Sakharov Prize
{{Short description|European award for human rights}}
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{{Infobox award
| name = Sakharov Prize
for Freedom and Thought
| image = 2023 Sakharov Prize diploma (cropped).jpg
| image_caption = The 2023 Sakharov Prize diploma awarded to Mahsa Jina Amini and the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran.
| alt =
| awarded_for = Recognizing individuals, groups and organisations that have made an outstanding contribution to protecting freedom of thought.
| presenter = European Parliament
| country =
| year = {{start date and age|df=yes|1988|12}}
| reward = A diploma and a monetary award of €50,000
| holder_label = Currently held by
| previous =
| main = Currently held by
María Corina Machado
Edmundo González
| next =
| website = {{official website|https://www.europarl.europa.eu/sakharovprize/en/home}}
}}
The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, commonly known as the Sakharov Prize, is an honorary award for individuals or groups who have dedicated their lives to the defence of human rights and freedom of thought.{{Cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/23/newsid_2540000/2540121.stm | title = 1986: Sakharov comes in from the cold | publisher = BBC News | access-date = 21 October 2010 | date = 23 December 1986 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101226190108/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/23/newsid_2540000/2540121.stm | archive-date = 26 December 2010 | df = dmy-all }} Named after Russian scientist and dissident Andrei Sakharov, the prize was established in December 1988 by the European Parliament.
A shortlist of nominees is drawn up annually by the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs and Committee on Development. The MEPs who make up those committees then select a shortlist in September.[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20181009IPR15306/sakharov-prize-2018-three-finalists-selected "Sakharov Prize 2018: three finalists selected", News—European Parliament, 10 September 2018] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510161714/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20181009IPR15306/sakharov-prize-2018-three-finalists-selected |date=10 May 2019 }}. Thereafter, the final choice is given to The European Parliament's Conference of Presidents (President and political group's leaders) and the laureate's name is announced late in October. The prize is awarded in a ceremony at the Parliament's Strasbourg hemicycle (round chamber) in December. The prize includes a monetary award of €50,000.{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sakharovprize/en/home/how-it-works.html |title=Sakharov Prize |publisher = European Parliament |access-date=29 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915203806/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sakharovprize/en/home/how-it-works.html| archive-date= 15 September 2017 |url-status=live}}
The first prize was awarded jointly to South African Nelson Mandela and Russian Anatoly Marchenko. The 1990 award was given to Aung San Suu Kyi, but she could not receive it until 2013 as a result of her political imprisonment in Burma.{{Cite web | url = https://www.ft.com/content/cb66fa57-f334-33d9-bb2e-ca4cb5ef50bc?mhq5j=e5 | work = Financial Times | title = Aung San Suu Kyi collects Sakharov prize 23 years on | first = Annabel | last = Cook | date = 22 October 2013 | access-date = 27 October 2017 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171028043703/https://www.ft.com/content/cb66fa57-f334-33d9-bb2e-ca4cb5ef50bc?mhq5j=e5 | archive-date = 28 October 2017 | df = dmy-all }} The prize has also been awarded to organisations, the first being the Argentine Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo in 1992. Six Sakharov laureates were subsequently awarded the Nobel Peace Prize: Aung San Suu Kyi (1991), Nelson Mandela (1993), Malala Yousafzai (2014), Denis Mukwege (2018), Nadia Murad (2018) and Memorial (2022).{{Cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/06/world/nobel-peace-prize-winners-throughout-history.html | work = The New York Times | title = Nobel Peace Prize Winners Throughout History | first1 = Mona | last1 = Boshnaq | first2 = Sewell | last2 = Chan | first3 = Lillie | last3 = Dremeaux | first4 = Palko | last4 = Karasz | first5 = Madeleine | last5 = Kruhly | date = 6 October 2017 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171013154603/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/06/world/nobel-peace-prize-winners-throughout-history.html | archive-date = 13 October 2017 | df = dmy-all }}
Razan Zaitouneh (2011) was kidnapped in 2013 and is still missing.{{Cite web | url = http://www.europarl.europa.eu/intcoop/sakharov/laureates/zaitouneh_en.html | title = Razan Zaitouneh | publisher = European Parliament | access-date = 27 October 2017 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171028043640/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/intcoop/sakharov/laureates/zaitouneh_en.html | archive-date = 28 October 2017 | df = dmy-all }} Nasrin Sotoudeh (2012) was released from prison in September 2013,{{Cite web | url = http://www.europarl.europa.eu/intcoop/sakharov/laureates/sotoudeh_en.html | title = Nasrin Sotoudeh | publisher = European Parliament | access-date = 27 October 2017 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171028043140/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/intcoop/sakharov/laureates/sotoudeh_en.html | archive-date = 28 October 2017 | df = dmy-all }} but is still barred from leaving Iran, along with fellow 2012 laureate Jafar Panahi.{{Cite web | url = http://www.europarl.europa.eu/intcoop/sakharov/laureates/panahi_en.html | title = Jafar Panahi | access-date = 27 October 2017 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171028043651/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/intcoop/sakharov/laureates/panahi_en.html | archive-date = 28 October 2017 | df = dmy-all }} The 2017 prize was awarded to the Democratic Opposition in Venezuela, under boycott of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/26/world/europe/venezuela-opposition-sakharov-prize.html|title=Venezuelan Opposition Receives E.U.'s Sakharov Freedom Prize|last=Schreuer|first=Milan|date=26 October 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=31 October 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026183524/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/26/world/europe/venezuela-opposition-sakharov-prize.html|archive-date=26 October 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.guengl.eu/news/article/left-to-boycott-politicised-sakharov-prize-ceremony|title=Left to boycott politicised Sakharov Prize ceremony – GUE/NGL – Another Europe is possible|website=www.guengl.eu|language=en|access-date=31 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201020230/http://www.guengl.eu/news/article/left-to-boycott-politicised-sakharov-prize-ceremony|archive-date=1 February 2018|url-status=dead}}
As of 2024, the prize has been awarded to 51 recipients: 39 individuals (with 3 posthumously given) and 12 organizations.
