Katrina Swett Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Awards == In 2009, Swett was awarded the Knight's Cross of the [[Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary]] for her efforts in setting up the Tom Lantos Institute in Budapest, continuing her [[Tom Lantos#Hungarian minorities|late father's work]] for the benefit of ethnic minorities there. In 2016, in the company of at least 100 other recipients of Hungarian state awards, Swett returned the Knight's Cross in protest of the Hungarian government's commendation of [[Zsolt Bayer]], a writer, publisher, public speaker, and member of the [[Fidesz]] party for his rhetoric, what she considers antisemitic, anti-Muslim, and [[Antiziganism|antiziganist]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37272238 |title=Hungary award returned after 'racist' writer honoured |work=BBC News |date=2016-09-04 |accessdate=2016-09-04 }}</ref> In 2016, the [[International Center for Law and Religion Studies]] and [[J. Reuben Clark Law School]] of [[Brigham Young University]] presented Swett the International Religious Liberty Award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the promotion and preservation of religious freedom.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iclrs.org/index.php?pageId=1&linkId=261&contentId=2196&blurbId=67732|title=Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett Receives 2016 International Religious Liberty Award|website=International Center for Law and Religion Studies|access-date=2017-08-08}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page