Mexican attorney receives top human rights defender award
Mexican human rights attorney Alejandra Ancheita, receives the 2014
Martin Ennals Award from UN Human Rights Chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein: http://sm.ohchr.org/1nkFyZk
This award is granted annually to people who have an exceptional record of fighting against human rights violations.
“These defenders are people who know that they risk personal security,
personal liberty, the ordinary comforts and conveniences of a
pleasurable life – and even, perhaps, life itself,” says UN Human Rights
Chief Zeid. “And yet they choose to resist oppression; they stand up
for the equality, freedom and dignity of all human beings – and do so
peacefully.”
