Local Human Rights Tulip 2021 awards for Georgian human rights activists handed out by Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 2 December
Monday, December 6
The ceremony has been held in the run-up of the International Human Rights day, which is marked every year on 10 December. The Local Human Rights Tulip award has been initiated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands in 2018 and is being organized in Tbilisi for the fourth time.
At today’s event, the Ambassador of the Netherlands, H.E. Maaike van Koldam, has awarded three courageous and outstanding human rights activists, who conduct their work in various regions of Georgia, with a local Human Rights Tulip prize.
The winner is Hurie Abashidze, human rights activist from Adjara.
The second prize went to Lusine Dostibegian, youth activist from Tetritskaro, and Aleksi Merebashvili, human rights lawyer from Gori.
The Netherlands is a strong supporter of protecting human rights and carries out various projects throughout the world, including Georgia, in this respect.
