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The Sakharov Prize is a prize, which is given to people or organizations, who fight for human rights. It is named after Andrei Sakharov and is given by the European Parliament.
Winners
- 1988: Nelson Mandela, activist against the Apartheid-regime
- 1989: Alexander Dubček, activist of the Prague Spring
- 1990: Aung San Suu Kyi, activist against the dictatorship in Burma
- 1991: Adem Demaçi, activist for an independent Kosovo
- 1992: Madres de Plaza de Mayo, organization of mothers, who have lost their children during the military junta in Argentinia
- 1993: Oslobođenje
- 1994: Taslima Nasrin
- 1995: Leyla Zana, activist for the rights of kurdish people
- 1996: Wei Jingsheng, activist against the chinese dictatorship
- 1997: Salima Ghezali
- 1998: Ibrahim Rugova
- 1999: Xanana Gusmão, activist for an independent Easttimor
- 2000: ¡Basta Ya!, organization against the terrorism of ETA
- 2001: Zacarias Kamwenho, Nurit Peled-Elhanan, Izzat Ghazzawi
- 2002: Oswaldo Payá, activist against the dictatorship of Cuba
- 2003: Kofi Annan and all employee of the United Nations
- 2004: Belarusian Association of Journalists, organization against the belarusian dictatorship
- 2005: Ladies in White, Reporters Without Borders, Hauwa Ibrahim
- 2006: Alaksandar Milinkievič
- 2007: Salih Mahmoud Osman
- 2008: Hu Jia
- 2009: Memorial (society)
- 2010: Guillermo Fariñas
- 2011: Mohamed Bouazizi, Asmaa Mahfouz, Ahmed al-Senussi, Razan Zaitouneh, Ali Ferzat and all other activists of the Arab Spring
- 2012: Nasrin Sotudeh, Jafar Panahi