Laureates and nominees
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!Year !Award !Nominees !Country/ !Nominators |
| rowspan=8|1988
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flag|South Africa|1928}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| |
|---|
| rowspan=2|Finalists |
| Roald Zelichenok (1936–2024)
| {{flagu|Soviet Union}} | |
| rowspan=5|Longlists |
| Larisa Bogoraz (1929–2004)
| {{flagu|Soviet Union}} | |
| International Human Rights Association (founded in ?) | {{flagu|Switzerland}} | |
| Natan Sharansky (born 1948)
| {{flagu|Israel}} | |
| Mordechai Vanunu (born 1954)
| {{flagu|Israel}} | |
| rowspan=7|1989
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Alexander Dubček (1921–1992) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|Czechoslovakia}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party |
| rowspan=3|Finalists{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/210214/gp_eudor_WEB_QACA13011ENC_002.pdf.en%20(1).pdf|title=25 YEARS OF THE SAKHAROV PRIZE - European Parliament|date=11 November 2013|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| Doina Cornea (1929–2018)
| {{flagu|Socialist Republic of Romania|name=Romania}} | Greens–European Free Alliance and |
| Gyula Horn (1932–2013)
| {{flagu|Hungarian People's Republic|name=Hungary}} | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| rowspan=3|Longlists |
| Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1927–2013)
| {{flagu|Polish People's Republic|name=Poland}} | Anne McIntosh and other MEPs |
| Chico Mendes (1944–1988)
| {{flagu|Brazil}} |
| rowspan=10|1990
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Aung San Suu Kyi (born 1945){{efn|group=notes|At the time she received the award, Suu Kyi was an opposition politician and a former General Secretary of the National League for Democracy, known for her peaceful struggle against military rule in Myanmar. She personally accepted the award in 2013, after she was released from 15 years of house arrest. In 2020, the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament formally suspended Suu Kyi from the Sakharov Prize Community due to her role in the atrocities against the Rohingya people, but did not revoke the prize itself.Merlin Sugue, [https://www.politico.eu/article/aung-san-suu-kyi-suspended-from-sakharov-prize-community/ EU Parliament suspends Aung San Suu Kyi from Sakharov Prize Community] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183337/https://www.politico.eu/article/aung-san-suu-kyi-suspended-from-sakharov-prize-community/ |date=9 July 2021 }}, Politico (10 September 2020).[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20200907IPR86516/aung-san-suu-kyi-suspended-from-the-sakharov-prize-community Press release, Aung San Suu Kyi suspended from the Sakharov Prize Community] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518091743/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20200907IPR86516/aung-san-suu-kyi-suspended-from-the-sakharov-prize-community |date=18 May 2021 }}, European Parliament (10 September 2020).[https://www.dw.com/en/myanmars-aung-san-suu-kyi-suspended-from-rights-prize-community/a-54886567 Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi suspended from rights prize community] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183606/https://www.dw.com/en/myanmars-aung-san-suu-kyi-suspended-from-rights-prize-community/a-54886567 |date=9 July 2021 }}, Deutsche Welle (10 September 2020).}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flag|Myanmar|1974}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party |
| rowspan=3|Finalists |
| László Tőkés (born 1952)
| {{flagu|Hungary}} |
| Fang Lizhi (1936–2012)
| {{flagu|China}} |
| rowspan=6|Longlists |
| Universidad Católica de El Salvador (founded 1982) | {{flagu|El Salvador}} | Rosy Bindi and other MEPs |
| Ibrahim Rugova (1944–2006)
| {{flag|Yugoslavia}} |
| Adem Demaçi (1936–2018){{efn|group=notes|name=re|The nominations of Adem Demaçi, Chico Mendes and Aziz Nesin in 1990 were eventually removed because it were received after the deadline.}}
| {{flag|Yugoslavia}} | Jaak Vandemeulebroucke and other MEPs |
| Chico Mendes (1944–1988){{efn|name=re}}
| {{flagu|Brazil}} | rowspan=2|Left Unity Group |
| Aziz Nesin (1915–1995){{efn|name=re}}
| {{flagu|Turkey}} |
| rowspan=9|1991
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Adem Demaçi (1936–2016) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flag|Yugoslavia}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party, |
| rowspan=3|Finalists |
| László Tőkés (born 1952)
| {{flagu|Hungary}} |
| Terry Waite (born 1939)
| {{flagu|United Kingdom}} |
| rowspan=5|Longlists |
| Mikhail Gorbachev (1931–2022) Boris Yeltsin (1931–2006) | {{flagu|Soviet Union}} |
| Nancy Gracey (?-2025)
| {{flagu|United Kingdom}} | CG Group |
| Eduard Shevardnadze (1928–2014)
| {{flagu|Georgia}} |
| Wei Jingsheng (born 1950)
| {{flagu|China}} |
| rowspan=8|1992
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo (founded in 1977) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flag|Argentina}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| |
| rowspan=3|Finalists |
| Alija Izetbegović (1925–2003)
| {{flagu|Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|name=Bosnia-Herzegovina}} | |
| Maria Elena Cruz Varela (born 1953)
| {{flagu|Cuba}} | |
| rowspan=4|Longlists |
| Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (founded in 1987) | {{flagu|Cuba}} | |
| Giovanni Falcone (1939–1992) Paolo Borsellino (1940–1992) | {{flagu|Italy}} | |
| Rigoberta Menchú (born 1959)
| {{flagu|Guatemala}} | |
| rowspan=8|1993
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Oslobođenje (founded in 1943) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|name=Bosnia-Herzegovina}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| |
| rowspan=3|Finalists |
| Xanana Gusmão (born 1946)
| {{flagu|East Timor}} | |
| Gendün Rinchen (1926–1997)
| {{flagu|China}} | |
| rowspan=4|Longlists |
| Cedric Mayson (1927–2015)
| {{flagu|South Africa|1928}} | |
| Volmer do Nascimento (?–1991)
| {{flagu|Brazil}} | |
| Salman Rushdie (born 1947)
| {{flagu|United Kingdom}} | |
| rowspan=9|1994
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Taslima Nasrin (born 1962) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|Bangladesh}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| |
| rowspan=3|Finalists |
| Sebastian Arcos Bergnes (1931–1997)
| {{flagu|Cuba}} | |
