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Dateline: 21st August, 2005
Fringe Freedom of Expression Award Nominees Amnesty International has announced the shortlist for the U Win Tin Freedom of Expression Award, which celebrates Fringe productions that contribute to the public’s awareness and understanding of human rights. The 2005 Freedom of Expression award is named after U Win Tin, a 75 year old award-winning journalist in Myanmar (Burma). He was Secretary of the democratic opposition until 1989, when he was imprisoned for his beliefs by the military regime. Despite increasing ill health, and having served his original sentence, U Win Tin is still in jail. The four short-listed productions for this year’s award are:
Rosemary Burnett, Programme Director, Scotland for Amnesty International said, “We are delighted to announce a short-list of such exciting, high-quality productions. The themes of prisoner abuse, the death penalty and violence against women have been particularly prevalent in a number of shows at this year’s Fringe. These short-listed productions all bring to life the underlying human rights issues of our time.” The short-listed productions will now be assessed by David Taylor (Head of Drama, Scottish Arts Council), Joyce McMillan (chief theatre critic, The Scotsman), Neil Cooper (chief theatre critic The Herald) Mark Fisher (Scotland on Sunday) and Stephanie Knight (Director of the RBS Centre for Community Arts Research and Practice). The winner of the award will be announced at the Scotsman Fringe Awards at the Assembly Hall on Friday 26th August at 10am. The Carol Tambor Award and Jack Tinker Spirit of the Fringe Award will also be presented. Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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