Colin Kaepernick, an American football player who in 2016 started kneeling during the national anthem played before matches in protest against police brutality against African Americans, has been awarded the rights group Amnesty International’s top honour.
The former San Francisco 49ers star was handed the Ambassador of Conscience Award at a ceremony on Saturday in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam, by onetime teammate Eric Reid.
Amnesty says the award recognises “an inspiring contribution to helping human rights”.
In his acceptance speech, Kaepernick described police killings of African Americans and Latinos in the US as lawful lynchings.
Al Jazeera’s Kevin Calvert reports.
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