| Leyla Zana (born 1961){{efn|group=notes|name=zana|On 12 October 1994, the Committee on Foreign Affairs had decided to only submit nominations of individuals to the Conference of Presidents. Hence, rather than submiting a joint nomination of Mr. and Mrs. Zana, only the nomination of Leyla Zana would be submitted.}}
| {{flagu|Turkey}} | |
| rowspan=5|Longlists |
| Xanana Gusmão (born 1946)
| {{flagu|East Timor}} | |
| Samuel Ruiz (1924–2011)
| {{flagu|Mexico}} | |
| Wei Jingsheng (born 1950)
| {{flagu|China}} | |
| Mehdi Zana (born 1940){{efn|name=zana}}
| {{flagu|Turkey}} | |
| rowspan=9|1995
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Leyla Zana (born 1961) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|Turkey}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| |
| rowspan=3|Finalists |
| Sergei Kovalev (1930–2021)
| {{flagu|Russia}} | |
| Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006)
| {{flagu|Egypt}} | |
| rowspan=5|Longlists |
| Comunità San Patrignano (founded in 1978)
| {{flagu|Italy}} | |
| Community of Sant'Egidio (founded in 1968)
| {{flagu|Italy}} | |
| Palden Gyatso (1933–2018)
| {{flagu|China}} | |
| Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941–1995)
| {{flagu|Nigeria}} | |
| rowspan=7|1996
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Wei Jingsheng (born 1950) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|China}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| |
| rowspan=3|Finalists |
| Samuel Ruiz (1924–2011)
| {{flagu|Mexico}} | |
| Leonel Morejón Almagro (born ?)
| {{flagu|Cuba}} | |
| rowspan=3|Longlists |
| Silvia Baraldini (born 1947)
| {{flagu|Italy}} | |
| Aleksandr Nikitin (born 1952)
| {{flagu|Russia}} | |
| rowspan=6|1997
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Salima Ghezali (born 1958) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|Algeria}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| |
| rowspan=3|Finalists |
| Franjo Komarica (born 1946)
| {{flagu|Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|name=Bosnia-Herzegovina}} | |
| Eleni Foka (born 1950)
| {{flagu|Cyprus}} | |
| rowspan=2|Longlists |
| Elizardo Sánchez (born 1944)
| {{flagu|Cuba}} | |
| rowspan=10|1998
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Ibrahim Rugova (1944–2006) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|FR Yugoslavia|name=Yugoslavia}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| |
| rowspan=3|Finalists |
| Akın Birdal (born 1948)
| {{flagu|Turkey}} | |
| Ukshin Hoti (1942–1999)
| {{flagu|Kosovo}} | |
| rowspan=6|Longlists |
| ACCEPT (founded in 1996)
| {{flagu|Romania}} | |
| 14th Dalai Lama (born 1935)
| {{flagu|China}} | |
| José Rainha Júnior (born 1960)
| {{flagu|Brazil}} | |
| Marta Beatriz Roque (born 1945)
| {{flagu|Cuba}} | |
| Mordechai Vanunu (born 1954)
| {{flagu|Israel}} | |
| rowspan=8|1999
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Xanana Gusmão (born 1946) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|East Timor}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| |
| rowspan=3|Finalists |
| Angelina Atyam (born 1946)
| {{flagu|Uganda}} | |
| Radio B 2-92 (founded in 1989)
| {{flagu|Serbia}} | |
| rowspan=4|Longlists |
| Akın Birdal (born 1948)
| {{flagu|Turkey}} | |
| Khemaïs Ksila (born 1956)
| {{flagu|Tunisia}} | |
| Martin Lee (born 1938)
| {{flagu|Hong Kong}} | |
| rowspan=10|2000
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| ¡Basta Ya! (founded in 1994) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|Spain}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Gerardo Galeote Quecedo and other MEPs |
| rowspan=4|Finalists |
| Angelina Atyam (born 1946)
| {{flagu|Uganda}} | |
| Andrei Babitsky (1964–2022)
| {{flagu|Russia}} | |
| Ngawang Sangdrol (born 1977)
| {{flagu|China}} | |
| rowspan=5|Longlists |
| Mumia Abu-Jamal (born 1954)
| {{flagu|United States}} | |
| Immaculée Birhaheka (born 1960)
| {{flagu|Democratic Republic of the Congo|name=DR Congo}} | |
| Radhia Nasraoui (born 1953)
| {{flagu|Tunisia}} | |
| Aleksandr Nikitin (born 1952)
| {{flagu|Russia}} | |
| rowspan=11|2001
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black" rowspan=2| Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Nurit Peled-Elhanan (born 1949) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|Israel}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Francis Wurtz and other MEPs |
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Zacarias Kamwenho (born 1934)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|Angola}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| José Ribeiro e Castro and other MEPs |
| rowspan=2|Finalists |
| Sihem Bensedrine (born 1950)
| {{flagu|Tunisia}} | Harlem Désir and other MEPs |
| rowspan=7|Longlists |
| Angelina Atyam (born 1946)
| {{flagu|Uganda}} | Emma Nicholson and other MEPs |
| Francisco de Roux (born 1943)
| {{flagu|Colombia}} | Antonio Di Pietro and other MEPs |
| Patrick Leahy (born 1940)
| {{flagu|United States}} | Mario Segni and other MEPs |
| Li Hongzhi (born 1951)
| {{flagu|China}} | Nelly Maes and other MEPs |
| Ngawang Sangdrol (born 1977)
| {{flagu|China}} | Thomas Mann and other MEPs |
| Morgan Tsvangirai (1952–2018)
| {{flagu|Zimbabwe}} | Johan Van Hecke and other MEPs |
| rowspan=8|2002
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Oswaldo Payá (1952–2012) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|Cuba}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Graham Watson and 3 other MEPs |
| rowspan=3|Finalists |
| Sihem Bensedrine (born 1950) Saad Eddin Ibrahim (1938–2023) | {{flagu|Tunisia}} | Emma Bonino and 5 other MEPs |
| Morgan Tsvangirai (1952–2018)
| {{flagu|Zimbabwe}} | Geoffrey Van Orden and 3 other MEPs |
| rowspan=4|Longlists |
| Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953–2001)
| {{flagu|Afghanistan}} |
| Grigory Pasko (born 1962)
| {{flagu|Ukraine}} | Matti Wuori and 3 other MEPs |
| Kailash Satyarthi (born 1954)
| {{flagu|India}} | Luigi Vinci and other MEPs |
| rowspan="9"|2003
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Kofi Annan (1938–2018) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|Ghana}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| European People's Party and |
| rowspan=4|Finalists |
| Akbar Ganji (born 1960)
| {{flagu|Iran}} |
| Sérgio Vieira de Mello (1948–2003)
| {{flagu|Brazil}} | European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party, The Left in the European Parliament, Union for Europe of the Nations and |
| Hans Blix (born 1928) Mohamed ElBaradei (born 1942) | {{flagu|Sweden}} |
| rowspan=4|Longlists |
| Saim Balmukhanov (1922–?)
