Artists for Human Rights to host International Awards

Ceremony in LA

     LOS ANGELES, OCT 2 -- Hosted by Artists for Human Rights, the annual presentation of the International Human Rights Hero Awards was held at the Church of Scientology International Celebrity Centre, earlier this month. Awards were presented to three outstanding human rights activists and educators for their successful fight for human rights.

             Artists for Human Rights, an organization formed with the purpose of joinging artists together with the common cause of raising awareness of human rights around the world, presented “An Evening of Inspiration” concert as part of the evening celebration.

    The first awardee was Sammy Jacobs Abbey, a Ghana native and Director of the International Centre for Conflict and Human Rights Analysis, who since the age of 18 has been involved in mediation and conflict resolution and active in conducting peace-keeping missions for the United Nations.

    Martha Montoya, the second awardee, is an internationally renowned Latino cartoonist and creator of Los Kitos, a comic strip which reaches 12 million adults and children every day teaching them good lessons about life. More recently, Ms. Montoya gave life to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by illustrating each of its 30 articles.

     The final awardee was Jack Healy, former director of Amnesty International for 12 years who has reached thousands with a human rights message through international concerts he organized with music greats such as U2, Sting, Sinnead O’Connor, Peter Gabriel and Ruben Blades.