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Congratulations to the Rafto Foundation

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Published under: Stoltenberg's 2nd Government

Publisher: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Bergen, 6 November 2011

The support the Rafto Prize gives is an investment in the rule of law and democracy, writes Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

I congratulate the Rafto Foundation on its 25 years of efforts to combat grave human rights violations and inequality.

I have met many brave human rights defenders who doubt that they would be alive today had it not been for the protection and recognition of their work by the international community. The support the Rafto Prize gives to the work of these people is an investment in the rule of law and democracy.