on the administration of President Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress to take a stronger stand on their behalf. Awards In 1995, Que was given the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award by the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. The Center praised his work "promoting greater freedom of expression and human rights in Viet Nam". In 2004, he was a finalist for the US-based Civil Courage Prize, which "honors civil courage — steadfast resistance to evil at great personal risk — rather than military valor". He ultimately won a "Certificate of Distinction in Civil Courage" and a $1,000 cash prize. See also Cù Huy Hà Vũ Thadeus Nguyễn Văn Lý References 1942 births Amnesty International people Amnesty International prisoners of conscience held by Vietnam Living people Vietnamese anti-communists Vietnamese democracy activists Vietnamese dissidents Vietnamese human rights activists Vietnamese people of the Vietnam War Vietnamese endocrinologists Vietnamese prisoners and detainees Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award laureates 20th-century Vietnamese physicians