Tonyee Chow Hang-tung, former vice-chairwoman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China who is jailed for “incitement to subversion,” was awarded the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law 2023, the only recipient in Asia.
The International Human Rights Day (Dec. 10) this year marks the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly. The 12 prize winners include heads of non-governmental organizations, lawyers, journalists, and activists “working to defend the inalienable rights of each and every human being,” according to a press release from the German Federal Foreign Office.
