Prize For Freedom Explained

The Prize For Freedom is an annual prize presented by the Liberal International since 1985. With the prize the organization honors an individual which has made an outstanding contribution to human rights and political freedoms. The Prize is one of the highest awards focused on the people who would persevere and promote world liberality.

Awards

YearAwardeeCountry
1984Raúl AlfonsínArgentina
1985Sheena DuncanSouth Africa
1986Corazon AquinoPhilippines
1987Hans-Dietrich GenscherWest Germany
1988Benazir BhuttoPakistan
1989Václav HavelCzechoslovakia
1990Gitobu ImanyaraKenya
1991Domingo LainoParaguay
1992 María Elena Cruz VarelaCuba
1993 Mary RobinsonIreland
1994 Sadako OgataJapan
1995 Aung San Suu KyiMyanmar
1996 Martin LeeHong Kong
1997 Olusegun ObasanjoNigeria
1998 Khalida MessaoudiAlgeria
1999 Lennart MeriEstonia
2000 Asma JahangirPakistan
2001 Chen ShuibianTaiwan
2002 Helen SuzmanSouth Africa
2003 Abdoulaye WadeSenegal
2004Grigory YavlinskyRussia
2005 Antonino ZichichiItaly
2006 Sam RainsyCambodia
2007 Alaksandar MilinkievičBelarus
2008 Padraig O'MalleyUnited States
2009Eric LubbockUnited Kingdom
2010 Shirin EbadiIran
2011 Chee Soon JuanSingapore
2012Colin EglinSouth Africa
2013 Dick MartySwitzerland
2014 Waris DirieSomalia
2015 John AlderdiceUnited Kingdom
2016Raif BadawiSaudi Arabia
2017Ilham TohtiChina
2018Leila de LimaPhilippines
2019María Corina MachadoVenezuela
2020Zeid bin Ra'adJordan
2021Sima SamarAfghanistan
2022Volodymyr ZelenskyyUkraine
2023Vladimir Kara-MurzaRussia

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