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Article	description	image	country of citizenship	given name	family name	date of birth	place of birth	place of detention	occupation	field of work	educated at	place of death
Alicia Partnoy	Argentinian dissident poet		Argentina	Alicia	Partnoy	1955	Bahía Blanca		writer translator		Universidad Nacional del Sur
Aminatou Haidar	Sahrawi political activist		Morocco			1966-07-24	Akka		activist politician
Annette Lu	Taiwanese politician		Taiwan under Japanese rule Republic of China Taiwan	Annette Xiùlián	Lü	1944-06-06	Tōen town		politician women's rights activist lawyer		National Taiwan University University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign Harvard Law School Taipei Municipal Taipei First Girls' High School
Antoinette Chahin	Antoinette Chahin Nationality Lebanon Person ♀		Lebanon	Antoinette
Aster Fissehatsion	Eritrean politician		Eritrea	Aster		1951	Ethiopian Empire		politician
Atena Farghadani	Iranian painter		Iran			1987-01-29	Tehran		painter cartoonist caricaturist human rights activist		Alzahra University
Aung San Suu Kyi	Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy		Myanmar			1945-06-19	Yangon		politician writer human rights activist		Lady Shri Ram College for Women Basic Education High School No. 1 Dagon St Hugh's College School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London University of Delhi Convent of Jesus and Mary
Ayşenur Zarakolu	author, publisher, human rights activist (1946-2002)		Turkey			1946-05-09	Antakya	Turkey	publisher human rights activist			Istanbul
Birtukan Mideksa	Ethiopian politician		Ethiopia			1975	Addis Ababa		judge politician		John F. Kennedy School of Government Addis Ababa University
Cao Shunli	Chinese lawyer and human rights activist (1961-2014)		People's Republic of China		Cao	1961-03-28	Beijing		lawyer human rights activist		China University of Political Science and Law Peking University
Cheng Jianping	Chinese dissident		People's Republic of China			1964			human rights activist
Dita Indah Sari	Indonesian trade unionist		Indonesia	Dita		1972-12-30	Medan		politician trade unionist		University of Indonesia
Eren Keskin	Turkish activist		Turkey	Eren	Keskin	1959-04-24	Bursa		human rights activist lawyer
Fadhila Mubarak	Bahraini democracy activist		Bahrain						political activist
Haleh Sahabi	Iranian humanitarian activist (1958–2011)		Iran	Haleh	Sahabi	1958-02-04	Tehran		journalist		University of Tehran	Tehran
Homa Hoodfar	Iranian anthropologist		Iran	Homa		1950	Iran		anthropologist	church historian theologian	Concordia University
Hoàng Thị Minh Hồng	Vietnamese climate activist		Vietnam	Hồng	Hoàng	1972-10-05	Hanoi		climate activist environmental defender		University of Languages and International Studies
Irom Chanu Sharmila	Indian civil rights activist		India			1972-03-14	Imphal		poet journalist writer peace activist	poetry
Iryna Khalip	Belarusian journalist		Belarus	Iryna		1967-11-12	Minsk		journalist editor		Faculty of Journalism of the Belarusian State University
Ivonne Malleza Galano	Cuban dissident		Cuba	Ivonne					dissident
Jenni Williams	Zimababwean activist		Zimbabwe	Jenni	Williams	1962-04-01	Gwanda		human rights activist
Jennifer Latheef	Maldivian activist			Jennifer		1973		Maafushi Prison	journalist
Jila Baniyaghoob	Iranian journalist		Iran	Zhila		1970-08-21	Bandar-e Anzali		journalist essayist	essay	Allameh Tabataba'i University
Kate Richards O'Hare	American activist (1876-1948)		United States of America	Kate	O'Hare	1876-03-26	Ottawa County	Missouri State Penitentiary	politician university teacher			Benicia
Kimberly Rivera	U.S. Army war resister		United States of America	Kimberly	Rivera	1982			military personnel
Leyla Yunus	Azerbaijani activist		Soviet Union Azerbaijan	Leila		1955-12-21	Baku		human rights activist politician historian		Baku State University
Liu Xia	Chinese painter, poet and photographer		People's Republic of China Germany	Xia	Liu	1961-04-01	Beijing		painter poet photographer writer human rights activist	literature visual arts
Loujain al-Hathloul	Saudi Arabian activist		Saudi Arabia	Loujain	al-Hathloul	1989-07-31	Jeddah		activist human rights activist		University of British Columbia Sorbonne
Manal al-Sharif	Saudi Arabian activist		Saudi Arabia	Manal	Sharif	1979-04-25	Mecca		writer activist computer scientist	computer scientist	King Abdulaziz University
Mao Hengfeng	Chinese activist		People's Republic of China		Mao	1961-12-09			human rights activist
Maria Alyokhina	Russian political activist and musician		Russia Iceland	Mariya	Alyokhin	1988-06-06	Moscow	maison de correction n° 28 Berezniki maison de correction n° 2 Nijni Novgorod	human rights activist poet public figure painter actor political activist artist	political militancy action art art music
Mariam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag	Sudanese woman, sentenced to death for apostasy		Sudan	Mariam (disambiguation)		1987-11-03	Al Qadarif		physician
Marta Beatriz Roque	Cuban dissident		Cuba Spain	Martha		1945-05-16	Havana		economist human rights activist
Mie Mie	Imprisoned Burmese democracy activist		Myanmar	Mie		1970			activist		Dagon University	Kyaunggon
Nasrin Sotoudeh	Iranian lawyer and human right activist		Iran	Nasrin	Sotoudeh	1964-05-30	Tehran Province		lawyer	human rights	Shahid Beheshti University
Nilar Thein	Burmese democracy activist		Myanmar		Thein	1972-03-04	Yangon		activist
Phyo Phyo Aung	Burmese student activist		Myanmar			1988-08-25			student activist prisoner of conscience
Rebecca Kabugho	Congolese activist		Democratic Republic of the Congo	Rebecca		1994-09-04	Goma		activist
Rebiya Kadeer	Uyghur politician, activist and businesswoman		People's Republic of China			1947-01-21	Altay City		human rights activist merchant politician
Reeyot Alemu	Ethiopian journalist		Ethiopia			1980-04-16	Addis Ababa		journalist teacher	journalism
Roxana Saberi	American journalist		United States of America Iran	Roxana	Saberi	1977-04-26	Belleville		journalist screenwriter beauty pageant contestant		Medill School of Journalism Northwestern University Hughes Hall Fargo North High School Concordia College
Samar Badawi	Saudi Arabian feminist		Saudi Arabia	Samar		1981-06-28	Saudi Arabia	Dahaban	human rights activist
San San Nweh	Burmese dissident writer		Myanmar			20th century	Tharrawaddy, Burma		journalist writer
Serkalem Fasil	Ethiopian journalist		Ethiopia			1978			journalist newspaper proprietor
Shin Suk-ja	South Korean prisoner of North Korea		South Korea	Suk-ja	Shin	1942	Tongyeong		human rights activist
Soni Sori	Indian activist and prisoner		India			1975	Chhattisgarh		human rights activist
