Sakharov Prize

The Sakharov Prize is a prize, which is given to people or organizations, who fight for human rights. It is named after Andrei Sakharov and is given by the European Parliament.

## Winners[edit]

* 1988: Nelson Mandela, activist against the Apartheid-regime
* 1989: Alexander Dubček, activist of the Prague Spring
* 1990: Aung San Suu Kyi, activist against the dictatorship in Burma
* 1991: Adem Demaçi, activist for an independent Kosovo
* 1992: Madres de Plaza de Mayo, organization of mothers, who support their terrorist children
* 1993: Oslobođenje, newspaper in Bosnia and Herzegovina
* 1994: Taslima Nasrin, activist against the suppression of women in Islam
* 1995: Leyla Zana, activist for the rights of kurdish people
* 1996: Wei Jingsheng, activist against the Chinese dictatorship
* 1997: Salima Ghezali, activist for human rights in Algeria
* 1998: Ibrahim Rugova, activist for an independent Kosovo
* 1999: Xanana Gusmão, activist for an independent Easttimor
* 2000: ¡Basta Ya!, organization against the terrorism of ETA
* 2001: Zacarias Kamwenho, Nurit Peled-Elhanan, Izzat Ghazzawi
* 2002: Oswaldo Payá, activist against the dictatorship of Cuba
* 2003: Kofi Annan and all employee of the United Nations
* 2004: Belarusian Association of Journalists, organization against the belarusian dictatorship
* 2005: Ladies in White, Reporters Without Borders, Hauwa Ibrahim
* 2006: Alaksandar Milinkievič
* 2007: Salih Mahmoud Osman
* 2008: Hu Jia
* 2009: Memorial (society)
* 2010: Guillermo Fariñas
* 2011: Mohamed Bouazizi, Asmaa Mahfouz, Ahmed al-Senussi, Razan Zaitouneh, Ali Ferzat and all other activists of the Arab Spring
* 2012: Nasrin Sotudeh, Jafar Panahi
* 2013: Malala Yousafzai
* 2014: Denis Mukwege, Congolese gynecologist
* 2015: Raif Badawi, Saudi writer and activist
* 2016: Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar, Yazidi human rights activist
* 2017: the democratic opposition of Venezuela (the parliament, members of the organization "Foro Penal Venezolano" and several political prisoners)

## External links[edit]

* Official website