Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize
The Professor Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize ( Raftopreis ) is awarded annually by the Rafto Foundation for Human Rights . This human rights award commemorates the Norwegian human rights activist Thorolf Rafto and supports the award winners in their efforts to advance human rights.
List of award winners
- 1987: Jiří Hájek (Czechoslovakia)
- 1988: Trivimi Velliste (Estonia)
- 1989: Doina Cornea (Romania) and FIDESZ (Hungary)
- 1990: Aung San Suu Kyi (Myanmar)
- 1991: Jelena Bonner (Russia)
- 1992: Preah Maha Ghosananda (Cambodia)
- 1993: People of East Timor , José Ramos-Horta
- 1994: Leyla Zana (Turkey)
- 1995: Soldiers' Mothers Committee (Russia)
- 1996: Palermo Anno Uno (Italy)
- 1997: Roma , Ian Hancock (United Kingdom)
- 1998: ECPAT (Thailand)
- 1999: Henads Hruschawy (Belarus)
- 2000: Kim Dae-jung (South Korea)
- 2001: Shirin Ebadi (Iran)
- 2002: Mohammed Daddach (Western Sahara)
- 2003: Paulos Tesfagiorgis (Eritrea)
- 2004: Rebiya Kadeer ( Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region , China)
- 2005: Lida Jusupowa ( Chechnya , Russia)
- 2006: Thích Quảng Độ (Vietnam)
- 2007: The National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (India)
- 2008: Bulambo Lembelembe Josué (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- 2009: Malahat Nasibova ( Nakhichevan , Azerbaijan)
- 2010: José Raúl Vera López (Mexico)
- 2011: Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), represented by its managing director Frank Mugisha (Uganda)
- 2012: Nnimmo Bassey (Nigeria)
- 2013: Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR)
- 2014: Agora / Pavel Chikov (Russia)
- 2015: Ismael "Padre" Moreno (Honduras)
- 2016: Yanar Mohammed (Iraq)
- 2017: Parveena Ahangar and Imroz Parvez (India)
- 2018: Adam Bodnar (Poland)
- 2019: Rouba Mhaissen (Lebanon / Syria)
Web links
- Rafto Foundation for Human Rights (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The Rafto Prize , on the Rafto Foundation website, accessed April 22, 2018.