Stella Nyanzi	Ugandan medical anthropologist, human rights defender, social justice activist, politician, poet and Facebooker		Uganda	Stella		1974-06-16	Masaka District		human rights activist researcher	gender studies	Makerere University London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Su Su Nway	Burmese democracy activist		Myanmar	Su		1971			politician
Ta Phong Tan	Vietnamese blogger (born 1968)		Vietnam		Tạ	1968-09-15	Vĩnh Lợi		blogger
Tal al-Mallohi	Syrian blogger from Homs		Syria			1991-01-04	Homs		blogger
Tatjana Semjonovna Osipova	Tatjana Semjonovna Osipova Born -15T00:00: Omsk Nationality Soviet Union Occupation human rights activist human rights activist (*1949) ♀		Soviet Union	Tatiana		1949-03-15	Omsk		human rights activist
Tatyana Velikanova	Soviet Russian mathematician and human rights activist (1932–2002)		Soviet Union Russia	Tatiana		1932-02-03			mathematician human rights activist		MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics	Moscow
Tuhama Mahmoud Ma'rouf	Syrian communist		Syria			1964			political activist		University of Aleppo
Yecenia Armenta Graciano	Yecenia Armenta Graciano Nationality Mexico Other names Yecenia Armenta Person ♀		Mexico
Yorm Bopha	Cambodian land rights activist		Cambodia			1983	Cambodia		activist
Zainab al-Khawaja	Bahraini activist		Bahrain		Alkhawaja	1983-01-01			human rights activist		Beloit College

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Article	description	image	country of citizenship	given name	family name	date of birth	place of birth	place of detention	occupation	field of work	educated at	place of death
Abdolfattah Soltani	Iranian human rights defender		Iran			1953-11-02			human rights activist lawyer
Abdollah Momeni	Iranian activist		Iran			1976-05-31	Kuhdasht		activist
Abdollah Nouri	Iranian politician		Iran	Abdollah		1950	Isfahan		politician
Abdul Ghaffar Khan	Pashtun independence activist against British rule in India		Afghanistan British Raj Pakistan	Abdul Ghaffar		1890-02-06	Hashtnagar		politician freedom fighter		Aligarh Muslim University	Peshawar
Abdulhadi al-Khawaja	Bahraini human rights activist		Bahrain Kingdom of Denmark		Khawaja	1961-04-05	Bahrain		human rights activist
Adem Demaçi	Albanian politician (1936-2018)		Kingdom of Yugoslavia Italian protectorate of Albania Albanian Kingdom Democratic Federal Yugoslavia Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro Serbia Kosovo	Adem		1936-02-26	Podujeva		politician writer human rights activist		University of Pristina (1969–1999)	Pristina
Adnan Hajizadeh	Azerbaijani blogger		Azerbaijan	Adnan	Hajizadeh	1983-07-13	Baku		writer		Khazar University University of Richmond
Adolfo Fernández Sainz	Cuban journalist		Cuba	Adolfo		1946	San Luis		journalist
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel	Argentine activist, architect and sculptor		Argentina	Adolfo	Pérez	1931-11-26	Buenos Aires		architect sculptor painter university teacher writer		National University of La Plata
Agustin Aguayo	United States Army soldier and conscientious objector		United States of America	Agustin		1971	Guadalajara		military personnel conscientious objector
Ahmad Batebi	Iranian activist		Iran	Ahmad		1977-07-25	Shiraz		journalist photographer blogger
Ahmad Qatamesh	Palestinian author		State of Palestine	Ahmad		1950			writer
Ahmed Abdul Khaleq	Bedoun activist		United Arab Emirates	Ahmed		1977	Dubai		writer
Akın Birdal	Turkish human rights activist and politician		Turkey	Akin	Birdal	1948-01-02	Niğde		politician human rights activist		Ankara University
Alaksandar Kazulin	Belarusian politician		Belarus	Aliaksandr Aleksandr	Kozulin Kazulin	1955-11-25	Minsk		politician minister	educational technology	Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of the Belarusian State University
Alber Saber	Egyptian blogger		Egypt	Alber	Saber	1985	Cairo		writer journalist		Cairo University Thebes Academy
Albert Langer	Australian activist		Australia	Albert	Langer
Alejandro González Raga	Cuban journalist		Cuba	Alejandro	González	1958-01-29			journalist
Alexander Aan	Indonesian atheist and prisoner		Indonesia	Alexander		1981	Indonesia		civil servant
Alexander Nikitin	Russian environmentalist		Soviet Union Russia	Aleksandr	Nikitin	1952-05-16	Okhtyrka		conservationist human rights activist military personnel whistleblower		école supérieure d'ingénieur de la marine militaire de Sébastopol
Alexandr Podrabinek	Russian journalist		Soviet Union Russia	Aleksandr	Podrabinek	1953-08-08	Moscow		journalist human rights activist writer dissident editing staff		I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
Alexis Sinduhije	Burundian journalist		Burundi	Alexis		1967-05-05	Burundi		journalist politician
Alfredo Domínguez Batista	Cuban dissident		Cuba	Alfredo		1961-11-15			politician
Ali Abd Jalil	Ali Abd Jalil Born -08T00:00: Malaysia Nationality Malaysia Person (*1985) ♂		Malaysia			1985-04-08	Malaysia
Ali Anouzla	Moroccan journalist		Morocco	Ali		20th century	Agadir		journalist
Ali Bourequat	French writer and activist		Morocco	Ali		1932-12-19	Rabat		writer biographer
Ali Mohammed Baqir al-Nimr	Saudi protestor		Saudi Arabia	Ali		20th century	Al-Awamiyah		human rights activist
Ali Salem Tamek	Moroccan activist		Morocco	Ali Salem		1973-12-24	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic		human rights activist trade unionist
Ali Salman	Bahraini Islamist		Bahrain	Ali	Salman	1965-10-30	Bilad Al Qadeem		politician
Ali Shariati	Iranian political activist and political prisoner		Iran			1988	Tehran		human rights activist politician
Ali al-Abdallah	Syrian writer, journalist, Human rights defender		Syria	Ali		1950			human rights activist writer
Alisher Karamatov	Uzbekistani activist		Uzbekistan						activist
Amadou Scattred Janneh	Gambian politician, dissident		The Gambia United States of America	Amadou	Janneh	1962-09-17	Kombo South		politician
Amir-Abbas Fakhravar	Iranian political activist		Iran			1975-07-06	Tehran		writer
Ampon Tangnoppakul	Thai lese majeste prisoner		Thailand			1948-01-01						Klong Prem Central Prison
Anar Bayramli	Azerbaijani journalist		Azerbaijan			1981	Baku		journalist
Anar Mammadli	Azerbaijani activist		Azerbaijan	Anar	Mammadli	1978-07-26	Yevlakh		human rights activist		Azerbaijan University of Languages Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Andargachew Tsige	Ethiopian opposition leader		Ethiopia			1955-02-09	Addis Ababa		politician		University of Greenwich
Andrei Sinyavsky	Russian writer, dissident, political prisoner, emigrant, Professor of Sorbonne University, magazine founder and publisher (1925–1997)		Russia Soviet Union France	Andrey		1925-10-08	Moscow		writer literary critic science fiction writer		Philological Faculty of Moscow State University	Paris
Andrzej Poczobut	Belarusian journalist		Belarus	Andrei	Poczobut	1973-04-16	Vialikaja Bierastavica		journalist writer	journalist	юрыдычны факультэт ГрДУ
