Human Rights Defenders Tulip Award to Chinese human rights lawyer Ni Yulan

ChinaAid (News updates) / Human rights defenders Tulip. The prize is meant for an individual who has done exceptional human rights work. Ni Yulan - a very brave woman. Honoring Ni and the persecuted Church of China.




On Feb. 1, the Dutch government gave its 2011 Human Rights Defenders Tulip Award to Chinese human rights lawyer Ni Yulan, in absentia, because the woman lawyer is in a Chinese prison awaiting trial and her daughter was barred by the Chinese government from traveling to Holland to accept the award on her mother’s behalf. Ni, a Christian, was nominated for the award by ChinaAid and Christian Solidarity Worldwide.

http://www.chinaaid.org/2012/03/chinaaid-march-2012-newsletter.html






Winner of the Human rights Defenders Tulip 2011: Ni Yulan


The independent jury for the Dutch Human Rights Defenders Tulip has awarded the prize for 2011 to the Chinese activist Ni Yulan, 51. The prize is meant for an individual who has done exceptional human rights work. At the request of the family of Ni Yulan, the name of this year’s laureate is only being announced now. The date of the presentation ceremony will be made known in the new year. Yulan is currently in custody awaiting trial. She is being awarded the prize in recognition for her work on behalf of citizens of Beijing whose houses were confiscated and demolished in the run-up to the 2008 Olympic Games. She has been imprisoned on numerous occasions in recent years.
The Human Rights Defenders Tulip consists of a statue and 100,000 Euros in funding for a project agreed on with Ni Yulan.  This year is the fourth time that the Human Rights Defenders Tulip is awarded. Previous winners were Justine Masika Bihamba (Congo-2008), Shadi Sadr (Iran-2009) and Bertha Oliva de Natívi (Honduras- 2010).

 http://www.humanrightstulip.org/simplepage/page/Ni_Yulan

Photo of Ni Yulan by Human rights Tulip and the butterfly by blogger.