| {{flagu|Kazakhstan}} | Struan Stevenson and other MEPs |
| Yury Bandazhevsky (born 1957)
| {{flagu|Belarus}} | Marie Anne Isler Béguin and other MEPs |
| Central Asian opposition leaders and campaigners of democracy:{{bulleted list|Felix Kulov (born 1948)|Muhammed Bekzhon (born ?)|Batyr Berdyev (born 1960)|Galymzhan Zhakiyanov (born 1963)}} | {{flagu|Kyrgyzstan}} | Matti Wuori and other MEPs |
| rowspan=13|2004
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Belarusian Association of Journalists | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|Belarus}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Michael Gahler and other MEPs |
| rowspan=4|Finalists |
| Natalya Estemirova (1958–2009)
| {{flagu|Russia}} |
| Sergei Kovalev (1930–2021)
| {{flagu|Russia}} | Vytautas Landsbergis and other MEPs |
| Íngrid Betancourt (born 1961)
| {{flagu|Colombia}} |
| rowspan=8|Longlists |
| Reporters Without Borders (born 1985)
| {{flagu|France}} |
| Enzo Baldoni (1948–2004) Rachel Corrie (1979–2003) Leonid Roshal (born 1933) | {{flagu|Italy}} |
| Alexander Esenin-Volpin (1924–2016)
| {{flagu|Russia}} |
| Angelica Edna Calo Livne (born 1955)
| {{flagu|Italy}} | Mario Mauro and other MEPs |
| Václav Havel (1936–2011)
| {{flagu|Czechoslovakia}} | Jana Bobošíková and other MEPs |
| Ibrahim Hussein Zaki (born 1947)
| {{flagu|Maldives}} | Nirj Deva and other MEPs |
| Zubr (founded in 2001)
| {{flagu|Belarus}} | Rolandas Pavilionis and other MEPs |
| rowspan="11"|2005
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black" rowspan=3|Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Ladies in White (born 2003) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Cuba}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Gerardo Galeote Quecedo and other MEPs |
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Reporters Without Borders (founded in 1989)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|France}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Hauwa Ibrahim (founded in 1989)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Nigeria}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Party of European Socialists |
| rowspan=8|Longlists{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/presse/pr_info/2005/EN/03A-DV-PRESSE_IPR(2005)09-12(00210)_EN.pdf|title=Nominees for the 2005 Sakharov prize|date=December 2005|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| Yang Zili (born 1971) Mojtaba Saminejad (born 1980) Zouhair Yahyaoui (1967–2005) | {{flagu|China}} |
| Mukhtar Mai (born 1972)
| {{flagu|Pakistan}} |
| Gunārs Astra (1931–1988)
| {{flagu|Latvia}} |
| Alexander Esenin-Volpin (1924–2016) Sergei Kovalev (1930–2021) | {{flagu|Russia}} |
| Mudawi Ibrahim Adam (born 1956)
| {{flagu|Sudan}} | Simon Coveney and other MEPs |
| Daniel Barenboim (born 1942) West–Eastern Divan Orchestra (founded in 199) | {{flagu|Germany}} | Erna Hennicot-Schoepges and other MEPs |
| Aminatou Haidar (born 1966)
| {{flagu|Western Sahara}} | Karin Scheele and other MEPs |
| rowspan="12"|2006
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Alaksandar Milinkievič (born 1947) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Belarus}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Union for Europe of the Nations |
| rowspan=3|Finalists |
| The Colombians fighting for kidnapped hostages
| {{flagu|Colombia}} |
| Ghassan Tueni (1926–2012){{efn|group=notes|Tueni was nominated in memory of five prominent Lebanese people who were assassinated in 2005: Gebran Tueni (1957–2005), Rafic Hariri (1944–2005), Bassel Fleihan (1963–2005), Samir Kassir (1960–2005) and George Hawi (1938–2005).}}
| {{flagu|Lebanon}} | The Left in the European Parliament |
| rowspan=8|Longlists{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/presse/pr_focus/2006/EN/03A-DV-PRESSE_FCS(2006)09-11(10501)_EN.pdf|title=2006 Sakharov Prize – supporting Freedom of Thought around the world|date=December 2006|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| Íngrid Betancourt (born 1961)
| {{flagu|Colombia}} | Marie-Arlette Carlotti and other MEPs |
| Fulda-Moscho-Project (founded in 2002) Muthgard Hinkelmann-Toewe (born 1940) | {{flagu|Germany}} | Alexander Nuno Alvaro and other MEPs |
| Vladimir Kozlov (born 1960)
| {{flagu|Kazakhstan}} | Toomas Hendrik Ilves and other MEPs |
| Erwin Kräutler (born 1939)
| {{flagu|Austria}} | Herbert Bösch (born 1954) and other MEPs |
| Somaly Mam (born 1970)
| {{flagu|Cambodia}} |
| Mesfin Woldemariam (1930–2020)
| {{flagu|Ethiopia}} | Ana Maria Gomes and other MEPs |
| Women in Black (founded in 1991)
| {{flagu|Serbia}} | Jelko Kacin and other MEPs |
| rowspan="7"|2007
