Sakharov Prize Winners

People with Sakharov Prize

People

Name Title
Adem Demaçi Albanian politician
Ahmed al-Senussi politician
Alaksandar Milinkievič Politician
Alexander Dubček Slovak politician
Alexei Navalny Russian anti-corruption activist
Ali Farzat Syrian cartoonist
Anatoly Marchenko
Asmaa Mahfouz Egyptian activist
Aung San Suu Kyi nonviolent pro-democracy activist
Denis Mukwege
Edward Snowden System administrator
Fernando Savater Philosopher author
Georgi Vladimov Soviet writer
Guillermo Fariñas Cuban dissident
Hauwa Ibrahim Winner of Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought
Hu Jia (activist)
Ibrahim Rugova Kosovar academic
Ilham Tohti Chinese economist and activist
Izzat Ghazzawi Non-fiction writer
Jafar Panahi Iranian film director
Kofi Annan United Nations Secretary-General
Leyla Zana Turkish activist and politician
Lyudmila Alexeyeva Russian historian and activist
Malala Yousafzai Pakistani child activist
Mohamed Bouazizi Activist
Nadia Murad Activist
Nelson Mandela South African politician and anti-apartheid fighter President of South Africa (1994–1999)
Nurit Peled-Elhanan
Oleg Sentsov Director
Oswaldo Payá Cuban activist
Raif Badawi Saudi Arabian blogger
Razan Zaitouneh Syrian human rights lawyer
Salih Mahmoud Osman Sudanese politician
Salima Ghezali Algerian writer
Taslima Nasrin Poet columnist novelist
Xanana Gusmão 1st President of East Timor
Yuri Orlov Russian physicist
Zacarias Kamwenho Catholic Archbishop

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