Human Rights: Sima Samar

Sima Samar: VANCOUVER - An international human rights group, an Indian corruption fighter and a campaigner for Afghan women's rights are the finalists for a $100,000 human-rights prize to be handed out by the University of British Columbia's law school. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Among the three finalists announced Monday is the group Global Witness. Sima Samar, president of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, looks on during a press conference at the end of the first day of the International Conference on Violence against Women, at the Italian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Rome, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. Dr. Sima Samar is one of three finalists for the first-ever Allard Prize for International Integrity, from the UBC Law School. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Riccardo De Luca It is the inaugural Allard Prize for International Integrity, which will be one of the largest awards in the world given out for efforts to combat corruption and promote human rights. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.