Raji Sourani

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Raji Sourani (Arabic: راجي الصوراني‎) is widely considered the Gaza Strip's foremost human rights lawyer. He is the 1991 recipient of the 1991 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, was an Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience in 1985 and 1988, member of International Commission of Jurists EXCO and IDAL EXCO, and Vice President of the International Federation of Human Rights. He is the founder and director of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights.[1] Sourani was active in the cases of Palestinians representing deportation, and in monitoring the conditions of Israeli prisons and detentions. He remains an unreserved critic of human rights violations occurring on both sides of the conflict.

[edit] Personal life

Raji is currently living in Gaza with his wife Amal and their two children, Nour and Basil.

[edit] References

  1. ^ PCHR - About Us - Director ′

CoMadres (1984) • Allan Boesak, Beyers Naude, Winnie Mandela (1985) • Zbigniew Bujak, Adam Michnik (1986) • Kim Geun-tae, In Jae-keun (1987) • Gibson Kamau Kuria (1988) • Fang Lizhi (1989) • Amilcar Mendez Urizar (1990) • Avigdor Feldman (1991) • Chakufwa Chihana (1992) • Raji Sourani (1993) • Bambang Widjojanto, Wei Jingsheng, Ren Wanding (1994) • Kailash Satyarthi, Doan Viet Hoat (1995) • Nguyen Dan Que (1996) • Sezgin Tanrikulu (1997) • Berenice Celeyta, Gloria Florez, Jaime Prieto (1998) • Michael Kpakala Francis (1999) • Martin Macwan (2000) • Darci Frigo (2001) • Loune Viaud (2002) • Coalition of Immokalee Workers (2003) • Delphine Djiraibe (2004) • Stephen Bradberry (2005) • Sonia Pierre (2006) • Mohamed Ahmed Abdallah Abubaker (2007) • Aminatou Haidar (2008) • WOZA (2009) • Abel Barrera Hernández (2010) • Frank Mugisha (2011)
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