Smart done by Right Livelihood Award to have the Prize-cermony before the 10th of December and The Nobelprize!

Yesterday the prizes was given to the following persons and organizations:  "The Right Levlihood Awards - for outstanding vision and work on behalf of our planet and its people". 
From Right to left) :
Jamila Raqib (Albert Einstein Institution), Henry McLaughlin (CAAT), Deniz Ataç (TEMA), Gene Sharp, Kerèm Brera (grandson of Hayrettin Karaca), Sima Samar, Anne-Marie O’Reilly (CAAT)

The Winners are:
"Gene Sharp (USA) said:
“Much of my life has been devoted to trying to learn about nonviolent struggle, how it operates, why it can fail, how it can succeed against great odds, how it can be made more effective, and how oppressed people can liberate themselves. We have already made important progress in understanding this technique and putting it into practice. There is still a distance to go.”

Henry McLaughlin, speaking on behalf of Campaign Against Arms Trade (UK) said:
“Arms control will never work when governments also promote arms sales. David Cameron talks about democracy and human rights in the Middle East but continues to flog arms to Saudi Arabia, a regime with a terrible human rights record.“

Heavy snowfall in Stockholm delayed the arrival of Sima Samar (Afghanistan). Her brother and colleague Mr. Ahmad Ali Yaqubi read the following statement in her name:
“In a land such as Afghanistan where the words "human rights" were once taboo, we currently have a well established human rights commission that none of our neighboring countries have. Nevertheless, we still have a long way to go before human rights is a reality for all Afghans."

Due to the bad weather conditions and flight cancellations, Hayrettin Karaca (Turkey, Honorary Award) could not come to Stockholm. He sent in the following statement, which was read in his name by his grandson Kerèm Brera:
“About 40 years ago, I handed over the keys to all my factories to dedicate myself to my best friend, the soil. I knew: I had money, but my wealth should not give me more rights than others. I have come to realize what wealth and poverty mean in the world. The primary injustice in this world comes from our approach towards soil and how we treat it. We see soil as a right given to us. We perceive it as a product, as a resource that we can use inexhaustibly but at the end, soil gives life to all of us."

More then just idols they are heros.