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The 12th award
ceremonies again took place in the State Hall
of the National Library in Vienna, on 4th April,
2005.
A joint prize went to the two Vienna lawyers,
Nadja Lorenz and
Georg Bürstmayr
for their work for asylum seekers and migrants.
The international prize honoured opposition politician
and civil rights advocate Andrei
Sannikov, from Belarus.
The president of the Austrian association of
judges Barbara Helige gave the laudatory speech.
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Andrei Sanikov addressing the audience
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the state hall of the National Library.
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Nadja Lorenz and Georg Bürstmayr accepting
the award.
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Prize winners and guests of honour at the 12th
awarding
ceremony with laudatory speaker Barbara Helige,
left. |
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| Andreij Sanikov and Nadja Lorenz. |
Alfred Ströer, Margit Niederhuber and Oliver
Rathkolb. |
In 2005 the international jury for the Kreisky Prize
was newly appointed.
For the period in office until 2010 it includes Erika
Weinzierl, Peter Kreisky, Chamber of Labour Vienna,
Morton Kjaerum, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Peter
Leuprecht, McGill University, Montreal, Heinz Patzelt,
amnesty international Austria, Manfred Nowak, Boltzmann
Institute for Human Rights, Ursula Kriebaum, Institute
for International Law, Vienna, Margit Schmidt, Kreisky
Forum for International Dialogue, Karl von Schwarzenberg,
Herbert Krejci, Feliks Bister, Peter Jankowitsch, Alfred
Ströer and Oliver Rathkolb.
The 12th award ceremony in 2005 took place under the
artistic direction of „Menschenbühne“,
Austria’s first German language migrant theatre
group, which gave the themes of immigration and asylum
special emphasis. Singer Aleksandra Tehovnik (Slovenia/Austria),
writer Julya Rabinowich (former Soviet Union/Austria)
and Ercüment Aytac (Turkey/Austria) as well as
actress Eva Dité (Austria) gave the audience
insight into the diversity of a multicultural society.
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audience in the state hall. |
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