Stephen Corry
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Stephen Corry (born 1951) is a British indigenous rights activist, best known for being the former CEO of Survival International. In 1993, he became the chairman of the Free Tibet Campaign and remains on its board.
Biography
Stephen Corry was born in Malaysia in 1951.{{Citation needed|date=March 2019}} He won a scholarship to Gresham's School{{cite book |title=Tribal peoples for tomorrow's world |last=Corry |first=Stephen |publisher=Freeman Press|year=2011 |isbn=978-1447424130}} and at 16 he left school with the desire to travel and learn other languages.{{cite web|url=http://www.mmegi.bw/2004/March/Thursday18/90140841657.html |title=An insight into the life of Stephen Corry |publisher=Mmegi |date=17 March 2004 |accessdate=25 January 2010}}
In 1972, he founded together with Robin Hanbury-Tenison the organisation Survival International. Influenced by his travels, and authors such as Jiddu Krishnamurti, he quit the University of Paris, Jussieu, and volunteered. After becoming a member, Corry sought to go to Brazil to study the indigenous people there, but was asked to stay in London and do research.
Stephen Corry later became Projects Director of Survival International.{{cite book |title=Worlds Apart: An Explorer's Life |last=Hanbury-Tenison |first=Robin |publisher=Long Riders' Guild Press |year=2004 |isbn=1-59048-163-1}}{{cite book |title=Case studies on human rights and fundamental freedoms: a world survey |last=A. Ed. |first=Willem |publisher=Kluwer Law International |year=1975 |isbn=90-247-1780-9}} He had started his work with Survival with the ambitious intention of compiling a World Red Book of Threatened Peoples – parallel to the IUCN's "Red Book of Threatened Species", an idea which was proposed to him by Robin Hanbury-Tenison, while discussing his future role in Survival International. In 1974, he spent nine months in Colombia researching the situation of the indigenous tribal peoples and setting up several projects for funding by the Joint Projects Committee. On his return, in 1976, he published his report, "Towards Indian Self-determination in Colombia."{{cn|date=June 2024}} From 1984 until 2021, he was Director-General of Survival International. {{Cite tweet |title=In 2021, I stand down as CEO @Survival, 49 years after volunteering there |number=1298544976524120064 |user=stephencorrysvl |archive-date=Aug 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200826085758/https://twitter.com/StephenCorrySvl/status/1298544976524120064 |access-date=15 July 2023 |lang=en |url-access=limited |url-status=live |url=https://twitter.com/stephencorrysvl/status/1298544976524120064}}
Awards
Survival International was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 1989. Corry gave the acceptance speech.{{cite web|url=http://www.rightlivelihood.org/survival_speech.html|title=Right to Livelihood Award – Acceptance Speech by Stephen Corry December 9th, 1989|publisher=The Right to Livelihood Award|access-date=5 February 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620115143/http://rightlivelihood.org/survival_speech.html|archive-date=20 June 2010|df=dmy-all}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{cite book|last=Corry|first=Stephen|title=Towards Indian self-determination in Colombia|publisher=Survival International|year=1976|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WCvtGAAACAAJ&q=Stephen+Corry|accessdate=5 February 2010}}
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Category:People educated at Gresham's School
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