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Salih Mahmoud Osman (born 1957) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Sudan}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| rowspan=3|Finalists |
| Anna Politkovskaya (1958–2006)
| {{flagu|Russia}} |
| Hu Jia (born 1973) Zeng Jinyan (born 1983) | {{flagu|China}} |
| rowspan=3|Longlists |
| Patriarch Bartholomew I (born 1940){{efn|group=notes|Bartholomew I's nomination was subsequently removed from the list after the Patriarch told the Parliament he would not accept it.{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/presse/pr_focus/2007/EN/03A-DV-PRESSE_FCS(2007)09-06(10161)_EN.pdf|title=2007 Sakharov Prize for Freedom and Thought|date=September 2007|access-date=30 January 2024|website=europarl.europa.eu}}}}
| {{flagu|Turkey}} |
| Malalai Joya (born 1978)
| {{flagu|Afghanistan}} |
| rowspan="10"|2008
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Hu Jia (born 1973) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|China}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, |
| rowspan=3|Finalists |
| Alyaksandr Kazulin (born 1955)
| {{flagu|Belarus}} | Jacek Protasiewicz and 45 other MEPs |
| Apollinaire Malu Malu (1961–2016)
| {{flagu|Democratic Republic of the Congo|name=DR Congo}} | Luisa Morgantini and 47 other MEPs |
| rowspan=6|Longlists |
| Íngrid Betancourt (born 1961)
| {{flagu|Colombia}} |
| 14th Dalai Lama (born 1935)
| {{flagu|China}} | Union for Europe of the Nations and |
| Morgan Tsvangirai (1958–2018)
| {{flagu|Zimbabwe}} | Luís Queiró and 96 other MEPs |
| European Roma Rights Centre (founded in 1996)
| {{flagu|Hungary}} |
| Mikhail Trepashkin (born 1957)
| {{flagu|Belarus}} |
| rowspan="11" |2009
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Memorial (founded in 1989) and | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Russia}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Greens–European Free Alliance and |
| rowspan=3|Finalists{{cite web|url=https://www.eumonitor.eu/9353000/1/j9vvik7m1c3gyxp/vi92pn0j9izw?ctx=vhabjd5t489m&start_tab0=240|title=Sakharov Prize 2009: MEPs decide on shortlist of three|date=6 October 2009|access-date=30 January 2025|website=EU Monitor}} |
| Izzeldin Abuelaish (born 1955)
| {{flagu|Palestine}} | Véronique De Keyser and 54 other MEPs |
| Dawit Isaak (born 1964)
| {{flagu|Eritrea}} | The Left in the European Parliament |
| rowspan=7|Longlists{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/presse/pr_info/2009/EN/03A-DV-PRESSE_IPR(2009)09-30(61494)_EN.pdf|title=Sakharov Prize 2009: names of ten candidates unveiled|date=September 2009|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| Fundación Vicente Ferrer (founded in 1996)
| {{flagu|Spain}} | Juan Andrés Perelló and 39 other MEPs |
| Mariam Lamizana (born 1951)
| {{flagu|Burkina Faso}} |
| Denis Mukwege (born 1955)
| {{flagu|Democratic Republic of the Congo|name=DR Congo}} |
| Thadeus Nguyễn Văn Lý (born 1946)
| {{flagu|Vietnam}} | Michael Gahler and 44 other MEPs |
| Shadi Sadr (born 1974) Neda Agha-Soltan (1983–2009) Iranian citizens and activists | {{flagu|Iran}} | Marietje Schaake and 39 other MEPs |
| Roberto Saviano (born 1979)
| {{flagu|Italy}} | Sonia Alfano and 39 other MEPs |
| rowspan="11" | 2010
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Guillermo Fariñas (born 1962){{efn|group=notes|On 15 December 2010, the prize was awarded to Guillermo Fariñas. However, the Cuban authorities did not allow the laureate to come to Strasbourg, despite the requests of Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament. The latter therefore placed the diploma on an empty chair, covered with a Cuban flag at the dissident's request.{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdfs/news/public/focus/20101001FCS84570/20101001FCS84570_en.pdf|title=Cuba's Guillermo Fariñas wins Sakharov Prize for Freedom and Thought|date=15 October 2010|access-date=25 December 2024|website=europarl.europa.eu}}}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Cuba}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|European Conservatives and Reformists Group, |
| rowspan=3|Finalists{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/hu/press-room/20101018IPR87691/sakharov-prize-2010-three-finalists|title=Sakharov Prize 2010: three finalists|date=18 October 2010|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| Breaking the Silence (founded in 2004)
| {{flagu|Israel}} | The Left in the European Parliament |
| Birtukan Mideksa (born 1974)
| {{flagu|Ethiopia}} |
| rowspan=7|Longlists{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20100923IPR83450/sakharov-prize-2010-9-nominations|title=Sakharov Prize 2010 - 9 nominations|date=23 September 2010|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| "Access" (founded in ?)
