Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award#Laureates

{{Short description|Award established in 1980 by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee}}

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The Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award, officially known as the Sakharov Freedom Award and named after Soviet scientist and dissident Andrei Sakharov, was established in 1980 by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee with the support and consent of Andrei Sakharov himself, to help people who, because of their opinions, beliefs, and conscience are persecuted or imprisoned.

The fund's assets are to be used for direct support to those persecuted in their home country, mainly by granting the Sakharov Freedom Award.{{Cite web|url = http://nhc.no/en/our_work/sakharov_freedom_award/|title = Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award|access-date = 2014-10-06|website = Den Norske Helsingforskomite|publisher = Den Norske Helsingforskomite|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180511013211/http://nhc.no/en/our_work/sakharov_freedom_award/|archive-date = 2018-05-11|url-status = dead}}

Laureates

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1984 \| Charta 77 \| ČSSR \| \|{{Cite web\|url =http://nhc.no/en/our_work/sakharov_freedom_award/\|title =Sakharov Freedom Award\|access-date =2014-10-06\|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180511013211/http://nhc.no/en/our_work/sakharov_freedom_award/\|archive-date =2018-05-11\|url-status =dead}}
1996 \| Sergei Kovalev of the Memorial Human Rights Center \| Russian \| human rights defender \|
2002 \| Eliza Musaeva of the Memorial Human Rights Center \| Russian[http://www.mhg.ru/news/59A46B3 Four IHG Human Rights Activists Deported from Andijan]. Moscow International Helsinki Group. 17 June 2005. \| human rights defender \|{{Cite web\|url =http://nhc.no/en/our_work/sakharov_freedom_award/\|title =Sakharov Freedom Award\|access-date =2014-10-06\|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180511013211/http://nhc.no/en/our_work/sakharov_freedom_award/\|archive-date =2018-05-11\|url-status =dead}}Eliza Musaeva (German)
2002 \| Amor Mašović of the Commission on Missing Persons \| Bosnian \| \|{{Cite web\|url =http://nhc.no/en/our_work/sakharov_freedom_award/\|title =Sakharov Freedom Award\|access-date =2014-10-06\|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180511013211/http://nhc.no/en/our_work/sakharov_freedom_award/\|archive-date =2018-05-11\|url-status =dead}}{{Cite web\|url = http://www.bosnjaci.net/dobri_bosnjani.php?id=277\|title = Dobri Bosnjani : MAŠOVIĆ, Amor\|access-date = 2014-10-06}}
2006 \| Ales Bialiatski of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" \| Belarusian \| human rights defender \|{{Cite web\|url =http://nhc.no/en/our_work/sakharov_freedom_award/\|title =Sakharov Freedom Award\|access-date =2014-10-06\|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180511013211/http://nhc.no/en/our_work/sakharov_freedom_award/\|archive-date =2018-05-11\|url-status =dead}}{{Cite web\|url = http://www.nhc.no/no/nyheter/Russian+Golos+and+Lilya+Shibanova+received+Andrei+Sakharov+Freedom+Award+2012+at+NHC+35th+anniversar.b7C_wlbS38.ips\|title = Russian Golos and Lilya Shibanova received Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award 2012 at NHC 35th anniversary\|date = 2012-10-25\|access-date = 2014-10-06\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141009015309/http://nhc.no/no/nyheter/Russian+Golos+and+Lilya+Shibanova+received+Andrei+Sakharov+Freedom+Award+2012+at+NHC+35th+anniversar.b7C_wlbS38.ips\|archive-date = 2014-10-09\|url-status = dead}}
2007 \| Svetlana Gannushkina of the Memorial Human Rights Center \| Russian \| human rights defender \|{{Cite web\|url =http://nhc.no/en/our_work/sakharov_freedom_award/\|title =Sakharov Freedom Award\|access-date =2014-10-06\|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180511013211/http://nhc.no/en/our_work/sakharov_freedom_award/\|archive-date =2018-05-11\|url-status =dead}}{{Cite book\|title = Human Rights House Network : Annual Report 2007\|last = Luhr\|first = Nina\|publisher = The Human Rights House Network\|year = 2007\|url=https://humanrightshouse.org/noop-media/documents/11554.pdf\|pages = 17}}{{Cite web\|url =http://www.nhc.no/no/vart_arbeid/sakharovs_frihetspris/Andrej+Sakharovs+frihetspris+2007.9UFRzU2V.ips\|title =Andrej Sakharovs frihetspris 2007\|access-date =2014-10-06\|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20141009015312/http://www.nhc.no/no/vart_arbeid/sakharovs_frihetspris/Andrej+Sakharovs+frihetspris+2007.9UFRzU2V.ips\|archive-date =2014-10-09\|url-status =dead}}
