Bahrain Mirror: Saudi human rights activist, Samar Badawi, who is banned from travel, received the International Hrant Dink Award for human rights.

The Hrant Dink Foundation, which is concerned with human rights issues and combating discrimination, sectarianism and violence, said that the human rights defender, Samar Badawi, is the recipient of its award for 2015.

The recipient of 2015 #HrantDinkAward is Samar Badawi. @s_badawi http://t.co/6TV92f3K61 pic.twitter.com/Hk8VRBr26B

— Hrant Dink Award (@HrantDinkAward) September 15, 2015

The president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) and human rights defender, Nabeel Rajab, said that Saudi women should be proud that activist Badawi was granted this prize.

للمرأة #السعودية ان تفتخر نيل الناشطة الحقوقية سمر بدوي جائزة هرانت دنك الدولية لحقوق الانسان - نسأل الله الفرج لزوجها #وليد_أبوالخير

— Nabeel Rajab (@NABEELRAJAB) September 16, 2015

It is noteworthy that Badawi is the wife of the currently detained Saudi human rights defender, Waleed Abulkhair, who is sentenced to 15 years in prison.

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