Annakurban Amanklychev	Turkmenistani human rights activist		Turkmenistan			20th century			journalist
Antonio Augusto Villareal Acosta	Cuban dissident		Cuba	Antonio		1950-09-01			politician
Antonio Díaz Sánchez	Cuban dissident		Cuba	Antonio		1962-07-14
Anwar Ibrahim	Prime Minister of Malaysia since 2022		Malaysia	Anwar	No/unknown value	1947-08-10	Cherok Tok Kun		politician		Universiti Malaya Malay College Kuala Kangsar Stowell National School
Anwar al-Bunni	Syrian human rights lawyer		Second Syrian Republic Syria	Anwar		1959	Hama	Al-Khatib prison	lawyer human rights activist
Aref Dalila	Syrian economist and former Dean of the Faculty of Economics in Damascus University		Syria	Arif		1942	Latakia		economist		Moscow State University Faculty of Economics
Arif Yunus	Azerbaijani writer		Azerbaijan	Arif		1955-01-12	Baku		writer historian human rights activist		Baku State University
Armando Valladares	American diplomat and former Cuban prisoner		United States of America Cuba	Armando	Valladares	1937-05-30	Pinar del Río		human rights activist writer diplomat poet
Arnaldo Ramos Lauzerique	Cuban dissident		Cuba	Arnaldo					economist
Arturo Pérez de Alejo Rodríguez	Cuban dissident		Cuba	Arturo		1951	Manicaragua		human rights activist			Miami
Arzhang Davoodi	Iranian activist		Iran			1953-10-10 1952	Abadan		politician
Asghar Khan	Pakistani Air Force air -5735		Pakistan British Raj		Khan	1921-01-17	Jammu		military historian peace activist fighter pilot politician autobiographer		Royal Air Force College Cranwell Rashtriya Indian Military College	Rawalpindi
Asrat Woldeyes	Ethiopian surgeon					1928-06-20			surgeon		University of Edinburgh	Philadelphia
Aye Aung	Burmese democracy activist		Myanmar						activist		Dagon University
Ayman Nour	Egyptian politician		Egypt Turkey	Ayman	Nour	1964-12-05	Mansoura		politician lawyer		Mansoura University
Azam Farmonov	Uzbekistani activist		Uzbekistan						activist
Azimzhan Askarov	Kyrgyzstani activist and journalist		Kyrgyzstan			1951-05-17	Bazar-Korgon		journalist human rights activist			Bishkek
Baik Tae-Ung	South Korean lawyer and prisoner		South Korea	Tae-ung	Baek	1962	Busan		lawyer trade unionist		Notre Dame Law School
Bakhtiyar Hajiyev	Azerbaijani democracy activist		Azerbaijan		Hajiyev	1982-03-28	Sotk		political activist		Baku State University Khazar University Harvard University
Balys Gajauskas	Lithuanian politician (1926-2017)		Lithuania	Balys		1926-02-24	Vilkaviškis		politician			Vilnius
Bassem al-Tamimi	Palestinian activist		State of Palestine			1967			activist
Beko Ransome-Kuti	Nigerian doctor and human rights campaigner (1940-2006)		Nigeria	Beko	Ransome-Kuti family	1940-08-02	Abeokuta		physician human rights activist		University of Manchester Abeokuta Grammar School
Berhanu Nega	Ethiopian politician		Ethiopia	Berhanu	Nega	1958-12-06	Bishoftu		politician		State University of New York New School State University of New York at New Paltz Addis Ababa University
Bertrand Teyou	Cameroonian author (1969-2020)		Cameroon	Bertrand		1969-03-17	Douala	New Bell Prison	writer			Douala
Binayak Sen	Indian activist		India	Binayak	Sen	1950-01-04			human rights activist physician		Calcutta Boys' School Christian Medical College, Vellore
Biram Dah Abeid	Mauritanian politician and activist (born 1965)		Mauritania	Biram	Abeid	1965-01-12	Rosso		politician lawyer human rights activist		University of Nouakchott Al Aasriya
Blas Giraldo Reyes Rodríguez	Cuban dissident		Cuba	Blas		1955-08-07			librarian politician
Bolat Atabaev	Kazakhstani theater director		Soviet Union Kazakhstan			1952-05-15	Taldy-Kurgan oblast		theatrical director writer			Almaty
Boris Şyhmyradow	Turkmenistani politician		Soviet Union Turkmenistan	Boris		1949-05-25	Ashgabat		politician		MSU Faculty of Journalism Moscow State University
Brahim Dahane	Sahrawi activist		Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	Brahim		1965	Laayoune		human rights activist
Buchtar Tabuni	Papuan activist		Indonesia			1979-05-10	Indonesia		politician
Calixto Martínez	Cuban journalist		Cuba	Calixto	Martínez	20th century			journalist
Camilo Mejía	US Army deserter and activist		Nicaragua	Camilo		1975-08-28	Managua		politician
Chakufwa Chihana	Chihana is a Malawian activist, trade unionist, and politician. He was known as the father of Democracy in Malawi (1939-2006)		Malawi			1939-04-23			politician trade unionist		Nuffield College University of Bradford	Johannesburg
Charles Ntakirutinka	Rwandan politician and dissdent		Rwanda	Charles					politician
Cheam Channy	Cambodian member of parliament		Cambodia			1961-02-15	Kingdom of Cambodia		politician			Cambodia
Chee Soon Juan	Singaporean politician		Singapore	Chee	Xu	1962-07-20	Singapore		politician		University of Georgia Anglo-Chinese School
Chen Wei	dissident and human rights activist		People's Republic of China		Chen	1969-02-21	Suining	Qincheng Prison	writer human rights activist		Beijing Institute of Technology
Chia Thye Poh	Singaporean activist and prisoner		Malaysia		Xie	1941	Singapore		politician		Erasmus University Rotterdam Nanyang University
Cosmas Desmond	South African activist		United Kingdom	Cosmas		1935-11-19	East End of London		writer			Durban
Cruz Obiang Ebele	Equatoguinean political activist		Equatorial Guinea	Cruz
Cu Huy Ha Vu	Vietnamese lawyer		Vietnam		Qu	1957-12-02	Ân Phú		lawyer		University of Paris
Darsi Ferrer Ramírez	Cuban dissident (1969-2017)		Cuba			1969-11-02	Pinar del Río		journalist human rights activist physician			West Palm Beach
Dawit Isaak	Eritrean writer		Eritrea Sweden	Dawit	Isaak	1964-10-27	Asmara		journalist writer
Des Warren	British trade unionist (1937-2004)		United Kingdom	Des	Warren	1937-10-10			construction worker trade unionist
Dhabihu'llah Mahrami	Iranian activist		Iran			1946
Dhondup Wangchen	Tibetan filmmaker		People's Republic of China			1974-10-17	Hualong Hui Autonomous County	Xining	journalist screenwriter film director actor
Diosdado González Marrero	Cuban dissident		Cuba	Diosdado	González	1962-08-10			electrician politician
Doan Huy Chuong	Vietnamese union leader and dissident		Vietnam
Doan Van Dien	Vietnamese union leader and dissident		Vietnam
Ebrima Manneh	Gambian journalist		The Gambia			1978-02-18	Lamin, Western Division, Gambia		journalist
Emadeddin Baghi	Iranian journalist		Iran			1962-04-25	Shahreza		journalist writer politician		Allameh Tabataba'i University
Emiliano Esono	Equatorial Guinean political activist		Equatorial Guinea	Emiliano	Esono				political activist
Emin Milli	Azerbaijani activist		Azerbaijan	Emin	Milli	1979-10-14	Baku		dissident		Baku State University
Eskinder Nega	Ethiopian journalist		Ethiopia		Nega	1968	Addis Ababa		journalist		American University
