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Freedom Debate May 5 in Utrecht

In 2013 it is 300 years ago the Treaty of Utrecht was signed. This year a number of events and activities are organised to commemorise this historic event. In March and April Four lecturers gave their

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Freedom From Want Laureate 1998 STÉPHANE HESSEL dies at age 95

On 27 February 2013 Stéphane Hessel died at the age of 95. In 1998 the old French resistance fighter was awarded the Freedom From Want Award. Mr. Hessel received this award as he fought his whole

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Freedom of speech laureate 2006, Carlos Fuentes, dies at age 83

  Yesterday, Freedom of Speech laureate 2006 Carlos Fuentes died in a hospital in Mexico CIty at age 83.   Fuentes was awarded the Freedom of Speech medal in 2006 to honor the magnificence of his

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Presenters Four Freedoms Awards 2012

  Middelburg, May 3, 2012   On May 12, 2012 the International Four Freedoms Award 2012 will be accepted by mrs. Clara Ant on behalf of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in a ceremony held in the Nieuwe

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Lula da Silva's trip to the Four Freedoms Awards cancelled

    PRESSRELEASE ROOSEVELT STICHTING/INSTITUTO LULA   Middelburg/São Paulo, April 27, 2012   Lula da Silva’s trip to the Four Freedoms Awards in the Netherlands cancelled   Following medical

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Programme Four Freedoms Events 2012

  Middelburg, April 24, 2012    PRESSRELEASE UPCOMING FOUR FREEDOMS EVENTS 2012 Saturday, May 12, 2012 is the day of the official award ceremony of the 2012 Four Freedoms Awards. This year, former

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Queen Beatrix and Prime-minister Mark Rutte at Four Freedoms Awards 2012

Middelburg, March 21, 2012   Her Majesty Queen Beatrix intends to be present at the Four Freedoms Awards ceremony on May 12, 2012, 11.00 a.m. in the Nieuwe Kerk in Middelburg. Prime-minister Mark

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Press release announcing laureates Four Freedoms Awards 2012

Middelburg, February 1, 2012 Roosevelt Stichting Announces Winners of the 2012 Four Freedoms Awards    The Roosevelt Stichting, a private foundation dedicated to informing new generations of the

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Four Freedoms Park

In 1970, the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (then known as the Four Freedoms Foundation) initiated the planning of a memorial to FDR in New York. The Four Freedoms Foundation entered into

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Simon Jelsma (1918-2011) - a remarkable man

Simon's support to the Roosevelt Stichting has been an inspiration for us. We admire his efforts in helping the poor build economically independent livelihoods and getting their rights respected in

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