Reebok Human Rights Award

The Reebok Human Rights Award honoured activists under the age of thirty who fought for human rights through non-violent means. Each year, the award was given to four or five individuals. Each received a grant of US $50,000 that was to be used to support their human rights work. The awards were underwritten by the Reebok Foundation.

Reebok Human Rights Award
Awarded forgiven to activists under the age of thirty who fight for human rights through non-violent means
CountryUnited States
Presented byReebok Foundation
First awarded1988
Last awarded2007
Websitereebok.com

Youth from close to 40 countries received the award since it was established in 1988. No new awards have been given out since 2007.

Laureates
2007
  • Laura McCargar, United States
  • Anderson Sa, Brazil
  • Iryna Toustsik, Belarus
  • Ou Virak, Cambodia
2006
2005
  • Zarema Mukusheva, Chechnya/Russia
  • Carlos Rojas, Mexico
  • Aloysius Toe, Liberia
  • Charm Tong, Burma/Thailand
2004
2003
  • Pedro Anaya, United States
  • Anusuya (Oona) Chatterjee, United States
  • Mohamed Pa-Momo Fofanah, Sierra Leone
  • Ernest Guevara, Philippines
  • Christian Mukosa, Democratic Republic of Congo
2002
  • Kavwumbu Hakachima, Zambia
  • Maili Lama, Nepal
  • Malika Asha Sanders, United States
2001
  • Ndungi Githuku, Kenya
  • Heather Barr, United States
  • Kodjo Djissenou, Togo
  • Will Coley, United States
1999
1998
  • Abraham Grebreyesus, Eritrea
  • Rana Husseini, Jordan
  • Van Jones, United States
  • Dydier Kamundu, Democratic Republic of Congo
1996
1995
  • Angela Elizabeth Brown, United States
  • Miguel Angel de los Santos Cruz, Mexico
  • Richard Nsanzabaganwa, Rwanda
  • Ven. Phuntsog Nyidron, Tibet
  • Broad Meadows Middle School, United States
1994
1993
  • Marie-France Botte, Belgium
  • Sia Runikui Kashinawa, Brazil
  • Hisham Mubarak, Egypt
  • Reverend Carl Washington, United States
1992
1991
  • Mirtala Lopez, El Salvador
  • Sauveur Pierre, United States
  • Abubacar Sultan, Mozambique
  • Carlos Toledo, Guatemala
  • Ashley Black, United States
1990
  • Jeffrey Bradley and Martin Dunn, United States
  • Shawan Jabarin, West Bank[3][4]
  • Tracye Matthews, United States
  • Akram Mayi, Iraq
  • David Moya, Cuba
1989
1988
  • David Bruce, South Africa
  • Joaquin Antonio Caceres, El Salvador
  • Janet Cherry, South Africa
  • Arn Chorn-Pond, United States
  • Tanya Coke, United States
  • Lobsang Jinpa, Tibet
  • Salim Abdool Karim, South Africa
  • Winona LaDuke, United States
  • Juan Pablo Letelier, Chile
  • Maria Paz Rodriguez, United States
  • Dalee Sambo, United States

References
  1. Staff, W. W. D. (7 May 2004). "Reebok's Human Rights Stars". WWD. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  2. "'Wife of the Gods' Stirs Up Ghana". Los Angeles Times. 24 June 1999. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  3. "Honors for the Unsung Heroes of Human Rights". Los Angeles Times. 21 December 1990. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  4. "The Interview - Israeli and Palestinian NGOs receive controversial human rights award". France 24. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
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