Eynulla Fatullayev	Azerbaijani journalist		Azerbaijan			1976-09-25	Baku		journalist
Faisal Saleh	Sudanese journalist		Sudan	Faisal					journalist writer
Faustin Ndikumana	Burundian anti-corruption activist		Burundi	Faustin
Fela Kuti	Nigerian musician and activist (1938–1997)		Nigeria			1938-10-15	Abeokuta		saxophonist bandleader singer-songwriter conductor singer composer activist		Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance Abeokuta Grammar School	Lagos
Felix Bonne	Engineering Professor		Cuba	Felix		1939			engineer
Fidel Suárez Cruz	Cuban dissident		Cuba	Fidel					librarian politician farmer
Filep Karma	West Papuan independence activist (1959–2022)		Indonesia	Filep Jacob Semuel	Karma	1959-08-15	Jayapura		political activist			Jayapura
Francis Hong Yong-ho	Catholic bishop		North Korea	Francis Yong-ho	Hong	1906-10-12	Pyongyang		theologian Catholic priest Catholic bishop
Francis Seow	Singaporean former politician and lawyer		Singapore	Francis	Seow	1928-10-11	Singapore		lawyer politician		Saint Joseph's Institution	Boston
Francisco Chaviano	Cuban human rights activist		Cuba	Francisco		1953			politician human rights activist
Fred Bauma	Fred Bauma Nationality Democratic Republic of the Congo Person ♂; member of Fight for change		Democratic Republic of the Congo	Fred
Félix Navarro Rodríguez	Cuban dissident		Cuba	Félix		1953-07-10	Perico		teacher farmer
Gbenga Toyosi Olawepo	Nigerian human rights activist		Nigeria	Gbenga		1965-06-28	Yelwa		politician human rights activist businessperson		University of Lagos University of Buckingham
Gerardo Angüe Mangue	Equatoguinean political prisoner		Equatorial Guinea	Gerardo
Gleb Yakunin	Soviet dissident (1934-2014)		Russia Soviet Union	Gleb	Yakunin	1934-03-04	Moscow		politician human rights activist member of the State Duma Eastern Orthodox priest dissident	civil law dissent politics		Moscow
Grigory Pasko	Russian journalist		Soviet Union Russia	Hryhorii		1962-05-19	Khreschenivka		journalist military officer		Lviv University
Gumersindo Ramírez Faustino	Equatoguinean political activist		Equatorial Guinea	Gumersindo
Guo Feixiong	Chinese human rights lawyer and dissident		People's Republic of China		Yang Guo	1966-08-02	Gucheng County		human rights activist lawyer		East China Normal University
Guo Xiaojun	Chinese Falun Gong practitioner		People's Republic of China
Haile Woldense	Eritrean politician		Eritrea			1946	Maekel Region		politician		Addis Ababa University
Haitham al-Maleh	Syrian human rights activist		Syria	Haitham		1931-08-15	Damascus		lawyer judge politician human rights activist
Halil Savda	Turkish conscientious objector		Turkey	Halil		1974
Hamad al-Naqi	Amnesty International prisoners of conscience					1986
Hamadi Jebali	Tunisian politician and journalist		French protectorate of Tunisia Tunisia	Hamadi	Jebali	1949-01-12	Sousse		journalist politician engineer		Tunis University University of Reims
Hamid Pourmand	Iranian Christian activist			Hamid	Pourmand	1958
Hamma Hammami	Tunisian politician		French protectorate of Tunisia Tunisia		Hammami	1952-01-08	El Aroussa		politician writer
Hamza Kasgari	Saudi Arabian writer		Saudi Arabia	Hamza		1989	Jeddah		journalist poet reporter blogger writer
Harry Wu	Chinese activist (1937-2016)		United States of America People's Republic of China Republic of China	Harry	Wu	1937-02-08	Shanghai		geologist autobiographer human rights activist university teacher		China University of Geosciences	Honduras
Hatip Dicle	Kurdish politician		Turkey			1954-01-01	Çınar		politician		Istanbul Technical University
Heshmat Tabarzadi	Iranian activist		Iran			1959-03-21	Golpayegan		journalist politician		Amirkabir University of Technology
Hong Song-dam	South Korean artist		South Korea		Hong	1955			painter		Chosun University
Hossein Rajabian	Filmmaker, Writer and Photographer		Iran			1984-07-05	Sari		film director writer photographer actor screenwriter film editor cinematographer
Hossein Ronaghi	Iranian blogger and civil activist		Iran	Hossein		1985-07-04	Malekan		blogger		Islamic Azad University
Htay Kywe	Burmese democracy activist		Myanmar			1968-06-12	Yangon		activist
Hu Jia	Chinese activist		People's Republic of China	Jia	Hu	1973-07-25	Beijing		civil rights advocate environmentalist computer scientist public figure		Capital University of Economics and Business
Huang Qi	Chinese dissident		People's Republic of China		Huang	1963-04-07	People's Republic of China		human rights activist		Sichuan University
Husham Ali Mohammad Ali	Husham Ali Mohammad Ali Nationality Sudan Occupation human rights activist human rights activist ♂		Sudan						human rights activist
Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez	Cuban engineer and journalist		Cuba	Héctor		1943-01-18	Havana		journalist engineer human rights activist politician scientist
Hồ Đức Hoà	Vietnamese activist		Vietnam		Hồ	1974		Vietnam	politician human rights activist
Ibrahim Sharif	Bahraini dissident			Ibrahim	Sharif	1957-05-15	Bahrain		politician
Igor Sutyagin	Russian physicist		Russia	Igor	Sutyagin	1965-01-17	Moscow	Lefortovo Prison	physicist spy		MSU Faculty of Physics Школа № 9 (Обнинск) Institute for US and Canadian Studies
Ilya Yashin	Russian activist and liberal politician		Russia	Ilya	Yashin	1983-06-29	Moscow	Russia	politician human rights activist	member of parliament politician deputy	International Independent University of Environmental and Political Sciences National Research University – Higher School of Economics
Intiqam Aliyev	Azerbaijani lawyer		Azerbaijan		Aliyev/Aliev/Aliiev	1962-11-30	Bilasuvar District		human rights activist jurist		Baku State University
Iosif Begun	Soviet activist		Soviet Union Israel Russia	Iosif		1932-07-09	Moscow		human rights activist writer dissident publisher editing staff	literature dissent publishing editing
Ismail Khilath Rasheed	Maldivian activist		Maldives	Ismail	Rasheed	20th century			journalist
J. S. Tissainayagam	Sri Lankan journalist		Sri Lanka	J.					journalist
Jabbar Savalan	Azerbaijani activist		Azerbaijan	Jabbar		1991			activist
Jack Mapanje	Malawian poet		Malawi	Jack		1944-03-25	Mangochi District		writer poet linguist university teacher	literature linguistics higher education institution	University of London
Jean-Claude Kavumbagu	Burundian journalist		Burundi	Jean-Claude		20th century			journalist
Jean-Claude Roger Mbede	Cameroonian prisoner		Cameroon	Jean-Claude		1979		Kondengui Central Prison	LGBTQ rights activist			Ngoumou
Jean-Marie Seroney	human rights activist (1927–1982)		Kenya	Jean-Marie		1927-07-25	Kapsabet		human rights activist politician		University of London	Parklands
Jigme Gyatso	Tibetan independence activist		People's Republic of China			1961	Amdo		monk
