Global: Amnesty International honours Mandela

Amnesty International bestowed its most prestigious honour -- the Ambassador of Conscience Award 2006 -- on former president Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg on Wednesday (1 November 2006). The award recognises exceptional individual leadership in the fight to protect and promote universal human rights. Amnesty International spokesperson Bill Shipsey said Mandela had come to symbolise all that was hopeful and idealistic in public life, more than any other living person.