| |
| Haitham al-Maleh (born 1931)
| {{flagu|Syria}} | Heidi Hautala and 44 other MEPs |
| Aminatou Haidar (born 1966)
| {{flagu|Western Sahara}} | Norbert Neuser and 42 other MEPs |
| Dawit Isaak (born 1964)
| {{flagu|Eritrea}} | Olle Schmidt and 40 other MEPs |
| Thadeus Nguyễn Văn Lý (born 1946)
| {{flagu|Vietnam}} | rowspan=2|European Conservatives and Reformists Group |
| Open Doors (founded in 1955)
| {{flagu|Netherlands}} |
| rowspan="6" | 2011
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Five Arab spring activists:{{bulleted list|Asmaa Mahfouz (born 1985)|Ahmed al-Senussi (born 1933)|Razan Zaitouneh (born 1977)|Ali Farzat (born 1951)|Mohamed Bouazizi (1984–2011)}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Egypt}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, |
| rowspan=3|Finalists |
| Dzmitry Bandarenka (born 1963)
| {{flagu|Belarus}} |
| San José de Apartadó Peace Community (founded in 1997) | {{flagu|Colombia}} |
| rowspan=2|Longlists{{cite web|url=https://euroalert.net/en/news/13482/five-nomination-for-the-2011-sakharov-prize-for-freedom-of-thought|title=Five nomination for the 2011 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought|date=16 September 2011|access-date=30 January 2025|website=Euroalert}}
| Izzeldin Abuelaish (born 1955) | {{flagu|Palestine}} |
| Boris Pahor (1933–2022)
| {{flagu|Slovenia}} | Milan Zver and 51 other MEPs |
| rowspan="7" | 2012
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Nasrin Sotoudeh (born 1963) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Iran}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, |
| rowspan=3|Finalists |
| Ales Bialatski (born 1962)
| {{flagu|Belarus}} | Jacek Saryusz-Wolski and 82 other MEPs |
| Pussy Riot (founded in 2011)
| {{flagu|Russia}} | Werner Schulz and 45 other MEPs |
| rowspan=3|Longlists{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20120924IPR52146/nominations-for-2012-sakharov-prize-for-freedom-of-thought-presented-by-meps|title=Nominations for 2012 Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought presented by MEPs|date=25 September 2012|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| Rwanda political prisoners represented by:{{bulleted list|Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza (born 1968)|Déogratias Mushayid (born 1961)|Bernard Ntaganda(born 1967)}}
| {{flagu|Rwanda}} | Willy Meyer Pleite and 41 other MEPs |
| Joseph Francis (born ?)
| {{flagu|Pakistan}} |
| rowspan="9" | 2013
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Malala Yousafzai (born 1997) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Pakistan}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, |
| rowspan=3|Finalists{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/de/press-room/20130930IPR21128/2013-sakharov-prize-finalists-announced|title=2013 Sakharov Prize finalists announced|date=30 September 2013|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| Belarusian political prisoners represented by:{{bulleted list|Ales Bialatski (born 1962)|Eduard Lobau (1988–2023)|Mikola Statkevich (born 1956)}}
| {{flagu|Belarus}} | Marek Migalski and 41 other MEPs |
| Edward Snowden (born 1983)
| {{flagu|United States}} | The Left in the European Parliament |
| rowspan=5|Longlists{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20130916IPR20013/2013-sakharov-prize-for-freedom-of-thought-seven-nominations|title=2013 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought - seven nominations|date=16 September 2013|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| Reeyot Alemu (born 1980) Eskinder Nega (born 1969) | {{flagu|Ethiopia}} | Ana Maria Gomes and 40 other MEPs |
| Mikhail Khodorkovsky (born 1963)
| {{flagu|Russia}} | Werner Schulz and 40 other MEPs |
| "Standing Man" protesters
| {{flagu|Turkey}} | Marietje Schaake and 40 other MEPs |
| CNN Freedom Project (founded in 2011)
| {{flagu|United States}} | Boris Zala and 40 other MEPs |
| rowspan="8" | 2014
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Denis Mukwege (born 1955) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Democratic Republic of the Congo|name=DR Congo}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| rowspan=3|Finalists |
| Leyla Yunus (born 1955)
| {{flagu|Azerbaijan}} |
| EuroMaiden represented by:{{bulleted list|Mustafa Nayyem (born 1981)|Ruslana Lyzhychko (born 1973)|Yelyzaveta Schepetylnykova (born ?)|Tetiana Chornovol (born 1979)}}
| {{flagu|Ukraine}} | Jacek Saryusz-Wolski and 52 other MEPs |
| rowspan=4|Longlists{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20140919STO66702/sakharov-prize-2014-meet-the-nominees|title=Sakharov Prize 2014: Meet the nominees|date=23 October 2014|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| Mahmoud Al 'Asali (?–2014) Louis Raphaël I Sako (born 1948) | {{flagu|Iraq}} | European Conservatives and Reformists Group |
| Organisations for the protection of Christian minorities:{{bulleted list|Coordination of the Christians of East in Danger (CHREDO) (founded 2013)|Open Doors (founded in 1955)|Oeuvre d'Orient (founded in 1856)|Aid to the Church in Need (born 1947)}} | {{flagu|Netherlands}} | Philippe Juvin and 60 other MEPs |
| Ayaan Hirsi Ali (born 1969)
| {{flagu|Somalia}} |
| rowspan="8" | 2015
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Raif Badawi (born 1984) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Saudi Arabia}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, |
| rowspan=3|Finalists{{cite web|url=https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/video/sakharov-prize-2015-finalists-announced_N006-151015-001|title=Sakharov Prize 2015 finalists announced|date=15 October 2015|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| Boris Nemtsov (1959–2015)
| {{flagu|Russia}} |
| Venezuelan opposition and political prisoners
| {{flagu|Venezuela}} |
| rowspan=4|Longlist{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20150910STO92624/sakharov-prize-the-nominations-for-2015-presented|title=Sakharov Prize: the nominations for 2015 presented|date=10 September 2015|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| Edna Adan Ismail (born 1937)
| {{flagu|Somalia}} |
| Nadiya Savchenko (born 1981)
| {{flagu|Ukraine}} |
| Edward Snowden (born 1983) Antoine Deltour (born 1985) Stéphanie Gibaud (born 1965) | {{flagu|United States}} |
| rowspan="6" | 2016
