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Nominees of the Human Rights Defenders Awards 2022 Announced!
INTRODUCING THE NOMINEES: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AWARDS 2021 #hrdawardke
On 20th June 2022, Defenders Coalition in conjunction with the Working Group on Human Rights Defenders in Kenya sent out a call for nominations for HRD Awards 2022 that was open until 30 August 2022.
The summary of the nominations was as below:
Total Nominations were 648 under the following criteria
1. Nominations were made from all the 47 Counties of Kenya. The highest number of nomination was from Nairobi with 123 and the lowest nominations from Nandi County with 1 nomination.
2. 351 nominations were for the HRD of the year Award, 72 for the Upcoming HRD of the Year Award, 11 nominations for the Munir Mazrui Lifetime Achievement Award and 14 nominations for the Global Solidarity Award.
The Jury of the HRD Awards, using the set criteria and after a thorough background check and verification on the nominees work and profiles, has selected the following individuals for public recognition during a public ceremony on 2 December 2022.