Joaquín Antonio Caceres	Amnesty International prisoner of conscience working to distribute human rights information		El Salvador	Joaquín Antonio	Caceres
Johan Teterisa	Indonesian activist		Indonesia	Johan		1961			teacher
Jorge Luis González Tanquero	Cuban dissident		Cuba	Jorge Luis		1970			human rights activist			Miami
Josef Beran	Czech cardinal, professor and theologist (1888–1969)		Czechoslovakia Cisleithania	Josef	Beran	1888-12-29	Plzeň	Dachau concentration camp Theresienstadt Small Fortress	Catholic priest Catholic bishop archbishop writer pedagogue teacher theologian translator university teacher priest	Christian Church archdiocese theology	Pontifical Urbaniana University	Rome
José Daniel Ferrer García	Cuban human rights activist		Cuba	José Daniel		1970-07-29	Palma Soriano		human rights activist
José Marcos Mavungo	José Marcos Mavungo Nationality Angola Person ♂		Angola	José
Jovan Vraniškovski	Macedonian cleric (born 1966)		North Macedonia	Jovan Ioannis		1966-02-28	Bitola		priest		Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Belgrade
Juan E. Méndez	Argentine lawyer and activist		Argentina	Juan	Méndez	1944-12-11	Lomas de Zamora		diplomat lawyer politician jurisprudence		American University
Juan Ecomo Ndong	Equatoguinean political activist		Equatorial Guinea	Juan		1961-05-27			political activist
July Edelstein	Israeli politician		Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Israel	Yoel Yuli		1958-08-05	Chernivtsi		politician
Juma Duni Haji	Tanzanian politician		Tanzania	Juma		1950-11-26	Sultanate of Zanzibar		politician		University of Manchester University of Dar es Salaam Lumumba Secondary School
Józef Pinior	Polish politician		Poland	Józef	Pinior	1955-03-09	Rybnik		politician trade unionist jurist university teacher political activist	politics political party law higher education institution education protest movement	University of Wrocław
Kamal al-Labwani	Member of the Syrian opposition movement		Syria Sweden	Kamal		1957-10-10	Al-Zabadani		politician physician painter		Damascus University
Kareem Amer	Egyptian Norwegian blogger		Egypt	Kareem	Amer	1984-06-17	Alexandria		blogger women's rights activist human rights activist writer journalist		Al-Azhar University
Karpal Singh	Malaysian politician and lawyer		Malaysia			1940-06-28	George Town		politician lawyer		National University of Singapore St. Xavier's Institution	Perak
Kartam Joga	Indian activist and prisoner		India						politician
Kem Sokha	Cambodian politician		Cambodia			1953-06-27	Tram Kak District		politician human rights activist		University of Chemistry and Technology Royal University of Law and Economics
Keyvan Rafiee	human rights activist						Iran		journalist blogger human rights activist
Khaled al-Johani	Saudi Arabian dissident		Saudi Arabia	Khalid		1969-01-01
Khalil al-Marzooq	Bahrain politician		Bahrain			1967-07-28	Manama		politician
Khun Bedu	Burmese democracy activist		Myanmar			1984
Khun Htun Oo	Burmese politician		Myanmar			1943-09-11	Hsipaw		politician		University of Yangon
Kim Dae-jung	8th President of the Republic of Korea (1924–2009)		South Korea	Dae-jung	Kim	1924-01-06	Hauido		politician journalist		Ha-ui Elementary School Mokpo Bukkyo Elementary School	Severance Hospital
Ko Ko Gyi	Burmese activist		Myanmar			1961-12-18	Yangon		human rights activist		University of Yangon
Kouhyar Goudarzi	human rights activist		Iran			1986-05-05	Isfahan		journalist blogger human rights activist		Sharif University of Technology
Leonel Grave de Peralta	Cuban dissident		Cuba	Leonel		1976-05-30	Santiago de Cuba		librarian politician
Lev Ponomaryov	Russian politician		Soviet Union Russia	Lev	Ponomarev	1941-09-02	Tomsk		politician human rights activist mathematician physicist member of the State Duma		Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Li Wangyang	Chinese dissident labor rights activist (1950–2012)		People's Republic of China	Wangyang	Li	1950-11-12	Hunan		trade unionist			Shaoyang
Lim Hock Siew	Singaporean politician and physician		Malaysia Singapore			1931-02-21	Singapore		politician		Universiti Malaya	Singapore
Liu Xiaobo	Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, and human rights activist (1955–2017)		People's Republic of China	Xiaobo	Liu	1955-12-28	Changchun	Jinzhou prison	poet writer human rights activist literary critic	literary criticism	Jilin University Beijing Normal University Peking University High School Attached to Northeast Normal University	Shenyang
Luis Milán Fernández	Cuban dissident		Cuba	Luis		1970-02-21	Santiago de Cuba		physician
Luis Sepúlveda	Chilean writer (1949–2020)		Chile	Luis	Sepúlveda	1949-10-04	Ovalle		writer	creative and professional writing Chilean literature opinion journalism film direction	University of Chile Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera	Oviedo City
Lê Công Định	Vietnamese lawyer		Vietnam		Lê	1968-10-01	Ho Chi Minh City		human rights activist lawyer politician		Tulane University Vietnam National University
Lê Quốc Quân	Vietnamese dissident		Vietnam		Lê	1971-09-13		Vietnam	human rights activist lawyer
Maajid Nawaz	British activist (born 1977)		United Kingdom		Nawaz	1977-11-02	Westcliff-on-Sea Southend-on-Sea		politician essayist human rights activist political activist writer		London School of Economics and Political Science School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Mahdi Abu Deeb	Unionist and human rights activist		Bahrain	Mahdi		1962-12-30	Bahrain				Arabian Gulf University University of Baghdad
Mahjoub Sharif	Sudanese poet and human rights activist		Sudan			1948-01-01			poet teacher political activist writer			Omdurman
Mahmoud Ahmed Sherifo	Eritrean diplomat (1948-2003)		Eritrea	Mahmoud		1947-04-04 1948	Debub Region		diplomat politician
Maikel Nabil Sanad	Egyptian activist		Egypt	Maikel		1985-10-01 1985	Asyut		blogger writer journalist		Assiut University
Majid Tavakoli	human rights activist		Iran	Majid	Tavakoli	1986-05-22	Shiraz		political activist		Amirkabir University of Technology
Mam Sonando	Cambodian radio journalist		France Cambodia			1942-02-13	Kampong Siem District		journalist
Mansour Osanlou	Iranian trade unionist		Iran	Mansour		1338-12-04	Tehran		worker trade unionist
Mansour al-Omari	Syrian journalist and activist		Syria	Mansour		1979	Damascus		journalist human rights activist writer translator
Manuel Vázquez Portal	Cuban writer		Cuba	Manuel		1951	Morón		journalist poet
Marat Cheshkov	Marat Cheshkov Born -15T00:00:, -00T Moscow Died -05T00:00: Moscow Nationality Soviet Union, Russia Other names Marat Aleksandrovich Cheshkov Alma mater MSU Faculty of History Occupation scientist Employer Institute of World Economy and International Relations scientist (1932–2016) ♂		Soviet Union Russia	Marat		1932-09-15 1932	Moscow		scientist	history	MSU Faculty of History	Moscow
