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==Awards and recognition== In 1991 Harris was named a "Hero of Human Rights" by [[Amnesty International]].<ref name="E.N.Diario"/> As director of Casa Alianza, he accepted the [[Olof Palme Prize]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NR&d_origin=transcripts&z=NR&p_theme=nr&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F573F98CC8ED46D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Bruce Harris |date=January 26, 1997 |work=[[All Things Considered]] |publisher=[[NPR]] |accessdate=2010-08-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Previous receivers of the Olof Palme Prize |url=http://www.palmefonden.se/index.php?sid=1&pid=44 |publisher=Olof Palme minnesfond |accessdate=2010-08-18}}</ref> In 2000, he received the [[Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize|Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Award]] of one million dollars,<ref name="people_2001-04-21"/> as well as the [[Order of the British Empire]] medal.<ref name="bbc_2004-09-18"/> He was also listed as one of "51 heroic activists" profiled in [[Kerry Kennedy Cuomo]]'s ''Speak Truth to Power: Human Rights Defenders Who Are Changing Our World''.<ref name="people_2001-04-21"/> In 2001, he was made an [[Order of the British Empire|Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] by Queen [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom]],<ref name="oas_bio"/> and he received the Archbishop [[Oscar Romero]] Award of the [[University of Dayton]], USA, for his work in defending the human rights of street children in Mexico and Central America.<ref name="E.N.Diario"/><ref name="Romero">[http://academic.udayton.edu/HumanRights/romero_award.htm Oscar Romero Award] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100630022552/http://academic.udayton.edu/HumanRights/romero_award.htm |date=2010-06-30 }}. [[University of Dayton]]. Retrieved 2010-08-27.</ref>
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