned in Syria
06/11/13 Kreisky Prize for a reporter imprisoned in Syria > KleineZeitungwww.kleinezeitung.at/nachrichten/politik/3330700/kreisky-preis-fuer-syrien-imprisoned-reporter.story 1/1Last updated: 06/10/2013 at 07:26 am The Bruno This year's Kreisky Prize for services to human rights goes to the Syrian journalist and activist Mazen Darwish, who has been held in custody by President Assad's regime since February 2012. Darwish is honored for his commitment to press freedom and the disappearance of reporters […]
Ethiopian women's rights activist Gebre honored
06/11/13 Ethiopian women's rights activist in Gebre awarded- dieStandard.at› Politikdiestandard.at/1369363188974/Aethiopische-Frauenrechtsaktivistin-Bogaletch-Gebre-were-awarded 1/2© derStandard.at GmbH 2013 Her educational work has contributed to the fact that the number of circumcised girls in Ethiopia has fallen sharplyVienna – The Ethiopian women's rights activist Bogaletch Gebre receives the Bruno Kreisky Human Rights Prize for her work against genital cutting in her home country. Through their commitment and the work of their group "Kembatti Mentti Gezzimma" (KMG), […]
Kreisky Human Rights Prize for journalists imprisoned in Syria
APA0020 / 10.06 Mon, Jun 10, 2013 Syrian Mazen Darwish honored for his commitment to freedom of the press, Ethiopian Bogaletch Gebre in the fight against genital mutilation and Austrian Cecily Corti for his commitment to the homeless Damascus/Addis Ababa/Vienna (APA) - The Bruno Kreisky Prize for the This year, services to human rights go to the Syrian journalist and activist Mazen Darwish, who has been […]
Kreisky Prize winner: fight for women's rights "not yet won"
APA Mon, Jun 10, 2013 Thanks to the commitment of Kreisky human rights prizewinner Gebre, female genital mutilation in Ethiopia is almost non-existent Vienna (APA) – The Ethiopian women's rights activist Bogaletch Gebre will receive the Bruno-Kreisky this Monday evening for her efforts in the fight against female genital mutilation in her home country -Human Rights Award honored. "We're making progress," she told APA, referring to the global and […]
Kreisky Prizes to Corti, Darwish and Gebre
Wiener Zeitung, May 22, 2013, 8:20 p.m.(http://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/oesterreich/politik/548119_Kreisky-Prize-an-Corti-Darwish-und-Gebre.html) The Bruno Kreisky Prize for services to human rights this year goes to the Syrian journalist and activist Mazen Darwish, who has been held in custody by the Bashar al-Assad regime since February 2012. Darwish is honored at the suggestion of the international award commission because he campaigned for freedom of the press and for the disappearance of […]
Kreisky Prize for West Eastern Orchestra
The "West Eastern Divan Orchestra" and three associations that look after torture and war survivors received the Bruno Kreisky Prize for services to human rights on Friday evening in the Musikverein. Daniel Barenboim is one of the founders of the West Eastern Divan Orchestra. "The musicians deserve it" Conductor Daniel Barenboim received the award for founding the West Eastern Divan Orchestra. […]
Bruno Kreisky Human Rights Prize to Daniel Barenboim
For his commitment to reconciliation in the Middle East conflict, the Bruno Kreisky Prize for services to human rights was awarded to pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, which he and the Palestinian literary scholar Edward Said founded on May 20 at the Musikverein in Vienna awarded, which consists of young Israeli and Palestinian musicians. Furthermore, the three aid organizations […]
Bruno Kreisky Prize – Prammer emphasizes the importance of political education in the fight for human rights
Subtitle: Awarding of the 14th Bruno Kreisky Prize for services to human rights to ASPIS, ESRA, HEMAYAT, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and Maestro Daniel Barenboim = Vienna (OTS/SK) - President of the National Council Barbara Prammer emphasized at the awarding of the 14th .Bruno Kreisky Prize for services to human rights on Friday evening the importance of political education in the fight for human rights. “Meanwhile, […]
Bruno Kreisky Prize to Daniel Barenboim
A bridge builder for the Middle East As soon as President Obama spoke out in Washington in favor of a Palestinian state and the establishment of the 1967 border lines, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promptly rejected, one of the most renowned artists in the international concert scene has become one of the most renowned artists in the international concert scene for his efforts to bring about peace in the Middle East conflict honored: Daniel Barenboim. Midday journal, 05/20/2011 (Susanna Dal […]
From day to day
Friday20th May 201114:05"On Dealing with Trauma Victims". Guest: Klaus Ottomeyer. Moderator: Rainer Rosenberg. Calls are free from anywhere in Austria on 0800 22 69 79. Rainer Rosenberg's guest is Klaus Ottomeyer, Professor of Social Psychology in Klagenfurt and head of the independent research and counseling center for trauma victims "Aspis". He takes for Aspis in the evening at the Wiener Musikverein - […]
Kreisky Prize for Barenboim and victim associations
Photo © APA Three associations dedicated to caring for survivors of torture and war, as well as the pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim with his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, are being honored this year with the Bruno Kreisky Prize for services to human rights. The other award winners are the psychosocial center ESRA, the association ASPIS and the association HEMAYAT. The prices […]
Daniel Barenboim receives the Kreisky Prize
News from Thursday, May 19th, 2011 The pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim is honored with the Bruno Kreisky Prize for services to human rights. Barenboim receives the award for his commitment to reconciliation in the Middle East conflict. Together with the literary scholar Edward Said, who was born in Palestine, Barenboim founded the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, consisting of young Israeli and Arabic musicians. [...]
Kreisky Prize for Barenboim and victim associations
May 19, 2011 | 08:20 | vienna | |http://www.salzburg.com/SALZBURGER NACHRICHTEN Three associations dedicated to caring for survivors of torture and war, as well as the pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim with his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, will be awarded the Bruno Kreisky Prize for honored the services to human rights. The other award winners are the psychosocial center ESRA, the association ASPIS […]
In conversation
Thursday19 May 201121:00"For you do not kill the spirit, you brothers and sisters".Dr. Barbara Preitler - "Hemayat", one of the winners of the Bruno Kreisky Human Rights Prize 2011 in conversation with Michael KerblerThe support center for torture and war survivors, Hemayat, will receive this year, together with the Carinthian refugee aid organization ASPIS, the psychosocial center ESRA and the West-Eastern Divan founded by Daniel Barenboim […]
Aspis: War Victim Care Award
The Carinthian association Aspis is one of the winners of the Bruno Kreisky Human Rights Prize, worth a total of 700,000 euros. Aspis specializes in helping victims of torture and traumatized people. Several clubs honored The prize for services to human rights was awarded to the "West Eastern Divan Orchestra" on Friday evening at the Musikverein in Vienna. The orchestra consists of young Israeli […]
