EarthRights International (ERI) is delighted that ERI’s Co-Founder and Executive Director, Ka Hsaw Wa, has been selected to receive the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in 2009. Ka Hsaw Wa will receive the award, also known as Asia’s Nobel Prize, at the Magsaysay Award Presentation Ceremonies on Monday August 31, in Manila, Philippines. Ka Hsaw Wa, an ethnic Karen from Burma is being recognized for "his dauntlessly pursuing non violent yet effective channels of redress, exposure, and education for the defense of human rights, the environment, and democracy in Burma."
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