2010 \| Evgeniy Zhovtis of the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law \| Kazakhstani \| human rights defender \|{{Cite web\|url =http://nhc.no/en/our_work/sakharov_freedom_award/\|title =Sakharov Freedom Award\|access-date =2014-10-06\|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180511013211/http://nhc.no/en/our_work/sakharov_freedom_award/\|archive-date =2018-05-11\|url-status =dead}}{{Cite web\|url = http://www.nhc.no/no/nyheter/Russian+Golos+and+Lilya+Shibanova+received+Andrei+Sakharov+Freedom+Award+2012+at+NHC+35th+anniversar.b7C_wlbS38.ips\|title = Russian Golos and Lilya Shibanova received Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award 2012 at NHC 35th anniversary\|date = 2012-10-25\|access-date = 2014-10-06\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141009015309/http://nhc.no/no/nyheter/Russian+Golos+and+Lilya+Shibanova+received+Andrei+Sakharov+Freedom+Award+2012+at+NHC+35th+anniversar.b7C_wlbS38.ips\|archive-date = 2014-10-09\|url-status = dead}}{{Cite web\|url =http://www.nhc.no/no/vart_arbeid/sakharovs_frihetspris/Andrej+Sakharovs+Frihetspris+2010.9UFRzU1U.ips\|title =Andrej Sakharovs Frihetspris 2010\|access-date =2014-10-06\|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20141009015316/http://www.nhc.no/no/vart_arbeid/sakharovs_frihetspris/Andrej+Sakharovs+Frihetspris+2010.9UFRzU1U.ips\|archive-date =2014-10-09\|url-status =dead}}
2012 \| Lilia Shibanova of the Golos \| Russian \| election monitoring organization \|{{Cite web\|url = http://nhc.no/no/nyheter/Russian+Golos+and+Lilya+Shibanova+received+Andrei+Sakharov+Freedom+Award+2012+at+NHC+35th+anniversar.b7C_wlbS38.ips\|title = Russian Golos and Lilya Shibanova received Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award 2012 at NHC 35th anniversary\|date = 2012-10-25\|access-date = 2014-10-06\|website = Den Norske Helsingforskomite\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141009015309/http://nhc.no/no/nyheter/Russian+Golos+and+Lilya+Shibanova+received+Andrei+Sakharov+Freedom+Award+2012+at+NHC+35th+anniversar.b7C_wlbS38.ips\|archive-date = 2014-10-09\|url-status = dead}}{{Cite web\|url = http://nhc.no/en/news/Andrei+Sakharov+Freedom+Award+2012+is+awarded+to+Association+GOLOS.b7C_wlbQYK.ips\|title = Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award 2012 is awarded to Association GOLOS\|date = 2012-09-12\|access-date = 2014-10-06\|website = Norwegian Helsinki Committee\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141009015313/http://nhc.no/en/news/Andrei+Sakharov+Freedom+Award+2012+is+awarded+to+Association+GOLOS.b7C_wlbQYK.ips\|archive-date = 2014-10-09\|url-status = dead}}{{Cite web\|url = http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/18581.html\|title = Golos awarded The Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award\|date = 2012-09-11\|access-date = 2014-10-06\|archive-date = 2014-10-09\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141009130902/http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/18581.html\|url-status = dead}}
2014 \| Rasul Jafarov, Leyla Yunus, Anar Mammadli and Intiqam Aliyev \| Azerbaijani \| human rights activists, political prisoners \|{{Cite web\|url = http://nhc.no/en/news/Andrei+Sakharov+Freedom+Award+to+political+prisoners+in+Azerbaijan.b7C_wlnQZX.ips\|title = Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award to political prisoners in Azerbaijan\|date = 2014-10-06\|access-date = 2014-10-06\|website = Den Norske Helsingsforkomite\|publisher = Den Norske Helsingsforkomite}}
2017 \| the newspaper Novaya Gazeta and the organization Committee for the Prevention of Torture \| Russian \| anti-torture fighters \|{{cite web\|title=Sakharov Freedom Award to anti-torture fighters in Russia\|url=http://nhc.no/en/news/Sakharov+Freedom+Award+to+anti-torture+fighters+in+Russia.b7C_wlHMYo.ips\|access-date=28 April 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429025100/http://nhc.no/en/news/Sakharov+Freedom+Award+to+anti-torture+fighters+in+Russia.b7C_wlHMYo.ips\|archive-date=29 April 2018\|url-status=dead}}
2019 \| Hungarian Helsinki Committee \| Hungary \| human rights organization \|{{Cite web\|url = https://www.nhc.no/en/andrei-sakharov-freedom-award-to-the-hungarian-helsinki-committee/ \|title = Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award 2019 to the Hungarian Helsinki Committee \|date = 2019-11-08\|accessdate = 2019-12-26\|website = Den Norske Helsingsforkomite\|publisher = Den Norske Helsingsforkomite}}
2021 \| Yury A. Dmitriev \| Russian \| historian and dissident \| {{Cite web\|url = https://www.nhc.no/en/russian-historian-receives-2021-sakharov-freedom-award/ \|title = Russian historian receives 2021 Sakharov Freedom Award \|date = 2021-05-21\|accessdate = 2021-10-13\|website = Den Norske Helsingsforkomite\|publisher = Den Norske Helsingsforkomite}}
2023 \| Truth Hounds \| Ukraine \| Human rights organisation \| {{Cite web\|url = https://www.nhc.no/en/documenting-war-crimes-truth-hounds-receive-2023-sakharov-freedom-award/ \|title = Documenting war crimes: Truth Hounds receive 2023 Sakharov Freedom Award \|date = 2023-03-09\|accessdate = 2024-03-23\|website = Den Norske Helsingsforkomite\|publisher = Den Norske Helsingsforkomite\|language=en}}