Marko Veselica	Croatian disident and economist (1936-2017)		Croatia	Marko		1936-01-09	Glavice	Yugoslavia	politician economist		Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb	Zagreb
Masoud Lavasani	Iranian activist		Iran	Masoud		1979-08-01	Tehran		blogger
Maxim Gromov	Russian politician		Russia	Maksim	Gromov	1973	Lipetsk		journalist politician human rights activist
Mazen Darwish	Syrian activist and lawyer		Syria			1974-11-01			lawyer human rights activist		Damascus University
Mehmet Tarhan	Kurdish conscientious objector		Turkey	Mehmet	Tarhan	1978			human rights activist conscientious objector military personnel
Mesfin Woldemariam	Ethiopian peace activist		Ethiopia			1930	Addis Ababa		politician peace activist human rights activist		Clark University	Addis Ababa
Mian Ghulam Jilani	British Indian general (1913-2004)		India Pakistan British Raj Dominion of India			1913-03-01	Sibi		politician military personnel diplomat		Aligarh Muslim University Forman Christian College Indian Military Academy	Fairfax
Michaił Čyhir	2nd Prime Minister of Belarus 1994–1996		Soviet Union Belarus	Mikhail	Chyhir	1948-05-24	Vusava		economist politician		Belarusian State Economic University Finance University under the Government of the Russian Federation
Mijail Bárzaga	Cuban dissident		Cuba						journalist politician
Mikhail Khodorkovsky	Russian businessman, philanthropist and former oligarch		Soviet Union Russia	Mikhail		1963-06-26	Moscow		entrepreneur philanthropist		D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia Plekhanov Russian Economic University
Mikhail Sado	Russian linguist (1934–2010)		Soviet Union Russia	Mikhail		1934-06-09 1934	Saint Petersburg		linguist		Saint Petersburg State University	Saint Petersburg
Min Ko Naing	Burmese activist		Myanmar			1962-10-18	Mudon		politician human rights activist		University of Yangon
Mohamed Elmoutaoikil	Sahrawi activist		Western Sahara	Mohamed		1966-10-10	Assa		human rights activist
Mohamed Nasheed	Maldivian politician, 4th president of the second republic of Maldives		Maldives	Mohamed Mohammed		1967-05-17	Malé	No/unknown value	politician journalist		Liverpool John Moores University Overseas School of Colombo Dauntsey's School Majeediyya School
Mohammad Fahad al-Qahtani	Saudi human rights activist		Saudi Arabia	Mohammad Mohammed		1965	Saudi Arabia		human rights activist economist	economics	Indiana University
Mohammad Seddigh Kaboudvand	Iranian journalist		Iran	Mohammad		20th century	Divandarreh		journalist writer human rights activist
Mohammad Seifzadeh	Iranian lawyer and human rights activist		Iran	Mohammad		1948	Qom		judge human rights activist
Mohammed Daddach	Sahrawi activist		Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	Mohammed		1957	Guelta Zemmur		politician human rights activist
Mohammed Saleh al-Bejadi	human rights activist		Saudi Arabia	Mohammed		1980-11-30	Saudi Arabia		human rights activist
Mohammed al-Ajami	Qatari poet		Qatar	Mohammed		1975-12-24	Qatar		poet		Cairo University
Mohammed al-Tajer	Bahraini human rights lawyer		Bahrain	Mohammed					human rights activist
Mohsen Sazegara	Iranian politician		Iran	Mohsen		1955-01-05	Tehran		journalist politician		University of London Illinois Institute of Technology Sharif University of Technology
Mordechai Vanunu	Israeli activist		Israel Morocco	Mordecai		1954-10-13	Marrakesh		technician activist whistleblower	nuclear proliferation nuclear weapon	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Mudawi Ibrahim Adam	Sudanese human rights activist		Sudan		Adam	1956	Sudan		human rights activist
Mushahid Hussain Sayed	politician in Pakistan		Pakistan			1952-11-02	Sialkot		political reporter journalist politician historian	history of China	Forman Christian College Walsh School of Foreign Service
Mya Aye	Burmese activist		Myanmar			1966-03-10	Myanmar		human rights activist
Myo Min Zaw	Burmese democracy activist		Myanmar								University of Yangon
Naser al-Raas	Canadian detainee of Bahrain		Canada	Naser		1983	Kuwait					Toronto
Nasser Abul	Democracy activist		Kuwait	Nasser
Natan Sharansky	Israeli politician		Soviet Union Israel	Natan	Scharanski	1948-01-20	Donetsk	Vladimir Central Prison Lefortovo Prison	politician writer mathematician human rights activist chess player	dissident	MIPT Department of Control and Applied Mathematics
Nelson Aguiar Ramírez	Cuban dissident		Cuba	Nelson		1945-08-12	Cuba		politician
Nelson Moliné Espino	Cuban dissident		Cuba	Nelson					politician
Ngawang Chophel	Tibetan film director					1966	Tibet		journalist film director ethnomusicologist musicologist
Nguyen Chi Thien	Vietnamese-American dissident, activist and poet		Vietnam		Nguyễn	1939-02-27	Hanoi		poet			Santa Ana
Nguyen Van Hai	Vietnamese blogger and dissident		Vietnam			1952	Haiphong		journalist
Nguyen Van Ly	Vietnamese Roman Catholic priest		Vietnam			1946-05-15	Vĩnh Linh	Vietnam	human rights activist Catholic priest politician
Nguyễn Văn Đài	Vietnamese lawyer		Vietnam			1969	Hưng Yên		lawyer politician human rights activist
Nguyễn Đan Quế	Vietnamese democracy activist		Vietnam		Nguyễn	1942-04	Hanoi		human rights activist
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o	Kenyan writer (1938-)		Kenya			1938-01-05	Kamirithu	Kamiti Maximum Security Prison	playwright novelist essayist university teacher philosopher writer		University of Leeds Makerere University Alliance High School
Nikolai Vilyams	Nikolai Vilyams Born -28T00:00: Moscow Died -29T00:00: Moscow Nationality Soviet Union, United States of America, Russia Alma mater MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics Occupation mathematician Employer(s) Moscow State University of Fine Chemical Technologies, Kontinent mathematician (1926–2006) ♂		Soviet Union United States of America Russia	Nikolai		1926-11-28	Moscow		mathematician		MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics	Moscow
Nikolay Kavkazsky	Russian activist		Soviet Union Russia	Nikolai		1986-10-16	Moscow		human rights activist
Normando Hernández González	Cuban journalist and human rights activist		Cuba			1969-10-21	Camagüey		journalist human rights activist
Nosa Igiebor	Nigerian journalist		Nigeria			1952-12-25			journalist
Néstor Rodríguez Lobaina	Cuban dissident		Cuba	Néstor					politician
Ocak Işık Yurtçu	Turkish journalist (1945–2012)		Turkey			1945	Pozantı		journalist			Istanbul
Ogtay Gulaliyev	Azerbaijani politician and lawyer		Azerbaijan	Oktay		1970-06-27	Baku		politician lawyer human rights activist		Academy of Public Administration of Azerbaijan under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Ohn Than	Burmese democracy activist		Myanmar			1946	Ayeyarwady Region				University of Yangon
Olabiyi Durojaiye	Nigerian politician		Nigeria			1933-02-08	Ogun State		politician lawyer		University of London	Lagos
