Sakharov Prize

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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