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Nadia Murad (born 1993) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Iraq}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and |
| rowspan=3|Finalists{{cite web|url=https://www.liberties.eu/en/stories/discover-the-finalists-for-the-sakharov-prize-2016-sn-15143/33961|title=Discover the Finalists for the Sakharov Prize 2016|date=11 October 2016|access-date=30 January 2025|website=Civil Liberties Union for Europe}} |
| Can Dündar (born 1961)
| {{flagu|Turkey}} | Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy, |
| Mustafa Dzhemilev (born 1943)
| {{flagu|Ukraine}} | European Conservatives and Reformists Group |
| rowspan=2|Longlists{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20160909STO41754/sakharov-prize-2016-meps-present-their-nominations|title=Sakharov Prize 2016: MEPs present their nominations|date=15 September 2016|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| Ilham Tohti (born 1969)
| {{flagu|China}} | Ilhan Kyuchyuk and 42 other MEPs |
| rowspan="8" | 2017
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Democratic opposition in Venezuela represented by | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Venezuela}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| rowspan=3|Finalists |
| Aura Lolita Chavez Ixcaquic (born 1972)
| {{flagu|Guatemala}} |
| Dawit Isaak (born 1964)
| {{flagu|Eritrea}} | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| rowspan=4|Longlists{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20170911STO83546/sakharov-prize-2017-discover-the-nominees|title=Sakharov Prize 2017: discover the nominees|date=14 September 2017|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| Asia Bibi (born 1971)
| {{flagu|Pakistan}} |
| Selahattin Demirtaş (born 1973) Figen Yüksekdağ (born 1971) | {{flagu|Turkey}} |
| Pierre Claver Mbonimpa (born 1950)
| {{flagu|Burundi}} |
| rowspan="10" | 2018
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Oleg Sentsov (born 1976) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Ukraine}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|European People's Party |
| rowspan=3|Finalists{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20181005STO15106/sakharov-prize-2018-the-finalists|title=Sakharov Prize 2018: the finalists|date=9 October 2018|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| Nasser Zefzafi (born 1979)
| {{flagu|Morocco}} |
| NGOs protecting human rights and saving migrant lives across the Mediterranean Sea:{{bulleted list|Boat Refugee Foundation (founded in 2015)|Jugend Rettet (founded in 2015)|Lifeline Rescue Boat (founded in 2016)|Médecins Sans Frontières (founded in 1971)|Migrant Offshore Aid Station (founded in 2013)|Proactiva Open Arms (founded in 2015)|Proem-Aid (founded in 2015)|Save the Children (founded in 1919)|Sea-Eye (founded in 2015)|Sea-Watch (founded in 2015)|SOS Méditerranée (founded in 2015)}} | {{flagu|Germany}} | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| rowspan=6|Longlists{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20180920STO14024/sakharov-prize-2018-discover-the-nominees|title=Sakharov Prize 2018: discover the nominees|date=27 October 2018|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| Seyran Ateş (born 1963)
| {{flagu|Germany}} |
| "Caesar", Syrian military photographer (born ?)
| {{flagu|Syria}} |
| Dewayne "Lee" Johnson (born 1972)
| {{flagu|United States}} |
| AfriForum (founded in 2006)
| {{flagu|South Africa}} |
| Mary Wagner (born 1974)
| {{flagu|Canada}} | Marek Jurek and 41 other MEPs |
| rowspan="7" | 2019
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Ilham Tohti (born 1969) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|China}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Renew Europe |
| rowspan=3|Finalists{{cite web|url=https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/de/video/vote-shortlist-of-3-candidates-sakharov-prize-2019_I178341|title=Vote on a shortlist of 3 candidates for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2019|date=9 October 2019|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| Marielle Franco (1979–2018) Claudelice Silva dos Santos (born 1982) Raoni Metuktire (born 1932) | {{flagu|Brazil}} | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| The Restorers (founded in 2017)
| {{flagu|Kenya}} |
| rowspan=3|Longlist{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20190912STO60947/sakharov-prize-2019-the-nominees|title=Sakharov Prize 2019: the nominees|date=19 September 2019|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| Jean Wyllys (born 1974) (nominated jointly with M. Franco) | {{flagu|Brazil}} |
| Alexei Navalny (1976–2024)
| {{flagu|Russia}} |
| rowspan="6" | 2020{{efn|Due to infection control measures taken because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of events related to the Sakharov Community were postponed in 2020, including the Sakharov Fellowship, One World in Brussels and the European Youth Event.{{Cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/210555/Sakharov%20Prize%20Community%20Newsletter%20no%203%202020.pdf|title=Sakharov Prize Community Newsletter No. 3|access-date=12 April 2021|publisher=European Parliament|year=2020|archive-date=12 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412003457/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/210555/Sakharov%20Prize%20Community%20Newsletter%20no%203%202020.pdf|url-status=live}}}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Democratic opposition in Belarus represented by | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Belarus}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|European Conservatives and Reformists Group, |
| rowspan=3|Finalists{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20201012IPR89106/sakharov-prize-2020-meps-select-the-finalists|title=Sakharov Prize 2020: MEPs select the finalists|date=12 October 2020|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| Berta Cáceres (1971–2016) Guapinol environmental activists:{{bulleted list|Porfirio Sorto Cedillo (born 1974)|José Avelino Cedillo (born ?)|Orbin Naún Hernández (born ?)|Kevin Alejandro Romero (born ?)|Arnold Javier Aleman (born ?)|Ever Alexander Cedillo (born 1991)|Daniel Marquez (born ?)|Jeremías Martínez Díaz (born ?)}} | {{flagu|Honduras}} | Greens–European Free Alliance and |
| Najib Mikhael Moussa (born 1955)
| {{flagu|Iraq}} |
