Editing Taslima Nasrin (section)

==Awards==
Taslima Nasrin has received international awards in recognition of her contribution towards the cause of freedom of expression. Awards and honors conferred on her include the following:
* Ananda Award or Ananda Puraskar from West Bengal, India in 1992 and 2000 for ''"Nirbachita Kolam"'' and ''"Amar Meyebela"''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://peoplesbooksociety.com/product/details/amar-meyebelaautobiography-volume-i |title=Peoplesbooksociety - People's book society |website=peoplesbooksociety.com |access-date=15 May 2019 |archive-date=15 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515080716/http://peoplesbooksociety.com/product/details/amar-meyebelaautobiography-volume-i }}</ref>
* [[Sakharov Prize]] for freedom of thoughts from European Parliament, in 1994<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.epgenpro.europarl.europa.eu/static/sakharovprize/en/laureates/1988-1998.html |title=1988-1998&#124;Laureates&#124;Sakharov Prize |website=sakharovprize |access-date=7 August 2019 |archive-date=7 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807093211/http://www.epgenpro.europarl.europa.eu/static/sakharovprize/en/laureates/1988-1998.html }}</ref>
* [[Simone de Beauvoir Prize]] in 2008<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www1.rfi.fr/actuen/articles/101/article_461.asp |title=RFI - Exiled writer Taslima Nasreen awarded Simone de Beauvoir prize |work=Radio France Internationale |access-date=2 June 2024 |archive-date=15 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215233920/http://www1.rfi.fr/actuen/articles/101/article_461.asp |url-status=live}}</ref>
* Human Rights Award from the [[Cabinet of France|Government of France]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cncdh.fr/article.php3?id_article=120&var_recherche=taslima |title=1994 – Commission nationale consultative des droits de l'homme |publisher=Cncdh.fr |access-date=14 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720212900/http://www.cncdh.fr/article.php3?id_article=120&var_recherche=taslima |archive-date=20 July 2011}}</ref> 1994
* [[Edict of Nantes]] Prize from France, 1994<ref>{{cite web |title=Taslima - l'Humanite |url=https://www.humanite.fr/1994-11-05_Articles_-Taslima |date=5 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105042402/http://www.humanite.fr/1994-11-05_Articles_-Taslima |archive-date=5 November 2007 |access-date=17 April 2015}}</ref>
* [[Kurt Tucholsky]] Prize, Swedish [[International PEN|PEN]], Sweden, 1994<ref name="fume"/>
* Feminist of the Year from [[Feminist Majority Foundation]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/28/001.html |title=Eleanor Smeal Announces 1994 Feminist of the Year Awards |publisher=Hartford-hwp.com |date=3 January 1995 |access-date=14 December 2010 |archive-date=4 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604232302/http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/28/001.html |url-status=live }}</ref> US, 1994
* Scholarship from the [[German Academic Exchange Service]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.daad.de/alumni/en/4.2.4_10.html |title=Scholarship holders / Alumni: Taslima Nasrin |website=Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst |access-date=29 October 2009 |archive-date=21 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821151704/http://www.daad.de/alumni/en/4.2.4_10.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Germany, 1995
* Honorary Doctorate from Ghent University, Belgium, 1995 [https://www.ugent.be/nl/univgent/voorzieningen/collecties/archief/geschiedenis/overzichten/eredoctoren.htm Overzicht eredoctoraten]
* Distinguished Humanist Award from International Humanist and Ethical Union,<ref>{{cite web |author=International Humanist and Ethical Union |url=http://www.iheu.org/node/1948 |title=IHEU awards &#124; International Humanist and Ethical Union |publisher=Iheu.org |date=3 March 2006 |access-date=14 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090818054855/http://www.iheu.org/node/1948 |archive-date=18 August 2009}}</ref> Great Britain, 1996
* Erwin Fischer Award, [[International League of non-religious and atheists]] (IBKA),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibka.org/en/articles/rb02/award.html |title=Festivity of the Erwin Fischer Award 2002 to Ms. Taslima Nasrin &#124; International League of Non-religious and Atheists |publisher=IBKA |access-date=14 December 2010 |archive-date=2 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202081851/http://www.ibka.org/en/articles/rb02/award.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Germany, 2002
* Freethought Heroine Award, [[Freedom From Religion Foundation]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ffrf.org/awards/heroine/2002_nasrin.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061002045133/http://www.ffrf.org/awards/heroine/2002_nasrin.php |archive-date=2 October 2006 |title=Freethought Heroine Award |date=2 October 2006 |access-date=11 January 2018}}</ref> US, 2002
* Fellowship at [[Carr Centre for Human Rights Policy]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/aboutus/pastfellows.php |title=Carr Center for Human Rights Policy |publisher=Hks.harvard.edu |access-date=14 December 2010 |archive-date=1 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001141122/http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/aboutus/pastfellows.php }}</ref> John F. Kennedy School of Government, [[Harvard University]], US, 2003
