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The Institute for Information on the Crimes of
Communism
Winner of the 2009 Templeton Freedom Awards the world's most prestigues
international awards for think tanks
  On November 9 in Washington, D.C, IICC founders Camilla Andersson and Anders Hjemdahl were awarded with the Templeton Freedom Award in the Initiative in Public
Relations category, for their approach in communicating essential facts about Communism and the consequences of Communist ideology and rule. The Templeton Freedom Award was presented to Camilla Andersson and Anders Hjemdahl by Dr. John M. Templeton of the Templeton Foundation and Alexander Chaufen, President and CEO of the Atlas Research Foundation. 
Thank You! The IICC/UOK would like to thank the Atlas Research Foundation, the Templeton Awards jury and everyone who supports us. We are deeply honored to receive this prestigious award - especially by being awarded it this symbolic year, 20 years after the
Fall of the Iron Curtain and the defeat of Communism in Europe. We hope that our successful work in promoting liberty and democracy can inspire others to fight against oppression, and to fight for fundamental human values and open societies. We would like to use our Templeton Freedom Award Prize to bring increased attention to the millions of people living in countries that are still affected by totalitarian ideologies, in South America, Africa, Asia and
Europe. We would also like to honor the brave people who fought for, and still are fighting for liberty around the world. Please click for more information hereCamillia Andersson,
CEO and Founder IICC
 Anders Hjemdahl, IICC and
Tom G. Palmer, Atlas Economic Research
FoundationNovember 9, a celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
On November 9, the Atlas Research Foundation arranges the International Freedom Dinner and Conference, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Iron Curtain. The winners of the Templeton
Freedom Awards, world-reknowned international freedom fighters, human rights activists, experts and representatives of organizations from around the world participated in the three day events and celebrations at the historic Renaissance Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. IICC founders Anders Hjemdahl and Camilla Andersson participated in panel discussions and gave a speech on their international work, on the importance of continued vigilance against totalitarianism and the defense of liberty,
human rights, democracy and prosperity, and on current and future threats.
              More pictures from the ceremony are available here
Participants from all over the world attended the celebrations, including Dr. Alan Charles Kors, founder of F.I.R.E, Andrei Illarionov, the Cato Institute, USA, Tom Palmer, Atlas Research Foundation, USA, Krassen
Stanchev, IME, Bulgaria, Jiri Schwarz, Liberalni Institute, the Czech Republic, Sascha Tamm, Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Germany, Brad Lips, Atlas Research Foundation,
USA, Maria Corina Machado, Sumate, Venezuela, Chung Ho Kim, Center for
Free Enterprise, South Korea, June Arunga, Kenya, as well as many other notable participants from Georgia, Nepal, Egypt, Peru, India, South Africa, Slovakia, Norway, the Philippines, Brazil, Mozambique, Croatia, Cote d’Ivoire and Zimbabwe. Dr. Alan Charles Kors' keynote speech on Communism at
the Freedom Dinner
 fullscreen video please click here The themes during the conference were Engaging the Next Generation in the Project of Advancing Liberty, Alleviating Poverty or Creating Prosperity, We Were There–Reflections on the Fall of the Berlin Wall, The Financial Crisis and The Battles Ahead–Tearing
Down New Walls.
For nearly three decades, the Atlas Economic Research
Foundation has been supporting independent think
tanks
that
promote
free markets, individual liberty, and rule of law. The
Templeton Freedom Awards program has distributed more than $1.25
million in prizes and grants, and is made possible with funding from the
John Templeton Foundation.
www.1989-2009.org
The 20th
Anniversary of the Liberated and Reunited Europe Alliance Contact: The 1989-2009 20th Anniversary working group, Initiator and founder
Mrs.Camilla Andersson, founder, phone +46 8-442 09 40 mail: info@1989-2009.org
About the IICC/UOK - the Institute for Information on the Crimes of CommunismThe IICC/UOK is a non-profit, non-governmental, politically independent organization with the
purpose of spreading essential information on
the crimes of communism and to promote vigilance against all totalitarian ideologies and antidemocratic movementsHomepage: www.crimesofcommunism.orgOnline Education Center / Virtual Museum on the crimes of Communism: www.aboutcommunism.com E-mail: info@crimesofcommunism.org IICC/UOK, Box 3037, 103 61 Stockholm, Sweden, phone:
+46 709
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