| rowspan=2|Longlists{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20200917STO87301/sakharov-prize-2020-the-nominees|title=Sakharov Prize 2020: the nominees|date=17 September 2020|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| Polish LGBTI activists:{{bulleted list|Jakub Gawron (born ?)|Paulina Pająk (born 1992)|Paweł Preneta (born 1980)|Kamil Maczuga (born 1993)}}
| {{flagu|Poland}} | Malin Björk and 42 other MEPs |
| rowspan="7" | 2021
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Alexei Navalny (1976–2024) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Russia}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|European People's Party and Renew Europe |
| rowspan=3|Finalists{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20211006IPR14312/sakharov-prize-2021-introducing-the-finalists|title=Sakharov Prize 2021: introducing the finalists|date=14 October 2021|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| Jeanine Áñez (born 1967)
| {{flagu|Bolivia}} |
| Afghan women and human rights activists:{{bulleted list|Shaharzad Akbar (born 1987)|Mary Akrami (born 1975)|Zarifa Ghafari (born 1994)|Palwasha Hassan (born 1969)|Freshta Karim (born 1992)|Sahraa Karimi (born 1985)|Metra Mehran (born ?)|Horia Mosadiq (born 1973)|Sima Samar (born 1957)|Habiba Sarābi (born 1956)|Anisa Shaheed (born 1986)}}
| {{flagu|Afghanistan}} | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| rowspan=3|Longlist{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20210916STO12702/sakharov-prize-2021-the-nominees|title=Sakharov Prize 2021: the nominees|date=27 September 2021|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| Sultana Khaya (born 1980)
| {{flagu|Western Sahara}} |
| Global Witness (founded in 1993)
| {{flagu|United Kingdom}} | Marie Toussaint and other 42 MEPs |
| rowspan="7" | 2022
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|The Ukrainian people represented by: {{bulleted list|President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (born 1978)|elected leaders, and civil society}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Ukraine}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, |
| rowspan=3|Finalists{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20221007STO42528/sakharov-prize-2022-the-finalists|title=Sakharov Prize 2022: the finalists|date=13 October 2022|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| Julian Assange (born 1971)
| {{flagu|Australia}} | Sabrina Pignedoli and 40 other MEPs |
| Colombia Truth Commission (founded in 2016)
| {{flagu|Colombia}} |
| rowspan=3|Longlists{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20220921STO41210/sakharov-prize-2022-the-nominees|title=Sakharov Prize 2022: the nominees|date=26 September 2022|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| Sônia Guajajara (born 1974)
| {{flagu|Brazil}} |
| Shireen Abu Akleh (1971–2022)
| {{flagu|Palestine}} | Grace O'Sullivan and 42 other MEPs |
| rowspan="9" | 2023
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Mahsa Jina Amini (1999–2022) and | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Iran}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|European People's Party, Renew Europe, and |
| rowspan=3|Finalists{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20231009STO06719/sakharov-prize-2023-the-finalists|title=Sakharov Prize 2023: the finalists|date=12 October 2023|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| Vilma Núñez (born 1938) Rolando José Álvarez (born 1966) | {{flagu|Nicaragua}} | Tilly Metz and 42 other MEPs |
| Women fighting for free, safe and legal abortion: {{bulleted list|Justyna Wydrzyńska (born 1970)|Morena Herrera (born 1960)|Colleen McNicholas (born ?)}} | {{flagu|Poland}} |
| rowspan=5|Longlist{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20230915STO05213/sakharov-prize-2023-the-nominees|title=Sakharov Prize 2023: the nominees|date=20 September 2023|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| Vanessa Nakate (born 1996)
| {{flagu|Uganda}} |
| Elon Musk (born 1971)
| {{flagu|United States}} |
| Afghan education activists:{{bulleted list|Marzia Amiri (born ?)|Parasto Hakim (born ?)|Matiullah Wesa (born 1992–3)}}
| {{flagu|Afghanistan}} | Petras Auštrevičius and 58 other MEPs |
| Pro-European people of Georgia Nino Lomjaria (born1984) | {{flagu|Georgia}} |
| rowspan="7" | 2024
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|María Corina Machado (born 1967) | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Venezuela}} | style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|European Conservatives and Reformists Group |
| rowspan=3|Finalists{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20241011IPR24524/2024-sakharov-prize-finalists-shortlisted-by-meps|title=2024 Sakharov Prize finalists shortlisted by MEPs|date=17 October 2024|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| Gubad Ibadoghlu (born 1971)
| {{flagu|Azerbaijan}} |
| Women Wage Peace (founded in 2014) Women of the Sun (founded in 2021) | {{flagu|Israel}} | Renew Europe |
| rowspan=3 |Longlist{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20240923IPR24233/sakharov-prize-2024-presentation-of-candidates|title=Sakharov Prize 2024: presentation of candidates|date=26 September 2024|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}} |
| Elon Musk (born 1971)
| {{flagu|United States}} |
| Palestinian journalists in the Gaza Strip: {{bulleted list|Hamza Al-Dahdouh (1996–2024)|Wael Al-Dahdouh (born 1970)|Plestia Alaqad (born 2001)|Shireen Abu Akleh (1971–2022)|Ain Media in honour of Yaser Murtaja (1987–2018) and Roshdi Sarraj (1992–2023)}} | {{flagu|Palestine}} |
| rowspan="6" | 2025
|colspan="4" align="center"|to be announced on September 2025 |
=Table notes=
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References
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External links
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/sakharovprize/en/home|title=Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought|date=14 August 2021|access-date=21 October 2016|publisher=European Parliament}}
- {{Cite web | url = http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+IM-PRESS+20081126FCS43055+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN | title = 20 years of the Sakharov Prize: rewarding courage, self-sacrifice| date = 1 December 2008 | access-date = 22 October 2010| publisher = European Parliament}}
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