* [[UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize]] for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D23191%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html |title=UNESCO Taslima Nasrin, winner of the 2004 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence |publisher=UNESCO |date=14 October 2004 |access-date=14 December 2010 |archive-date=10 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010091903/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D23191%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 2004<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/themes/fight-against-discrimination/sv4/news/viewpoint_taslima_nasrin_winner_of_the_2004_unesco_madanj/ |title=Viewpoint - Taslima Nasrin, Winner of the 2004 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize &#124; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |publisher=UNESCO}}</ref>
* Honorary doctorate from [[American University of Paris]], 2005<ref name="bitter">{{cite news |last=Banerjee |first=Sudeshna |title=Bitter, Taslima stays afloat |work=The Telegraph (Kolkata) |date=30 April 2005 |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050501/asp/bengal/story_4683306.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051028065557/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050501/asp/bengal/story_4683306.asp |archive-date=28 October 2005 |access-date=1 June 2009 |location=Calcutta, India}}</ref>
* Grand Prix International Condorcet-Aron,<ref>{{cite web |title=CREP - Prix condorcet-Aron 2005 |url=http://crep.be/Prix2005.html |date=28 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928031219/http://crep.be/Prix2005.html |archive-date=28 September 2007 |access-date=17 April 2015}}</ref> 2005<ref>{{cite web |title=Le Groupe Femmes, Politique et Démocratie reçoit le prestigieux 'Prix Condorcet-Aron' du Centre de recherche et d'étude politique de Belgique |date=22 September 2005 |url=http://sisyphe.org/article.php3?id_article=1973 |access-date=1 June 2009 |archive-date=16 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091016105547/http://sisyphe.org/article.php3?id_article=1973 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Woodrow Wilson Fellowship,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://taslimanasrin.com/index2.html |title=Official Home Page of Taslima Nasrin |publisher=Taslimanasrin.com |access-date=14 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221125519/http://taslimanasrin.com/index2.html |archive-date=21 December 2010}}</ref> US, 2009
* Feminist Press award, US,<ref>{{cite web |last=Hogan |first=Ron |url=http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/party_hopping/feminist_press_celebrates_39th_anniversary_141110.asp |title=Feminist Press Celebrates 39th Anniversary – GalleyCat |publisher=Mediabistro.com |date=23 October 2009 |access-date=14 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091126094211/http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/party_hopping/feminist_press_celebrates_39th_anniversary_141110.asp |archive-date=26 November 2009}}</ref> 2009
* Honorary doctorate from Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uclouvain.be/352068.html |title=Discours du Professeur Nathalie Delzenne |website=Universite Catholique de Louvain |date=2 March 2011 |language=fr |access-date=10 April 2015 |archive-date=17 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817025430/https://www.uclouvain.be/352068.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Honorary citizenship from Esch, Luxembourg,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://esch.lu/ |title=Ville d'Esch-sur-Alzette |website=Ville d'Esch-sur-Alzette |access-date=11 November 2022 |archive-date=16 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116072031/https://esch.lu/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 2011
* Honorary citizenship from Metz, France,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metz.fr/agenda/fiche-5906.php |title=Autour de Taslima Nasreen |website=Ville de Metz |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414005845/http://www.metz.fr/agenda/fiche-5906.php |archive-date=14 April 2015}}</ref> 2011
* Honorary citizenship from Thionville, France,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thionville.fr/actualite/153 |title=Autour de Taslima Nasreen |access-date=10 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411015606/http://www.thionville.fr/actualite/153 |archive-date=11 April 2015 }}</ref> 2011
* Honorary doctorate from Paris Diderot University, Paris, France,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.univ-paris-diderot.fr/sc/site.php?bc=dhc&np=accueil |title=Les cérémonies - Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7 |work=univ-paris-diderot.fr}}</ref> 2011
* Universal Citizenship Passport. From Paris, France,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fr.amiando.com/citoyennete-universelle.html?page=952109 |title=Programme/Program Journée Internationale "Citoyenneté universelle et liberté mondiale de circulation et d'installation des personnes" Paris |work=amiando |access-date=10 April 2015 |archive-date=17 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417191856/http://fr.amiando.com/citoyennete-universelle.html?page=952109 }}</ref> 2013
* Academy Award from the Royal Academy of Arts, Science and Literature, Belgium, 2013<ref>{{cite web |url=http://freethoughtblogs.com/taslima/2013/06/16/in-the-meantime/ |title=In the meantime.. |work=Taslima Nasrin's Blog |date=15 June 2013 |access-date=31 May 2017 |archive-date=2 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602141800/https://freethoughtblogs.com/taslima/2013/06/16/in-the-meantime/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Honorary Associate of the [[National Secular Society]]<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Honorary Associates |url=https://www.secularism.org.uk/honoraryassociates.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802173824/https://www.secularism.org.uk/honoraryassociates.html |archive-date=2020-08-02 |access-date=2021-04-09 |website=National Secular Society}}</ref>