JFM recognised with Right Livelihood Award for its work exposing international support to Myanmar’s junta

Mizzima

Justice for Myanmar (JFM) was recognised by the Right Livelihood Foundation alongside several other countries with the Right Livelihood Award on 2 December in Stockholm, Sweden. JFM’s acceptance speech was delivered by Greta Thurnberg.

The text of the acceptance speech is as follows.

We are deeply humbled to be recognised by the Right Livelihood Foundation, alongside fellow laureates from the Pacific Islands, Taiwan, and Sudan, whose work inspires us.

We accept this award in honour of the courageous people of Myanmar, who, for nearly five years since the military’s brutal coup attempt, have stood against the junta with unyielding strength, dignity, and immense sacrifice.

This award belongs to them.

It belongs to the youth who march in defiance, determined to build a future without tyranny, to those who continue to seek justice after decades of oppression, to the whistleblowers who risk everything to tell the truth, to those who have given their lives so others may live free from the military’s brutality, and to the countless people who continue to fight for a federal democracy built on peace and justice for all.