30 July 2003

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH AWARDS HELLMAN/HAMMETT GRANTS


Twenty-eight writers around the world have been awarded Hellman/Hammett grants in recognition of courage in the face of political persecution, Human Rights Watch has announced. Nearly half of them, including individuals in Belarus, China, Eritrea, Liberia, Nepal, Ukraine, and Vietnam, requested anonymity for fear of further reprisals.

Named after American playwright Lillian Hellman and novelist Dashiell Hammett, the grants are given each Spring to writers who are in financial need as a result of expressing their views.

The Hellman/Hammett program also makes small emergency grants from time to time throughout the year to writers who need urgently to leave their country, require immediate medical treatment arising from prison conditions or torture, or who find themselves in desperate financial straits as a result of political persecution.

To see profiles of this year's grant recipients, go to:
http://www.hrw.org/about/info/hellman2003.html


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