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scope="col" width=50 style="background:#FFE4C4;"|Year

! scope="col" width=150 style="background:#FFE4C4;"|Recipient

! scope="col" width=150 style="background:#FFE4C4;"| Nationality

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1984

| Charta 77

| ČSSR

1996

| Sergei Kovalev of the Memorial Human Rights Center

| Russian

| human rights defender

2002

| Eliza Musaeva of the Memorial Human Rights Center

| Russian[http://www.mhg.ru/news/59A46B3 Four IHG Human Rights Activists Deported from Andijan]. Moscow International Helsinki Group. 17 June 2005.

| human rights defender

2002

| Amor Mašović of the Commission on Missing Persons

| Bosnian

2006

| Ales Bialiatski of the Human Rights Center "Viasna"

| Belarusian

| human rights defender

2007

| Svetlana Gannushkina of the Memorial Human Rights Center

| Russian

| human rights defender

|{{Cite web|url =http://nhc.no/en/our_work/sakharov_freedom_award/|title =Sakharov Freedom Award|access-date =2014-10-06|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180511013211/http://nhc.no/en/our_work/sakharov_freedom_award/|archive-date =2018-05-11|url-status =dead}}{{Cite book|title = Human Rights House Network : Annual Report 2007|last = Luhr|first = Nina|publisher = The Human Rights House Network|year = 2007|url=https://humanrightshouse.org/noop-media/documents/11554.pdf|pages = 17}}{{Cite web|url =http://www.nhc.no/no/vart_arbeid/sakharovs_frihetspris/Andrej+Sakharovs+frihetspris+2007.9UFRzU2V.ips|title =Andrej Sakharovs frihetspris 2007|access-date =2014-10-06|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20141009015312/http://www.nhc.no/no/vart_arbeid/sakharovs_frihetspris/Andrej+Sakharovs+frihetspris+2007.9UFRzU2V.ips|archive-date =2014-10-09|url-status =dead}}

2010

| Evgeniy Zhovtis of the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law

| Kazakhstani

| human rights defender

|{{Cite web|url =http://nhc.no/en/our_work/sakharov_freedom_award/|title =Sakharov Freedom Award|access-date =2014-10-06|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180511013211/http://nhc.no/en/our_work/sakharov_freedom_award/|archive-date =2018-05-11|url-status =dead}}{{Cite web|url = http://www.nhc.no/no/nyheter/Russian+Golos+and+Lilya+Shibanova+received+Andrei+Sakharov+Freedom+Award+2012+at+NHC+35th+anniversar.b7C_wlbS38.ips|title = Russian Golos and Lilya Shibanova received Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award 2012 at NHC 35th anniversary|date = 2012-10-25|access-date = 2014-10-06|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141009015309/http://nhc.no/no/nyheter/Russian+Golos+and+Lilya+Shibanova+received+Andrei+Sakharov+Freedom+Award+2012+at+NHC+35th+anniversar.b7C_wlbS38.ips|archive-date = 2014-10-09|url-status = dead}}{{Cite web|url =http://www.nhc.no/no/vart_arbeid/sakharovs_frihetspris/Andrej+Sakharovs+Frihetspris+2010.9UFRzU1U.ips|title =Andrej Sakharovs Frihetspris 2010|access-date =2014-10-06|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20141009015316/http://www.nhc.no/no/vart_arbeid/sakharovs_frihetspris/Andrej+Sakharovs+Frihetspris+2010.9UFRzU1U.ips|archive-date =2014-10-09|url-status =dead}}

