Helawit at the award ceremony with Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty
Helawit Hailemariam, 16, from Clerkenwell, was awarded the Christine Jackson Young Person Award by the charity Liberty in recognition of her ongoing battle for the release of her father, the Ethiopian-born democracy activist Andargachew Tsege, 60.
Liberty honoured a number of activists, young campaigners, artists and lawyers who champion “fundamental freedoms” at its annual Human Rights Awards last month.
“We need help for our campaign to get my father back,” Helawit, who is studying for her A-levels at City and Islington College in Angel, said. “I really did not expect to to win the award. It definitely helps our campaign, it makes my father’s story more real and it validates it.”
Helawit Hailemariam, 16, from Clerkenwell, was awarded the Christine Jackson Young Person Award by the charity Liberty in recognition of her ongoing battle for the release of her father, the Ethiopian-born democracy activist Andargachew Tsege, 60.
Liberty honoured a number of activists, young campaigners, artists and lawyers who champion “fundamental freedoms” at its annual Human Rights Awards last month.
“We need help for our campaign to get my father back,” Helawit, who is studying for her A-levels at City and Islington College in Angel, said. “I really did not expect to to win the award. It definitely helps our campaign, it makes my father’s story more real and it validates it.”
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