Homo Homini Award

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The Homo Homini Award is given annually by the Czech human rights organization People in Need to "an individual in recognition of a dedication to the promotion of human rights, democracy and non-violent solutions to political conflicts". The award is presented at the One World Film Festival, the world's largest human rights film festival.

Winners of the Homo Homini Award

Past winners of the Homo Homini Award include the following:

1994: Sergei Kovalev

1997: Szeto Wah

1998: Ibrahim Rugova

1999: Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas

2000: Min Ko Naing

2001: Zackie Achmat

2002: Thích Huyền Quang, Thích Quảng Độ and Thadeus Nguyen Van Ly

2003: Nataša Kandić

2004: Gheorghe Briceag

2005: Ales Bialatski and the Belarusian organisation Viasna

2006: Svetlana Gannushkina

2007: Su Su Nway, Phyu Phyu Thin, and Nilar Thein

2008: Liu Xiaobo and symbolically to all of the signatories of Charter 08

2009: Majid Tavakoli and Abdollah Momeni

2010: Azimzhan Askarov

2011: Doctors Coordinate of Damascus

2012: Intiqam Aliyev

2013: Sapijat Magomedova

2014: Souad Nawfal

2015: eleven dissidents from the formerly imprisoned 75 Cuban dissidents, who refused to leave the country to fight for democracy

References

Homo Homini Award Wikipedia

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