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@rightlivelihood.orgWhat happens when an AI researcher challenges the direction of the industry from within?
Meet @timnitgebru.blacksky.app, one of the 2026 Right Livelihood Laureates — a pioneering researcher confronting concentrated power in artificial intelligence.
@rightlivelihood.orgWhat does it take to defend democracy when your government turns against you?
Meet the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association 🇬🇪 — one of the 2026 Right Livelihood Laureates, honoured for safeguarding Georgian democracy amid an autocratic crackdown.
@rightlivelihood.orgA chief refused a widow land to bury her husband. This women’s movement brought his coffin to the chief's office instead. An hour later, the land was granted.
Meet the Rural Women's Assembly, a 2026 Right Livelihood Laureate.
@rightlivelihood.orgShe's the first female Hazara lawyer in her community's history — and for over a decade she's defended the people her country tries hardest to erase.
Meet @jalilahaider.bsky.social, a 2026 Right Livelihood Laureate from Pakistan.
@rightlivelihood.orgThe 2026 Right Livelihood Award goes to women and women-led organisations challenging entrenched power structures:
🏆 Jalila Haider @jalilahaider.bsky.social
🏆 Rural Women's Assembly
🏆 Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association
🏆 Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app
@rightlivelihood.org“They work without protection... and yet they do it every day.” Alsanosi Adam of Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms honours volunteers saving lives without protection — and calls for direct, flexible support.
@rightlivelihood.orgHow are the Right Livelihood Laureates chosen — and what happens when the Jury disagrees?
Hear three Jury members explain how they reach a decision, and meet the 2026 Laureates on September 30!
Tune in at 8 am CEST ⤵️
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@rightlivelihood.org“AI must not divide us with outrage.”
Hear from @audreyt.org on AI, democracy and Taiwan’s democratic experience.
@rightlivelihood.orgNext up: Solomon Yeo on the journey of the Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change, a group of Pacific law students who set out to bring climate change before the world’s highest court — the International Court of Justice. Their response? “Why not?”
@justiceformyanmar.orgReposted by @rightlivelihood.org👏🏽📣 Justice For Myanmar welcomes charges against Telenor in Norway for violations of sanctions and complicity in crimes against humanity in Myanmar. Police raided the Telenor headquarters today. The charges follow a police complaint filed in Norway by Justice For Myanmar and ICJ Norway in 2024.
@justiceformyanmar.orgReposted by @rightlivelihood.orgPress Release 📣 ASEAN Regional Forum must ban Myanmar junta from drone workshop and save lives
✅ Read the report on how the ARF drone workshop risks boosting the junta’s terror campaign here 👉🏽 buff.ly/gni6Bkc
✅ Read the press release online here 👉🏽 buff.ly/4d37TDt
@rightlivelihood.orgAhead of the announcement of this year's Right Livelihood Laureates, we’re revisiting messages from last year's recipients—and what drives their work! First up: Julian Aguon on listening to Pacific communities facing climate change and why their stories go beyond legal language.
@rightlivelihood.org"A luta continua." The struggle continues.
Mariel Merayo from our team travelled with Right Livelihood Laureate Justiça Ambiental! to Mozambique, where communities face harm from mining and cement operations.
But this isn't only a story of loss. It's a story of resistance.
Read 👉 bit.ly/4yiTfN9
@rightlivelihood.orgWho’s next? 👀
Nominations for the 2027 Right Livelihood Award open on September 30 — the same day we announce the 2026 Laureates.
You, yes, YOU can nominate individuals or organisations. Read how nominations work 👇
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@rightlivelihood.orgJoin us live on YouTube for the announcement of the 2026 Right Livelihood Laureates!
🗓️ September 30
⏰ 8 am CEST
Set a reminder 👇
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@rightlivelihood.org200 nominations. 72 countries.
Who will be the 2026 Right Livelihood Laureates?
🗓️ Find out on September 30 ⤵️
6 am CEST: Laureates announced on our website
8 am CEST: Live press conference
Follow us for the reveal! 👉 bit.ly/4qOA77r
