The Human Rights Champions so far...

The human rights champions in this project are or have been in prison or have died. Each has questioned the governance of their country. They have put their head above the parapet in the quest for information, transparency and social justice for their fellow citizens.

 

The project was started in October 2010 and since then some have been released from detainment. It is within the scope of this project to paint the actual portaits of those that are released. For this Paul Piercy travels to their home to meet and paint them.

 

You can access the story of each individual champion to the left and find out about their courageous struggle for human rights.