Recipients
| Year | Recipient | Nationality | Notes | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Mandela, NelsonNelson Mandela | South Africa | Anti-apartheid activist and later President of South Africa | |
| 1988 | Marchenko, AnatolyAnatoly Marchenko (posthumously) | Soviet Union | Soviet dissident, author and humans rights activist | |
| 1989 | Dubček, AlexanderAlexander Dubček | Czechoslovakia | Slovak politician, attempted to reform the communist regime during the Prague Spring | |
| 1990 | Aung San Suu Kyi | Burma | Opposition politician and a former General Secretary of the National League for Democracy | |
| 1991 | Demaçi, AdemAdem Demaçi | Kosovo | Kosovo Albanian Politician and long-term political prisoner | |
| 1992 | Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo | Argentina | Association of Argentine mothers whose children disappeared during the Dirty War | |
| 1993 | Oslobođenje | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Popular newspaper, continued to publish after its office building was destroyed in Sarajevo | |
| 1994 | Nasrin, TaslimaTaslima Nasrin | Bangladesh | Ex-doctor, feminist author | |
| 1995 | Zana, LeylaLeyla Zana | Turkey | A female politician of Kurdish descent from Eastern Turkey, who was imprisoned for 10 years for speaking her native language of Kurdish in the Turkish Parliament | |
| 1996 | Jingsheng, WeiWei Jingsheng | People's Republic of China | An activist in the Chinese democracy movement | |
| 1997 | Ghezali, SalimaSalima Ghezali | Algeria | Journalist and writer, an activist of women's rights, human rights and democracy in Algeria | |
| 1998 | Rugova, IbrahimIbrahim Rugova | Kosovo | Albanian politician, the first President of Kosovo | |
| 1999 | Gusmão, XananaXanana Gusmão | East Timor | Former militant who was the first President of East Timor | |
| 2000 | Basta !¡Basta Ya! | Spain | Organisation uniting individuals of various political positions against terrorism | |
| 2001 | Peled-Elhanan, NuritNurit Peled-Elhanan | Israel | Peace activist | |
| 2001 | Ghazzawi, IzzatIzzat Ghazzawi | Palestine | Writer, professor. | |
| 2001 | Kamwenho, Dom ZacariasDom Zacarias Kamwenho | Angola | Archbishop and peace activist | |
| 2002 | Payá, OswaldoOswaldo Payá | Cuba | Political activist and dissident | |
| 2003 | Annan, KofiKofi Annan (& United Nations) | — | Nobel Peace Prize recipient and seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations | |
| 2004 | Belarusian Association of Journalists | Belarus | Non-governmental organisation "aiming to ensure freedom of speech and rights of receiving and distributing information and promoting professional standards of journalism" | |
| 2005 | Ladies in White | Cuba | Opposition movement, relatives of jailed dissidents | |
| 2005 | Reporters Without Borders | — | France-based non-governmental organisation advocating freedom of the press | |
| 2005 | Ibrahim, HauwaHauwa Ibrahim | Nigeria | Human rights lawyer | |
| 2006 | Milinkievič, AlaksandarAlaksandar Milinkievič | Belarus | Politician chosen by United Democratic Forces of Belarus as the joint candidate of the opposition in the presidential elections of 2006 | |
| 2007 | Mahmoud Osman, SalihSalih Mahmoud Osman | Sudan | Human rights lawyer | |
| 2008 | Jia, HuHu Jia | People's Republic of China | Activist and dissident | |
| 2009 | Memorial | Russia | International civil rights and historical society | |
| 2010 | Fariñas, GuillermoGuillermo Fariñas | Cuba | Doctor, journalist and political dissident | |
| 2011 | Asmaa Mahfouz, Ahmed al-Senussi, Razan Zaitouneh, Ali Farzat, Mohamed Bouazizi (posthumously) |
Egypt Libya Syria Syria Tunisia |
Five representatives of the Arab people, in recognition and support of their drive for freedom and human rights. | |
| 2012 | Jafar Panahi, Nasrin Sotoudeh |
Iran | Iranian activists, Sotoudeh is a lawyer and Panahi is a film director. |
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