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Photo contest

The European Photo Contest against Discrimination is now closed and the winners will be contacted in the coming weeks. Many thanks to all of those who sent their photos.

The European jury of the contest is comprised of:

Mr Lars Normann Joergensen, Amnesty Denmark Secretary General (President of the jury)
Mr Valeriu Nicolae (Founder and Director of the Policy Centre for Roma and Minorities, a Roma NGO in Romania)
Mr Maxime Gyselinck (Free-lance professional photographer that focuses his work on post-conflict countries, discrimination and human rights)
Ms Gabriela Lupu (Young photographer focusing her work on the Roma community)
Ms Sybille Fendt (Photographer from the Ostkreuz Photographers Agency, Berlin)

The winners will be invited to an award ceremony in Brussels in May 2011.

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LGBT

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