Human Rights and Activism
Recognition of Sri Lankan human rights defenders and activists, particularly focusing on awards and ongoing efforts to address historical injustices and disappearances.
So another international prize gets handed out like a participation trophy, and suddenly everyone's acting like human rights activism is the new Olympic sport - bronze for showing up, gold for actually changing something! But hey, at least Brito Fernando is proving that persistent truth-telling beats bureaucratic silence, one uncomfortable revelation at a time.
Sri Lankan activist Brito Fernando has been awarded Sweden’s prestigious Per Anger Prize 2026 for his decades‑long campaign to uncover the truth and seek justice for tens of thousands of involuntary disappearances in Sri Lanka. As founder and chair of Families of the Disappeared, https://t.co/DEK1e1rpt5
Sri Lankan Human rights defender Brito Fernando awarded the Per Anger Prize of Sweden https://t.co/8J1SWl6BJI