Four Freedoms Awards 2022

In 2022 the Four Freedoms Awards ceremony took place in Middelburg. It was once again a special edition with impressive and inspiring laureates. After the ceremony, young people talked to the laureates and freedom speakers during the Four Freedoms Meet-up.

On Thursday, April 21 2022, the Four Freedoms Awards were presented to six international freedom fighters. In front of four hundred invited guests, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya thanked the Roosevelt Foundation for her International Four Freedoms Award. She took on the Belarusian dictator Lukashenko in 2020 and thus became the face of the peaceful resistance. In her acceptance speech, she indicated that she continues to believe in the power of the people. “We are the majority. The powerless became the powerful. Freedom requires making difficult, but right choices. It takes self-sacrifice. Solidarity and humanity are our superpowers.”

The other awards went to Mai Khoi Do Nguyen (Freedom of Speech Award), Lian Gogali (Freedom of Worship Award), Nice Nailantei Leng'ete (Freedom from Want Award) and the organisation ÜniKuir (Freedom from Fear Award).

After the ceremony, young people got the chance to talk to the laureates and freedom speakers during the Four Freedoms Meet-up. Go to the Meet-up 2022!

Sviatlana ontvang de award

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Laureates

Roosevelt Four Freedoms Awards 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
2022

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

International Four Freedoms Award
Mai Khoi Do Nguyen
2022

Mai Khoi Do Nguyen

Freedom of Speech Award
Lian Gogali
2022

Lian Gogali

Freedom of Worship Award
Nice Nailantei Leng’ete
2022

Nice Nailantei Leng’ete

Freedom from Want Award
Unikuir
2022

ÜniKuir

Freedom from Fear Award

Presenters

PM Mark Rutte
International Four Freedoms Award

Minister President Mark Rutte

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Z. Krieger
Freedom of Speech Award

Zaïre Krieger

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Jacobine Geel
Freedom of Worship Award

Jacobine Geel

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Lale Gül
Freedom from Want Award

Lale Gül

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Paul de Leeuw
Freedom from Fear Award

Paul de Leeuw

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