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Rafto Prize ceremony

The prize will be delivered to the Laureate selected by the Rafto Prize Committee and announced on 23 September 2010 in Bergen. A recipient should be an active participant in the struggle for the ideals and principles underlying the Human Rights Charter, or be an embodying symbol of these. A recipient may be a person or an organisation, and two or more recipients may share the prize.

Published: February 5, 2010

When: Sunday, 7. November 2010
Where: Bergen, National Venue of Theatre (Den Nationale Scene)
Host: Rafto Foundation
Contact: (rafto(at)rafto.no / +47 55 21 09 30)
More info: www.rafto.no/?page=55&news=170

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