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Turkey’s “Standing Man”, a performance artist who became an icon of anti-government protests this year, will receive a major German human rights award next week, the jury said Monday.<\/p>\n
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\nErdem Gunduz also known as “Standing man” stands near the Bosphorus in Istanbul on July 25, 2013. Turkey’s “Standing Man”, a performance artist who became an icon of anti-government protests this year, will receive a major German human rights award next week, the jury said Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nErdem Gunduz, a 34-year-old dancer and choreographer, will be honoured for his “courageous commitment to freedom of expression and human rights” with the M100 Media Award, awarded annually by a jury of journalists.<\/p>\n
He became known around the world by remaining motionless for hours, staring, on Istanbul’s Taksim Square during protests that challenged Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in June and July.<\/p>\n
“With his silent protest, he became the icon of peaceful resistance and has been emulated around the world,” said the jury which will award the prize on September 5 at Potsdam, just outside Berlin.<\/p>\n
“His weapon is creativity, his trademarks are courage and perseverance. That is what you need to promote free speech and human rights,” said Potsdam mayor and M100 chair Jann Jakobs.<\/p>\n
Last year European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi won the award.<\/p>\n
Previous recipients were Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, who drew controversial pictures of the Prophet Mohammed, and former French foreign minister and founder of Doctors without Borders Bernard Kouchner.<\/p>\n
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Turkey’s “Standing Man”, a performance artist who became an icon of anti-government protests this year, will receive a major German human rights award next week, the jury said Monday.<\/p>\n
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\nErdem Gunduz also known as “Standing man” stands near the Bosphorus in Istanbul on July 25, 2013. Turkey’s “Standing Man”, a performance artist who became an icon of anti-government protests this year, will receive a major German human rights award next week, the jury said Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Erdem Gunduz, a 34-year-old dancer and choreographer, will be honoured for his “courageous commitment to freedom of expression and human rights” with the M100 Media Award, awarded annually by a jury of journalists.<\/p>\n
He became known around the world by remaining motionless for hours, staring, on Istanbul’s Taksim Square during protests that challenged Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in June and July.<\/p>\n
“With his silent protest, he became the icon of peaceful resistance and has been emulated around the world,” said the jury which will award the prize on September 5 at Potsdam, just outside Berlin.<\/p>\n
“His weapon is creativity, his trademarks are courage and perseverance. That is what you need to promote free speech and human rights,” said Potsdam mayor and M100 chair Jann Jakobs.<\/p>\n
Last year European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi won the award.<\/p>\n
Previous recipients were Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, who drew controversial pictures of the Prophet Mohammed, and former French foreign minister and founder of Doctors without Borders Bernard Kouchner.<\/p>\n
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