Arundhati gets Sydney Peace Prize for 2004

"Arundhati Roy is a distinguished world citizen. She is an outstanding communicator who writes with great clarity and grace. At a time of terrible disregard for human life, we need to hear from citizens like Arundhati Roy", Director of the Sydney Peace Foundation, Professor Stuart Rees said.

The prize, the only international peace prize awarded in Australia, was announced by the Foundation's Chairman Alan Cameron on Friday night.

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"Arundhati Roy has been recognised for her courage in campaigns for human rights and for her advocacy of non-violence, as expressed in her demands for justice for the poor, for the victims of communal violence, for the millions displaced by the Narmada dam projects and for her opposition to nuclear weapons", the jury's citation read.