2012

| Lilia Shibanova of the Golos

| Russian

| election monitoring organization

|{{Cite web|url = http://nhc.no/no/nyheter/Russian+Golos+and+Lilya+Shibanova+received+Andrei+Sakharov+Freedom+Award+2012+at+NHC+35th+anniversar.b7C_wlbS38.ips|title = Russian Golos and Lilya Shibanova received Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award 2012 at NHC 35th anniversary|date = 2012-10-25|access-date = 2014-10-06|website = Den Norske Helsingforskomite|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141009015309/http://nhc.no/no/nyheter/Russian+Golos+and+Lilya+Shibanova+received+Andrei+Sakharov+Freedom+Award+2012+at+NHC+35th+anniversar.b7C_wlbS38.ips|archive-date = 2014-10-09|url-status = dead}}{{Cite web|url = http://nhc.no/en/news/Andrei+Sakharov+Freedom+Award+2012+is+awarded+to+Association+GOLOS.b7C_wlbQYK.ips|title = Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award 2012 is awarded to Association GOLOS|date = 2012-09-12|access-date = 2014-10-06|website = Norwegian Helsinki Committee|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141009015313/http://nhc.no/en/news/Andrei+Sakharov+Freedom+Award+2012+is+awarded+to+Association+GOLOS.b7C_wlbQYK.ips|archive-date = 2014-10-09|url-status = dead}}{{Cite web|url = http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/18581.html|title = Golos awarded The Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award|date = 2012-09-11|access-date = 2014-10-06|archive-date = 2014-10-09|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141009130902/http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/18581.html|url-status = dead}}

2014

| Rasul Jafarov, Leyla Yunus, Anar Mammadli and Intiqam Aliyev

| Azerbaijani

| human rights activists, political prisoners

|{{Cite web|url = http://nhc.no/en/news/Andrei+Sakharov+Freedom+Award+to+political+prisoners+in+Azerbaijan.b7C_wlnQZX.ips|title = Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award to political prisoners in Azerbaijan|date = 2014-10-06|access-date = 2014-10-06|website = Den Norske Helsingsforkomite|publisher = Den Norske Helsingsforkomite}}

2017

| the newspaper Novaya Gazeta and the organization Committee for the Prevention of Torture

| Russian

| anti-torture fighters

|{{cite web|title=Sakharov Freedom Award to anti-torture fighters in Russia|url=http://nhc.no/en/news/Sakharov+Freedom+Award+to+anti-torture+fighters+in+Russia.b7C_wlHMYo.ips|access-date=28 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429025100/http://nhc.no/en/news/Sakharov+Freedom+Award+to+anti-torture+fighters+in+Russia.b7C_wlHMYo.ips|archive-date=29 April 2018|url-status=dead}}

2019

| Hungarian Helsinki Committee

| Hungary

| human rights organization

|{{Cite web|url = https://www.nhc.no/en/andrei-sakharov-freedom-award-to-the-hungarian-helsinki-committee/ |title = Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award 2019 to the Hungarian Helsinki Committee |date = 2019-11-08|accessdate = 2019-12-26|website = Den Norske Helsingsforkomite|publisher = Den Norske Helsingsforkomite}}

2021

| Yury A. Dmitriev

| Russian

| historian and dissident

| {{Cite web|url = https://www.nhc.no/en/russian-historian-receives-2021-sakharov-freedom-award/ |title = Russian historian receives 2021 Sakharov Freedom Award |date = 2021-05-21|accessdate = 2021-10-13|website = Den Norske Helsingsforkomite|publisher = Den Norske Helsingsforkomite}}

2023

| Truth Hounds

| Ukraine

| Human rights organisation

| {{Cite web|url = https://www.nhc.no/en/documenting-war-crimes-truth-hounds-receive-2023-sakharov-freedom-award/ |title = Documenting war crimes: Truth Hounds receive 2023 Sakharov Freedom Award |date = 2023-03-09|accessdate = 2024-03-23|website = Den Norske Helsingsforkomite|publisher = Den Norske Helsingsforkomite|language=en}}

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Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award#Laureates

Laureates

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