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2007 Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards

ABOUT THE CEREMONY This year's program marked the 31st anniversary of the September 21, 1976 car bombing that killed Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier and American Ronni Karpen Moffitt. Until 9/11, it was the most infamous act of international terrorism ever to take place in our nation's capital. Letelier and Moffitt were colleagues at the Institute for Policy Studies, where Letelier had become one of the most outspoken critics of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. Moffitt was a 25-year-old fundraiser who ran a "Music Carryout" that made musical instruments accessible to all. A massive FBI investigation traced the crime to the highest levels of Pinochet's regime. 2007 AWARD RECIPIENTS GUSTAVO PETRO is at the forefront of challenging the paramilitary infiltration of Colombian society. Elected to the Colombian Senate after 12 years in Congress, Petro has focused his investigations on the influence of far-right narco-militaries and death squads on the justice system, Congress, the military, and the president's inner circle. Although he is the most threatened person in the country, he is also one of the most popular, receiving the second most votes in the 2006 elections and winning "person of the year" honors for 2006 from the country's most widely circulated magazine. The APPEAL FOR REDRESS from the War in Iraq has rapidly become the most influential force within the U.S. armed services to challenge the U.S. occupation of Iraq. The Appeal calls for an immediate military withdrawal from Iraq as a proud, proactive, and patriotic act. Started in January 2007 by Navy Seaman Jonathan Hutto and Marine Corps Sergeant Liam Madden, the Appeal for Redress brings together nearly 2,000 active-duty U.S. military personnel, most of them veterans of the Iraq War. DC VOTE has been advocating on behalf of full political representation for the residents of Washington, DC for nearly a decade. Under the banner of "no taxation without representation," DC Vote has called attention to the equal rights denied to the more than half a million DC citizens. Institute for Policy Studies