Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards

Winners, 1978-2004

1978 Domestic Reverend Benjamin Chavis, Jr.

International Samuel Rubin

1979 Domestic Alfred "Skip" Robinson, United League of Mississippi

International The Association of Relatives of Disappeared People

1980 Domestic Reverend William Wipfler, National Council of Churches

International The Legal Aid Office of the Archdiocese of San Salvador

1981 Domestic Jacobo Timerman

International The Congregation of Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic

1982 International Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Domestic The Infant Formula Action Coalition

1983 Domestic Father J. Bryan Hehir, U.S. Catholic Conference

International Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS) of Argentina

1984 Domestic The Sanctuary Movement

International Dr. Ramon Custodio, President, Committee for Human Rights in
Honduras

Special Recognition Award Reverend Charles Harper

1985 Domestic The Free South Africa Movement

International The Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo (GAM) of Guatemala

Special Recognition Award Frances Arbour

1986 Domestic Pete Seeger

International The Vicariate of Solidarity (Chile)

1987 Domestic Washington Office on Latin America

International Bishop Mario Melanio Medina (Paraguay)

1988 Domestic Charles L. Clements, M.D.

International Radio Soleil (Haiti)

1989 Domestic The National Labor Committee in Support of Democracy and Human
Rights in El Salvador

International The Union of Indigenous Nations of Brazil

Special Recognition Award Robert Scherrer

1990 Domestic Richard Trumka, President, United Mine Workers Union of America

International The National Human Rights Coordinating Committee of Peru

Special Recognition Award Father Jim Felts and Proyecto de Cristo Rey

1991 Domestic La Mujer Obrera, El Paso, Texas

International Jorge Gomez Lizarazo, President, Regional Committee for the
Defense of Human Rights, Barrancabermeja, Colombia

1992 Domestic Sam Buffone and Michael Tigar, lawyers for the Letelier-Moffitt
Case

International Evans Paul, Mayor of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti

Special Recognition Award Saul Landau

1993 Domestic Marian Kramer and the National Welfare Rights Organization

International Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia and Fray Bartolome de las Casas Human
Rights Center in Chiapas, Mexico

1994 Domestic Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras

International CONAIE (Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador)

Special Recognition Award Harry Belafonte

1995 Domestic Rose Johnson, Georgia Project Director of the Center for Democratic
Renewal

International Haitian Human Rights Platform

Special Recognition Award Jennifer Harbury

1996 Domestic Asian Immigrant Women Advocates

International Leo Valladares

Special Recognition Award Pharis Harvey

1997 Domestic Sin Fronteras Organizing Project

International Alianza Civica

Special Recognition Award The Rev. Dr. Mac Charles Jones

1998 Domestic Rose Sanders

International Coordinacion Colombia-Europa

1999 Domestic Kensington Welfare Rights Union

International Joan Garces (Legal Team Coordinator, Pinochet Case)

2000 Domestic The November Coalition

International Oscar Olivera

2001 25th Anniversary Retrospective -- all previous awardess honored.

2002 Domestic Jobs with Justice

International Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini

2003 Domestic CASA de Maryland

International Nancy Sanchez Mendez

Special Recognition Luiz Inacia Lula da Silva, President of Brazil

2004 Domestic Military Families Speak Out

Special Recognition Seymour Hersh

International The International honoree has deferred receipt of the award until 2005

2005 Domestic Barrios Unidos

International Judge Juan Guzman Tapia

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