Oleg Navalny	brother of Alexei Navalny		Soviet Union Russia	Oleg	Navalny	1983-04-09	Butyn		entrepreneur manager jurist		Finance University under the Government of the Russian Federation
Oleksandr Havryliuk	Polish writer and poet (1911-1941)		Soviet Union	Oleksandr	Havryliuk	1911-04-10 1911	Lublin Voivodeship	Bereza Kartuska prison	writer poet			Lviv
Omar Pernet Hernández	Cuban dissident, human rights activist		Cuba	Omar					human rights activist
Omar Ruiz Hernández	Cuban dissident journalist		Cuba	Omar		1947-11-16			journalist
Orhan Doğan	Turkish politician (1955-2007)		Turkey	Orhan		1955-07-25	Mardin		politician
Orlando Zapata	Cuban activist (1967-2010)		Cuba	Orlando	Zapata	1967-05-15	Santiago de Cuba		bricklayer politician			Havana
Orton Chirwa	Malawian politician (1919–1992)		Malawi			1919-01-30 1919			lawyer politician			Zomba
Oscar Espinosa Chepe	Cuban dissident (1940–2013)		Cuba	Oscar		1940-11-29	Cienfuegos		economist journalist diplomat writer		University of Havana	Cercedilla
Osman Mohamud	Somali clan elder		Somalia	Osman		1965	El Afweyn		politician
Oyub Titiev	Russian human rights activist		Russia			1957-08-24	Lebedinovka		human rights activist activist public figure
Palden Gyatso	Tibetan monk (1933–2018)		Tibet			1933 1922	Tibet		bhikkhu writer			Dharamshala
Pap Saine	Gambian editor and publisher		The Gambia			20th century			newspaper editor
Pasteur Bizimungu	Rwandan politician, 3rd and former President of Rwanda		Rwanda	Pasteur	Bizimungu	1950	Gisenyi Province		politician		University of Strasbourg National University of Rwanda
Petro Hryhorenko	Ukrainian soviet dissident, general (1907–1987)		Soviet Union United States of America	Petro	Hryhorenko	1907-10-16	Borysivka		human rights activist writer dissident military officer military personnel	armed forces politics human rights protection	Military Engineering-Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute	New York City
Petros Solomon	Eritrean politician		Eritrea	Petros	Solomon	1951	Asmara		politician
Pham Hong Son	Vietnamese democracy activist		Vietnam			1969			physician
Phan Thanh Hai	Vietnamese blogger		Vietnam		Phan	1969			writer
Phyo Zeya Thaw	Burmese hip-hop artist and politician (1981-2022)		Myanmar			1981-03-26	Yangon		singer politician human rights activist hip hop musician rapper		Basic Education High School No. 6 Botataung University of Pharmacy, Mandalay Yadanabon University	Yangon Insein Prison
Platon Lebedev	Russian businessman		Soviet Union Russia	Platon	Lebedev	1956-11-29	Moscow		entrepreneur political prisoner		Plekhanov Russian Economic University
Rachid Niny	Moroccan journalist		Morocco	Rachid		1970-10-16	Ben Slimane	Aïn Sebaâ prison	journalist editor writer
Raif Badawi	Saudi Arabian writer, activist, and creator of the website Free Saudi Liberals		Saudi Arabia			1984-01-13	Khobar		blogger human rights activist writer	blog
Raji Sourani	Palestinian lawyer, Amnesty International prisoner of conscience		State of Palestine			1953-12-28	Gaza City		lawyer		Alexandria University
Ramin Bayramov	Azerbaijani journalist		Azerbaijan	Ramin		20th century			journalist
Rashad Hasanov	Azerbaijani activist		Azerbaijan	Rashad		1985-05-02	Lankaran		activist		Middle East Technical University
Rashadat Akhundov	Azerbaijani activist (born 1984)		Azerbaijan			1984-04-07	Beylagan District				Central European University
Rasul Bux Palejo	Pakistani revolutionary (1930–2018)		Pakistan British Raj	Rasoul		1930-02-21	Jungshahi		politician lawyer human rights activist scholar		Sindh Madressatul Islam University	Karachi
Rasul Jafarov	Azerbaijani activist		Azerbaijan			1984-08-17	Baku		jurist human rights activist		Western Caspian University Central European University
Ren Wanding	Chinese dissident		People's Republic of China		Ren	1944			human rights activist
Rene Gomez Manzano	Cuban dissident		Cuba	Rene		1943-12-19	Havana		lawyer
Reza Shahabi	Bus driver Trade unionist		Iran	Reza		1973	Iranian Azerbaijan		trade unionist
Riad Seif	Syrian politician		Syria	Riad	Seif	1946-11-25	Damascus		entrepreneur politician		Damascus University
Ricardo Enrique Silva	Cuban physician and dissident		Cuba	Ricardo					physician
Ricardo González Alfonso	Cuban dissident journalist		Cuba	Ricardo		1950 1950-02-18	Havana		journalist writer poet
Roberto de Miranda	Cuban dissident		Cuba	Roberto		1947	Camagüey		mathematician librarian human rights activist
Ruslan Kotsaba	Ukrainian journalist, activist and prisoner of conscience		Soviet Union Ukraine	Ruslan		1966-08-18	Ivano-Frankivsk		journalist public figure		National Forestry University
Saeed Laylaz	Iranian economist and journalist		Iran	Saeed		1966			journalist politician
Said Zahari	Singaporean journalist		Singapore		Zahari	1928-05-18	Singapore		journalist			Petaling Jaya
Salijon Abdurahmanov	Uzbek journalist		Uzbekistan			1950-05-28	Nukus		journalist
Sapardurdy Khadzhiev	Turkmenistani journalist and human rights activist		Turkmenistan		Khadzhiev	20th century			journalist human rights activist
Sari Nusseibeh	Palestinian philosopher and activist		State of Palestine	Sari Sari	Nusseibeh	1949-02-12	Damascus		philosopher politician		Christ Church Harvard University St. George's School, Jerusalem
Saud al-Hashimi	Saudi Arabian human rights activist		Saudi Arabia			1963	Jeddah		human rights activist
Sayed Ziaoddin Nabavi	human rights activist		Iran			1973-12-21					Babol Noshirvani University of Technology
Sebastian Arcos Bergnes	Cuban human rights activist		Cuba	Sebastian	Arcos	1931			politician			New York City
Seif Sharif Hamad	First Vice President of Zanzibar (1943-2021)		Tanzania	Seif	Hamad	1943-10-22	Pemba Island		politician		University of Dar es Salaam Makerere University	Dar es Salaam
Selim Sadak	Turkish politician		Turkey	Selim	Sadak (name)	1954	İdil		politician
Semen Gluzman	Ukrainian psychiatrist		Soviet Union Ukraine	Semyon		1946-09-10	Kyiv		psychiatrist human rights activist writer	psychiatry	Bogomolets National Medical University
Serdar Seytmoeradovitsj Rachimov	Serdar Seytmoeradovitsj Rachimov Born -03T00:00: Nationality Soviet Union, Turkmenistan Alma mater MSU Faculty of Journalism Occupation(s) journalist, diplomat journalist and diplomat, ambassador (*1951) ♂		Soviet Union Turkmenistan		Rakhimov	1951-03-03			journalist diplomat		MSU Faculty of Journalism
Sergei Udaltsov	Russian left politician		Soviet Union Russia	Sergei	Udaltsov	1977-02-16	Moscow		politician		Moscow State Academy of Water Transport
Sergey Mokhnatkin	Russian prisoner of conscience (1954-2020)		Soviet Union Russia	Sergei		1954-03-06	Izhevsk		human rights activist expert			Moscow
Shabir Shah	Indian politician		India			1953-06-14	Srinagar		politician
