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Human Rights Award Laureates

2024

  • Arely Westley

    Arely Westley

    Anti-Detention and LGBTQ+ Advocate

2023

  • Parlamento del Pueblo Xinka

    Parlamento del Pueblo Xinka

2022

  • Felix Agbor Nkongho (Balla)

    Felix Agbor Nkongho (Balla)

  • Maximilienne C. Ngo Mbe

    Maximilienne C. Ngo Mbe

2021

  • Guerline Jozef

    Guerline Jozef

2020

  • Alessandra Korap Munduruku

    Alessandra Korap Munduruku

2019

  • Angry Tias and Abuelas of the Rio Grande Valley

    Angry Tias and Abuelas of the Rio Grande Valley

  • Detained Migrant Solidarity Committee

    Detained Migrant Solidarity Committee

  • La Unión del Pueblo Entero

    La Unión del Pueblo Entero

2018

  • March For Our Lives

    March For Our Lives

  • The International Indigenous Youth Council

    The International Indigenous Youth Council

  • United We Dream

    United We Dream

  • Color Of Change

    Color Of Change

2017

  • Alfredo Romero

    Alfredo Romero

2016

  • Just Leadership USA

    Just Leadership USA

  • Andrea James

    Andrea James

2015

  • Natalia Taubina

    Natalia Taubina

2014

  • Adilur Rahman Khan

    Adilur Rahman Khan

2013

  • Ragia Omran

    Ragia Omran

2012

  • Librada Paz

    Librada Paz

2011

  • Frank Mugisha

    Frank Mugisha

2010

  • Abel Barrera Hernández

    Abel Barrera Hernández

2009

  • Magodonga Mahlangu & Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA)

    Magodonga Mahlangu & Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA)

2008

  • Aminatou Haidar

    Aminatou Haidar

2007

  • Mohammed Ahmed Abdallah

    Mohammed Ahmed Abdallah

2006

  • Sonia Pierre

    Sonia Pierre

    1963–2011

2005

  • Stephen Bradberry

    Stephen Bradberry

2004

  • Delphine Djiraibe

    Delphine Djiraibe

2003

  • Coalition of Immokalee Workers

    Coalition of Immokalee Workers

2002

  • Loune Viaud

    Loune Viaud

2001

  • Darci Frigo

    Darci Frigo

2000

  • Martin Macwan

    Martin Macwan

1999

  • Archbishop Michael Kpakala Francis

    Archbishop Michael Kpakala Francis

1998

  • Mario Calixto

    Mario Calixto

  • Gloria Florez

    Gloria Florez

  • Jaime Prieto Mendez

    Jaime Prieto Mendez

  • Berenice Celeita Alayon

    Berenice Celeita Alayon

1997

  • Sezgin Tanrikulu

    Sezgin Tanrikulu

  • Senal Sarihan

    Senal Sarihan

1996

  • Anonymous

    Anonymous

1995

  • Nguyen Dan Que

    Nguyen Dan Que

  • Doan Viet Hoat

    Doan Viet Hoat

  • Kailash Satyarthi

    Kailash Satyarthi

1994

  • Ren Wanding

    Ren Wanding

  • Wei Jingsheng

    Wei Jingsheng

1993

  • Bambang Widjojanto

    Bambang Widjojanto

1992

  • Chakufwa Chihana

    Chakufwa Chihana

1991

  • Raji Sourani

    Raji Sourani

  • Avigdor Feldman

    Avigdor Feldman

1990

  • Amílcar Méndez Urizar

    Amílcar Méndez Urizar

1989

  • Fang Lizhi

    Fang Lizhi

1988

  • Gibson Kamau Kuria

    Gibson Kamau Kuria

1987

  • Kim Keun Tae & In Jae Jeun

    Kim Keun Tae & In Jae Jeun

1986

  • Zbigniew Bujak

    Zbigniew Bujak

  • Adam Michnik

    Adam Michnik

  • Father Jerzy Popieluszko

    Father Jerzy Popieluszko

1985

  • Allan Boesak

    Allan Boesak

  • Beyers Naude

    Beyers Naude

1984

  • CoMadres

    CoMadres

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