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Stuttgart Peace Prize

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The Stuttgart Peace Prize (German: Stuttgarter Friedenspreis) is an annual award of 5000 Euros made by the non governmental organization Die AnStifter ("The Instigators") to people or projects involved "in a special way for peace, justice and world solidarity".

Voting is open to all who have won either the Foundation or the instigators Stuttgart Peace Prize in the year in question, those who have made a donation before the election or are supporting members. Each voter has three votes, and may give a proposal per vote or distribute their votes over existing proposals.

Past Winners

  • 2015: Giusi Nicolini, Mayor of Lampedusa and Linosa.
  • 2014: Edward Snowden
  • 2013: Enio Mancini and Enrico Pieri - survivors of the Sant’Anna di Stazzema massacre in Tuscany, Italy during World War Two, who fight for justice and international understanding.
  • 2012: Aktion Aufschrei – Stoppt den Waffenhandel! (Action Outcry – Stop the Arms Trade!“, Germany)
  • 2011: Fatuma Abdulkadir Adan (Kenya) - for combining soccer and emancipation ("We aim to score not to kill.“)
  • 2010: Werner Baumgarten - pastor for asylum seekers and refugees.
  • 2009: Susan Bardosz and Arpad Pusztai - scientists and critics of genetic engineering.
  • 2008: POEMA (Germany/Brazil) - program against poverty and for protection of the environment in the Amazon rainforest.
  • 2007: Agustín Aguayo (United States) - combat medic whose application for conscientious objector status was denied forcing him to desert
  • 2006: Wolfram Hülsemann (Germany) - Director of the NGO Brandenburg Institute for Community Guidance, Democracy and Integration
  • 2005: Giuliana Sgrena - Italian journalist who was kidnapped in Iraq.
  • 2004: Lama Tarayra - Palestinian pupil, for her work in reconciling Israeli and Palestinian youth
  • 2003: Committee for Basic Liberties and Democracy, Germany.

    • References

    Stuttgart Peace Prize Wikipedia
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