Kim Ah-hyun, 27, an activist who was detained by Israel final month after becoming a member of a Gaza help flotilla, was awarded this yr’s Korean Church buildings Human Rights Award, the oldest human rights prize in Korea, given to those that advance human dignity.
The Korean Church buildings Human Rights Middle stated Monday that Kim was honored for elevating consciousness of the struggling of Palestinian refugees and actively participating in humanitarian aid efforts.
Kim, a member of Thousand Madleens to Gaza — a volunteer coalition that sends help flotillas to problem the Gaza blockade — is the primary Korean to participate in such actions.
Final month, she was detained for 2 days by Israeli authorities in worldwide waters about 220 kilometers off the Gaza Strip and launched in a voluntary deportation.
“Since Gaza has been formally blockaded since 2009, the ocean was the one route in,” Kim stated earlier this month. “We sailed not solely to achieve Gaza, but in addition to face in solidarity with the small island communities throughout East Asian waters.”
Kim grew to become all in favour of social points from her teenage years and took half in numerous human rights and peace actions, together with protests towards the naval base development in Gangjeong Village on Jeju Island and opposition to a high-voltage transmission tower venture in Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province.
Established in 1987 because the Nationwide Council of Church buildings in Korea Human Rights Award, the prize was renamed final yr because the Korean Church buildings Human Rights Award.
The award ceremony shall be held at 6 p.m. on Dec. 4 on the second flooring of the Korea Christian Affiliation Constructing in Jongno District, central Seoul.
