Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi

female, 64 years old
The World's 100 Most Powerful Women, Buddhist, Nobel Peace Prize, National League for Democracy, democracy activist, politician…Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Sakharov Prize, Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, Olof Palme Prize laureate, RaftoPrize
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...
Mohammed Daddach

Mohammed Daddach

male
amnesty international, Moroccan, life imprisonment, democracy activist, death penalty, disappeared…RaftoPrize
Sidi Mohammed Daddach (b. 1957? in Guelta Zemmur) is a Sahrawi political activist and former political prisoner. Imprisoned for more than two...
Paulos Tesfagiorgis

Paulos Tesfagiorgis

male
McGill University alumni, activist, mcgill university, Human rights activist, eritrea, eritrean…RaftoPrize
Paulos Tesfagiorgis is an Eritrean human rights activist. He established the only PFDJ licensed Regional Centre for Human Rights and Development in...
Lidia Yusupova

Lidia Yusupova

female, 48 years old
professor, International Federation of Human Rights, death threats, First Chechen War, BBC News, Russian literature…Nobel Peace Prize, Professor Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize, RaftoPrize
Lidia Muhtarovna Yusupova is the Coordinator of the Grozny office of the Moscow-based human rights organization Memorial. She has been described by...
Ian Hancock

Ian Hancock

male
American Romani, British Romani, Romani writer, Romani activist, romani, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council…RaftoPrize
Ian Hancock is a renowned linguist, Romani scholar, and human rights advocate. He was born and raised in England. He is director of the Program of...
Trivimi Velliste

Trivimi Velliste

male, 62 years old
estonian, ambassador, member of parliament, Russian, politician, From Tartu…RaftoPrize
Trivimi Velliste is an Estonian politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 1994 and as the Estonian Ambassador to the United...