Rajan Hoole

Rajan Hoole

male
MartinEnnalsAwardforHumanRightsDefender, Tamil Sri Lankan, Sri Lankan Tamil, Human Rights, tamil, Tamil Sri Lankans…Human rights activist, University Teachers for Human Rights
Rajan Hoole is a Tamil Human Rights activist and a co founder, along with the late Ranjani Thiranagama, of University Teachers for Human Rights. He...
Asma Jahangir

Asma Jahangir

female, 57 years old
United Nations Special Rapporteur, Special Rapporteurs to the United Nations, Hudood Ordinance, Asma Jilani Jahangir, Zia-ul-Haq's Islamization, MartinEnnalsAwardforHumanRightsDefender…Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Human Rights, Human rights activist, Civil rights activist
Asma Jilani Jahangir (born 1952 Lahore) is a Pakistani lawyer and human rights activist. She has been the United Nations Special Rapporteur on...
Lidia Yusupova

Lidia Yusupova

female, 48 years old
professor, International Federation of Human Rights, death threats, First Chechen War, BBC News, Russian literature…Human rights abuse, Human rights activist, MartinEnnalsAwardforHumanRightsDefender, Human Rights
Lidia Muhtarovna Yusupova is the Coordinator of the Grozny office of the Moscow-based human rights organization Memorial. She has been described by...
Arnold Tsunga

Arnold Tsunga

male
Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, Zimbabwean, MartinEnnalsAwardforHumanRightsDefender, Zimbabwe Human Rights Association, in Zimbabwe
Arnold Tsunga is the chairman of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association, or ZimRights. He is currently a Humphrey Fellow at the Hubert H. Humphrey...
Akbar Ganji

Akbar Ganji

male, 49 years old
from Qazvin, Investigative journalist, activist, World Association of Newspapers, MartinEnnalsAwardforHumanRightsDefender, Canadian Journalist for Free Expression…Golden Pen of Freedom Award, has won numerous human rights awards
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...