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Rafto Prize 2009 - Press Release (English) (.pdf)
Malahat Nasibova from Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan, the 2009 Rafto Prize Laureate. Photo: Ilgar Nasibov/Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
The 2009 Rafto Prize events
Created: October 6, 2009
Modified: November 17, 2009
The 2009 Rafto Prize will be awarded to Malahat Nasibova from Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan, on Sunday 1 November, in Bergen. The Rafto Symposium "Azerbaijan's brave voices: The role of critical journalism in an oil rich state" will be held on Friday 30 October.
Malahat Nasibova (40) is a correspondent for Turan, an independent information bureau in Azerbaijan
and for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. She is the leader of the human rights
organisation "Democracy and NGO's Development Resource Center" in Nakhchivan.
Nasibova has been a critical voice against the authorities for ten years and she
steadfastly refuses to give up the fight for freedom of speech. Malahat Nasibova,
reports on abuses of power, human rights violations and corruption in the isolated
Autonomous Republic Nakhchivan, which is part of Azerbaijan.
The Rafto Symposium 2009
Azerbaijan's brave voices: The role of critical journalism in an oil rich state
Date: Friday 30 October
Time: 09.00 – 16.00
Venue: Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Bryggen, Bergen
Fee: 500 NOK for adults/200 NOK for students
Programme and registration
The Rafto Symposium 2009 wishes to focus on the role, challenges and responsibilities of the press under oppressive regimes. How important is a free press to the emergence of a free democracy, and how steep a price should we be prepared to pay for it? Part two of the symposium will discuss the natural resources of Azerbaijan. What responsibilities, if any, do foreign investors have to promote democracy? Is turning a blind eye to human-rights violations the price of doing business?
The Rafto Prize ceremony
Date: Sunday 1 November
Time: 18.00 – 19.30
Venue: the National Venue of Theatre (Den Nationale Scene), Bergen
After the ceremony there will be a torchlight procession.
Tickets for the ceremony are available at the ticket office at the the National Venue of Theatre (Den Nationale Scene), telephone: +47 55 60 70 80.
The Rafto Symposium 2009
Azerbaijan's brave voices: The role of critical journalism in an oil rich state
Date: Friday 30 October
Time: 09.00 – 16.00
Venue: Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Bryggen, Bergen
Fee: 500 NOK for adults/200 NOK for students
Programme and registration
The Rafto Symposium 2009 wishes to focus on the role, challenges and responsibilities of the press under oppressive regimes. How important is a free press to the emergence of a free democracy, and how steep a price should we be prepared to pay for it? Part two of the symposium will discuss the natural resources of Azerbaijan. What responsibilities, if any, do foreign investors have to promote democracy? Is turning a blind eye to human-rights violations the price of doing business?
The Rafto Prize ceremony
Date: Sunday 1 November
Time: 18.00 – 19.30
Venue: the National Venue of Theatre (Den Nationale Scene), Bergen
After the ceremony there will be a torchlight procession.
Tickets for the ceremony are available at the ticket office at the the National Venue of Theatre (Den Nationale Scene), telephone: +47 55 60 70 80.
The Rafto Foundation thanks the artists for their contributions
BIT20 Ensemble – is among the leading Nordic ensembles for contemporary music
Firudin Allahverdi from Azerbaijan
Julian Berntzen
Mari Kvien Brunvoll and the "THUD – moving endangered spaces" – dance group from Bergen
Volve Vokal – a female choir from Bergen
Host – Asunción Lera St. Clair
Contact information
The Rafto Foundation
Phone: +47 55 21 09 30
E-mail: rafto@rafto.no
Contact information for the press
Head of Information, Kari Amble
Phone: +47 55 21 09 75
Mobile: +47 91 31 44 17
E-mail: kari.amble@rafto.no
Rafto Foundation for Human Rights