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This year the Gandhi Foundation’s Annual Lecture and Peace Award took place on the 3rd November in the House of Lords, in a session chaired by Lord Bhikhu Parekh, Vice President of The Gandhi Foundation. Lord Parekh welcomed the guests and introduced Omar Hayat, a Trustee of The Gandhi Foundation who then [...]
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To be presented to the Parents Circle Families Forum Wednesday 3rd November 6 – 8pm (seated by 5.45pm) at The House of Lords Room 4A This year the Annual Lecture will take the form of a panel discussion with the following distinguished members: The Parents Circle Families Forum (2 representatives: 1 Israeli and 1 Palestinian) [...]
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The Gandhi Foundation International Peace Award for 2010 is awarded to The Parents Circle Families Forum The Gandhi Foundation Trustees felt that the Parents Circle Families Forum has been guided by one of the highest forms of Gandhian ideals, that of dialoguing with and understanding the adversary’s point of view and finding common ground on [...]
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The Gandhi Foundation’s Annual Lecture and Peace Award were held this year in conjunction with The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple. The venue was the historic Temple Church, a building originally founded by the Knights Templar and now used, not just as a place of worship, but also for promoting understanding between faiths and [...]
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Gandhi Peace Award 2008 – Citation by Dr. Omar Hayat Something extraordinary has taken place and is taking place in Northern Ireland. Something very powerful indeed. After decades of troubles the wholly unexpected coalition of the two extremes in the province, the Sinn Fein and the DUP has taken place (originally with the Reverend Paisley [...]
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The 2007 Gandhi Foundation International Peace Award was presented to Media Lens. Citation Media Lens (www.medialens.org) is an online, UK-based media watch project, set up in 2001, providing detailed and documented criticism of bias and omissions in the British media. David Edwards and David Cromwell are co-founders and co-editors of Media Lens. Media Lens is [...]
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Screen legend Shabana Azmi receives International Peace Award for poverty and human rights work. Actress Shabana Azmi has become accustomed to receiving accolades for her ground-breaking performances on stage and screen ever since 1974 when Satyajit Ray first called her “the finest dramatic actress in the country”. However, she is equally well known for her [...]
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The Gandhi Foundation’s 2005 Peace Award was presented to the human rights lawyer Clive Stafford-Smith on Sunday 2 October 2005. Clive is a renowned British human rights lawyer who has worked on death penalty cases in the USA for the past 21 years. He was director of the Louisiana Crisis Assistance Center for 11 years, [...]
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The 2004 Annual Lecture was given by Helen Steven from Scotland who, together with Ellen Moxley, also received the Gandhi International Peace Award on this occasion. Both have campaigned tirelessly over 30 years against WMDs and the arms industry, and set up and run The Scottish Centre for Nonviolence. The Gandhi Foundation is delighted to [...]
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Words of acceptance – Gandhi International Peace Award – 30 January 2003 Distinguished Trustees of the Gandhi Foundation, Omar and Sohair Hayat Ladies and Gentlemen And friends It is difficult to describe how honoured, and yet humbled, I am to accept the Gandhi International Peace Award. The Mahatma and his non-violent philosophy and approach to [...]
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