Posted on Jan 30, 2021
Black Lives Matter foundation wins Swedish human rights prize
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The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation has won Sweden's Olof Palme human rights prize for 2020.
Organisers said the movement was honoured for promoting "peaceful civil disobedience against police brutality and racial violence" across the globe.
They noted that about 20 million people had taken part in Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests in the US alone, along with millions more around the world.
An online prize-giving ceremony is due to take place in Stockholm on Saturday.
The $100,000 (£73,000) annual prize commemorates Olof Palme, the Swedish prime minister and prominent human rights advocate who was assassinated in Stockholm in 1986.
Organisers said the movement was honoured for promoting "peaceful civil disobedience against police brutality and racial violence" across the globe.
They noted that about 20 million people had taken part in Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests in the US alone, along with millions more around the world.
An online prize-giving ceremony is due to take place in Stockholm on Saturday.
The $100,000 (£73,000) annual prize commemorates Olof Palme, the Swedish prime minister and prominent human rights advocate who was assassinated in Stockholm in 1986.
Black Lives Matter foundation wins Swedish human rights prize
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Interesting considering the financial mess BLM is involved in. No current head of the organization, failure to file required financial statements, $60 million drifting around in unmonitored accounts and $6 million spent on a $2 million house that looks a lot like a money laundering scheme. Wonder where the $100,00.00 will go?
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