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Previous Human Rights Award Honorees
2008
Oleg Kozlovsky
Nora Younis
2006
Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White)
Munir (posthumous) and Suciwati
2005
Ludmilla Alexeeva
Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam
2004
Mehrangiz Kar
Helen Mack
2003
Tom A. Bernstein
Archbishop Pius Ncube
Xu Wenli & Xu Jin
William D. Zabel
2002
Saad Eddin Ibrahim
Sima Samar
2001
Amchok Thubten Gyamtso
Francisco De Roux, S.J.
Salma Sobhan
2000
Zainab Bangura
Han Dongfang
Albie Sachs
1999
Natasa Kandic
Bajram Kelmendi (posthumous)
Asma Jahangir & Hina Jilani
José Zalaquett
1998
Li Lu
Fauziya Kassindja
Gerda Weissmann Klein
1997
Mary Robinson
1996
Franklin A. Thomas
1995
Louis Henkin
1994
Paul Fireman
1993
Judge Marvin E. Frankel
1992
Cyrus R. Vance
1991
John C. Whitehead
1990
George Soros
1989
Robert L. Bernstein
1988
Emilio Mignone
Gibson Kamau Kuria
Natan Sharansky
1987
Senator Edward M. Kennedy
1986
President Corazon C. Aquino