Aung San Suu Kyi female

Aung San Suu Kyi ; born 19 June 1945 in Yangon (Rangoon), is a nonviolent pro-democracy activist and leader of the National League for Democracy in...

Jean-Bertrand Aristide male

Former President of Haiti (1991),(1994-1996) and (2001-2004), ousted in two coups d'état (1991,2004). The American government ruled that the years o...

Wei Jingsheng male

Wei Jingsheng (born May 20, 1950) is an activist in the Chinese democracy movement, most prominent for authoring the document, "Fifth...

Zhao Ziyang male, deceased

Zhao Ziyang (October 17 1919-January 17 2005) was a politician in the People's Republic of China. He was Premier of the People's Republic of China...

Morgan Tsvangirai male

Morgan Tsvangirai born March 10, 1952) is the President and founder of the Movement for Democratic Change, the opposition party in Zimbabwe.

Desmond Tutu male

Desmond Tutu : This is an unbelievable achievement. As you might know, we have won the Rugby World Cup in 1995. It did wonders back then....

Akbar Ganji male

Akbar Ganji is an Iranian journalist and writer. He was arrested on April 22, 2000 after he took part in a conference held in Berlin on April 7 and...

Václav Havel male

Václav Havel, GCB, CC, (born October 5, 1936 in Prague) is a Czech writer and dramatist. He was the ninth and last President of Czechoslovakia (...

Cong Thanh Do male

Cong Thanh Do (born ca. 1959) is a Vietnamese American human rights activist. Do emigrated from Vietnam to the US in 1982. He advocates a...

Ayman Nour male

Ayman Abd El Aziz Nour is an Egyptian politician, a former member of that country's Parliament and chairman of the Al Ghad party. He became famous...