Every movement needs a logo. As writer Seymour Chwast says, “peace groups have their doves and black nationalists had their panther.” Similarly, the cause of Human Rights needs a symbol. So when the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Institute for Human Rights in Berlin started a process to develop a "A Logo for Human Rights" on May 3rd this year, we were keen to get involved. The result was an exciting contest with more than 15,000 submissions worldwide.
Members of the jury included Nobel Peace Prize laureates Aung San Suu Kyi, Jimmy Carter, Muhammad Yunus and Shirin Ebadi, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei and Colombian musician Juanes. TV presenter Ann Curry and US actor Robert de Niro hosted the recent award ceremony in New York. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, patron of the initiative, unveiled the winning logo "
FREE AS A MAN."
We contributed actively to this exciting project. A special YouTube
channel was launched. In addition, we provided funding through our
Google Grants and a campaign on YouTube extending the reach and visibility of the initiative.
Throughout the world, governments are attacking Internet freedom. A decade ago, only two governments imposed controls on the net. Last year, more than 40 governments imposed controls. Hopefully, the new logo will help drive interest in preserving the human right of free expression.
Posted by Carsten Grueber, Industry Manager, Google Germany
newly designed human right's logo design is very nice and represent sinking human the logo tells the story this is the best concept.
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