It is a much deserved recognition of its immense contribution to the
fight for free and
fair trade unions and to securing quality education for children and young people in Bahrain «This award will help to maintain the pressure on the Bahraini authorities to end their completely unjustified detention of Mahdi, who has spent the last four years in prison on false charges for simply
exercising his right to freedom of assembly and demanding reforms to Bahrain's educational system.»
Basically, this is to protect people who are
exercising legal free speech and
fair use rights from suffering legal burdens of
fighting a case where the plaintiff alleges copyright or defamation charges against defendant when that is of extremely questionable grounds.