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, SakharovPrize, Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, Olof Palme Prize laureate, Rafto Prize
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...
Leyla Zana

Leyla Zana

female, 48 years old
turkish, politician, member of Turkish parliament, Deep State target, DTP, Kurds in Turkey…SakharovPrize, Recipient of the Sakharov Prize
Leyla Zana (born May 3, 1961), is a former female Turkish politician of Kurdish origin, who was imprisoned for speaking Kurdish in the Turkish...
Hauwa Ibrahim

Hauwa Ibrahim

female
Recipient of the Sakharov Prize, SakharovPrize, Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, Saint Louis University School of Law, pro bono, Sharia
Hauwa Ibrahim is a Nigerian human rights lawyer who won the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize in 2005. She was especially cited for her pro bono...

Adem Demaçi

male, 73 years old
amnesty international, albanian, Recipient of the Sakharov Prize, kosovo, Politics of Kosovo, Communism…SakharovPrize
Adem Demaçi is a Kosovar Albanian politician and a longtime political prisoner who spent a total of 28 years in prison for speaking out against t...