Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights

Nelson Mandela and Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria are among the recipients of the Al-Gaddafi International Prize

The Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights was an annual prize founded by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 1988.

Gaddafi made an initial grant of ten million US$^{[citation needed]} to the Swiss-based foundation North-South which later administered the prize. The sum of the prize money was US$250,000 (in case of several recipients the prize money was shared).

The prize attracted controversy over some of its selections (such as Roger Garaudy).^[1]

List of recipients

Year	Recipient(s)
1989	Nelson Mandela[2]
1990	"The children of Palestine"[2]
1991	The indigenous peoples of the Americas[2]
1992	The African Centre for Combating AIDS[2]
1993	"The children of Bosnia and Herzegovina"[2]
1994	The Union of Human Rights Societies and Peoples in Africa[2]
1995	Ahmed Ben Bella, Francisco da Costa Gomes[2]
1996	Louis Farrakhan[2]
1997	Gracelyn Smallwood,[2] Melchior Ndadaye,[2] Melba Hernandez,[2] Manal Younes Abdul-Razzak,[2] Doreen McNally[2]
1998	Fidel Castro[2]
1999	"The children of Iraq"[2]
2000	Souha Bechara,[2] Joseph Ki-Zerbo,[2] Evo Morales,[2][3] the Movement of September,[2] the Third World Center[2]
2002	Mamado Diaye,[2] Roger Garaudy,[2] Ibrahim Alkonie,[2] Jean Ziegler (who turned the award down),[2], [4] Nadeem Albetar,[2] Ali M. Almosrati,[2] Khaifa M. Attelisie,[2] Mohamed A. Alsherif,[2] Ali Fahmi Khshiem,[2] Rajab Muftah Abodabos,[2] Mohamed Moftah Elfitori,[2] Ali Sodgy Abdulgader,[2] Ahmed Ibrahim Elfagieh[2]
2003	Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria[2]
2004	Hugo Chávez[2]
2005	Mahathir bin Mohamad[citation needed]
2006	?
2007	Libraries of Timbuktu[citation needed]
2008	Dom Mintoff[5]
2009	Daniel Ortega[6]
2010	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan[7]

Postage stamps issue

The Libyan Posts (General Posts and Telecommunications Company, GPTC) dedicated a postage stamps issue to Ghadafi Prize for Human Rights in 1994 (date of issue December 31). The issue consists of a minisheet with sixteen stamps.^[8]

Each horizontal strip of four stamps is dedicated to a particular subject:

• Nelson Mandela
• Indigenous peoples of the Americas
• War in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Intifada in Palestine

References

1. ^ Johnson, Alan. "Appointment with Farce", The Guardian 5 April 2008.
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai} "About us". Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights. 2005. http://www.gaddafiprize.org/WhoEn.htm. Retrieved 21 August 2009. 
3. ^ http://www.focus.de/politik/ausland/krise-in-der-arabischen-welt/boliviens-praesident-obama-sollte-friedensnobelpreis-aberkannt-werden_aid_611069.html
4. ^ "Swiss human rights campaigner turns down "Kadhafi" award", Agence France-Press, 1 October 2002.
5. ^ Massa, Ariadne (26 October 2008). "KMB picks up Gaddafi prize for Mintoff". The Times. http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20081026/local/kmb-picks-up-gaddafi-prize-for-mintoff. Retrieved 22 August 2009. 
6. ^ Ramírez, Pedro Ortega (23 December 2009). "Daniel recibe premio de Derechos Humanos Gaddafi". el19. http://www.el19digital.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8842:daniel-recibe-premio-de-derechos-humanos-gaddafi-2009-&catid=23:nacionales&Itemid=12. Retrieved 23 December 2009. 
7. ^ Agence France-Presse (26 November 2010). "Turkish PM to receive Libyan rights award". Agence France-Presse. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g5aVx0GAIpKInngJGjy6ZsndVG-Q?docId=CNG.25177ec61aed2bd3050d3e2b8bda84d2.6d1. Retrieved 27 November 2010. 
8. ^ Libyan Stamps online