Shi Tao	Chinese journalist		People's Republic of China			1968-07-25	Yanchi County		journalist human rights activist writer poet dissident		East China Normal University
Shibal Ibrahim	Syrian Kurdish activist		Syria			1977		Sednaya Prison	activist
Somyot Prueksakasemsuk	Thai lese majeste prisoner		Thailand			1961-09-20	Bangkok		journalist trade unionist
Steven Gan	Malaysian journalist		Malaysia	Steven	Yan	1963			journalist
Tajul Muluk	Religious leader and prisoner of conscience		Indonesia			1971	Sampang
Taner Akçam	German historian		Turkey Germany	Taner		1953-10-23	Ölçek		historian sociologist human rights activist university teacher film director	Armenian studies Turkology Armenian genocide	Middle East Technical University Leibniz University Hannover
Taner Kılıç	Turkish civil rights activist and lawyer		Turkey			1969			lawyer activist		Dokuz Eylül University
Tek Nath Rizal	Bhutanese politician		Bhutan			1948			politician
Thaung Tun	filmmaker								journalist film director poet
Thet Win Aung	Student activist (1971-2006)		Myanmar			1971-08-27	Yangon		politician			Mandalay
Tran Quoc Hien	Vietnamese union leader and dissident		Vietnam			1965			trade unionist lawyer
Trần Huỳnh Duy Thức	Entrepreneur, engineer, Vietnamese activist		Vietnam			1966-11-29			human rights activist entrepreneur engineer		Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
Tuot Saron	Cambodian politician		Cambodia						politician
U Myint Aye	Burmese dissident		Myanmar			1950			dissident
U Sein Than	Burmese land reform activist
Ukshin Hoti	Albanian philosopher and activist (1943-1999)		Yugoslavia Serbia	Ukshin	Hoti	1943 1943-06-17	Krushë e Madhe		peace activist philosopher human rights activist politician writer		Harvard University University of Chicago University of Washington University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy University of Zagreb	Niš
Uladzimir Nyaklyayew	Belarusian politician and writer		Belarus	Uladzimir	Nyaklyayew	1946-07-09	Smarhoń		writer poet journalist politician prose writer	creative and professional writing journalism political activity	Maxim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University Maxim Gorky Literature Institute
Usamah Mohamad	Sudanese blogger, activist		Sudan						journalist blogger activist writer		University of Khartoum
Uzeyir Mammadli	Azerbaijani activist		Azerbaijan			1987-08-26	Barda				Baku State University
Valery Levaneuski	Belarusian politician		Soviet Union Belarus	Valery		1963-08-15	Hrodna		politician entrepreneur
Vi Đức Hồi	Vietnamese democracy activist		Vietnam			1957	Lạng Sơn
Vidadi Isgandarov	Azerbaijani activist and politician		Azerbaijan						politician
Viktor Nekipelov	Soviet dissident (1928–1989)		Soviet Union	Viktor		1928-09-29	Harbin		poet human rights activist opinion journalist pharmacist	poetry opinion journalism pharmacy social journalism	Maxim Gorky Literature Institute	Paris
Vil Mirzayanov	Soviet chemist and Russian-American activist		Soviet Union Russia United States of America			1935-03-09	Starokangyshevo	Lefortovo Prison	chemist activist
Vincent Cheng	Singaporean dissident			Vincent
Vladimir Bukovsky	Soviet dissident; prominent in the Soviet dissident movement of the 1960s and 1970s and spent a total of twelve years in psychiatric prison-hospitals, labor camps and prisons within the Soviet Union		Soviet Union Russia United Kingdom	Vladimir	Bukowski	1942-12-30	Belebey	Lefortovo Prison Vladimir Central Prison Lubyanka Building	writer human rights activist politician dissident neurophysiologist	writer university teacher neurophysiology activism human rights	Medvednevskaya gymnasium Faculty of Biology and Soils, Moscow State University King's College Stanford University	Addenbrooke's Hospital
Vlado Dapčević	Montenegrin politician (1917-2001)		Yugoslavia	Vlado		1917-06-14	Cetinje		politician dissident political prisoner	politics		Podgorica
Václav Havel	Czech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic (1936–2011)		Czechoslovakia Czech Republic	Václav	Havel	1936-10-05	Prague		writer playwright politician director poet film director human rights activist dissident essayist philosopher opinion journalist	theatre drama opinion journalism politics	Czech Technical University in Prague Faculty of Theatre, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague Akademické gymnázium Štěpánská	Hrádeček
Wang Wanxing	Chinese dissident		People's Republic of China			1949-10-10	Beijing	Beijing	activist
Wilmar Villar Mendoza	Cuban dissident (1980-2012)		Cuba			1980-05-30	Palma Soriano					Santiago de Cuba
Wipas Raksakulthai	Thai prisoner		Thailand			1973
Yacob Haile-Mariam	Ethiopian politician		Ethiopia			1944			politician
Yang Chunlin	Chinese human rights activist		People's Republic of China		Yang	1954	Jiamusi		human rights activist
Yndamiro Restano Díaz	Cuban dissident journalist		Cuba			1948			journalist
Youcef Nadarkhani	Iranian Christian pastor who had been sentenced to death in Tehran for practicing Christianity in Iran		Iran	Youcef	Nadarkhani	1977	Rasht		pastor
Younus Shaikh	Pakistani author					1965			writer
Yuli Daniel	Soviet writer and poet (1925-1988)		Soviet Union	Yuli	Daniel	1925-11-15	Moscow	Dubravlag	poet writer translator science fiction writer prose writer		State University of Education	Moscow
Yuri Orlov	Soviet physicist (1924-2020)		Soviet Union United States of America	Yury	Orlov	1924-08-13	Moscow	Lefortovo Prison	nuclear physicist human rights activist university teacher		MSU Faculty of Physics Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics	Ithaca
Yury Bandazhevsky	Soviet scientist and Belarusian activist		Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Belarus France	Yury Yury		1957-01-09	Raduń		physician university teacher immunologist pathologist	immunology pathology	Grodno State Medical University
Yury Vetokhin	Soviet dissident, writer, public figure, defector from the USSR		United States of America Soviet Union	Yury	Vetokhin	1928-03-19	Saint Petersburg		writer dissident human rights activist	dissident writer activism human rights	St. Petersburg Naval Institute	San Diego
Yves Makwambala	Yves Makwambala Nationality Democratic Republic of the Congo Person ♂; member of Filimbi		Democratic Republic of the Congo	Yves
Zarganar	Burmese film director		Myanmar			1961-01-27	Yangon		comedian film director film actor		University of Dental Medicine, Yangon Basic Education High School No. 1 Dagon
Zaur Gurbanli	Azerbaijani activist		Azerbaijan	Zaur		1987-01-12	Baku				Baku State University
Zaw Htet Ko Ko	Burmese democracy activist		Myanmar			1981-01-06	Myanmar
Óscar Elías Biscet	Cuban activist		Cuba	Óscar		1961-07-20	Havana		physician activist		University of Havana
İnan Süver	Turkish prisoner of conscience		Turkey	İnan

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