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Human Rights Defenders

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Abdi İpekçiAuthor · BooksAbdi İpekçi (9 August 1929 – 1 February 1979) was a Turkish journalist, intellectual and human rights activist.
Adem DemaçiAuthor · BooksAdem Demaçi was a politician, writer and human rights defender (1936–2018). He was born in Podujeva and died in Pristina.
Alaa Abd El-FatahAuthor · BooksAlaa Ahmed Seif al Islam Abd El-Fattah (ʕæˈlæːʔ ˈæħmæd ˈseːfalislæːm ʕæbdelfatˈtæːħ), known professionally as Alaa Abd El-Fattah (born 1981), is an Egyptian-British software developer,…
Alexander Esenin-VolpinAuthor · BooksAlexander Sergeyevich Esenin-Volpin (Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Есе́нин-Во́льпин; May 12, 1924March 16, 2016) was a Russian-American poet and mathematician known for his foundational role in…
Alexander GinzburgAuthor · BooksAlexander "Alik" Ilyich Ginzburg (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ильи́ч Ги́нзбург, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ɨˈlʲjidʑ ˈɡʲinzbʊrk];
Alla GerberAuthor · BooksIllustration — Alla Gerber
Andrew YoungAuthor · BooksAndrew Young (disambiguation)
Armando ValladaresAuthor · BooksArmando Valladares Perez (born May 30, 1937) is a Cuban-American poet, diplomat and former political prisoner for his involvement in the Cuban dissident movement.
Aryeh EliavAuthor · BooksAryeh "Lova" Eliav (21 November 1921 – 30 May 2010) was an Israeli politician, author, intellectual and peace and social activist.
Asma TubiAuthor · BooksIllustration — Asma Tubi
Asmaa MahfouzAuthor · BooksAsmaa Mahfouz (pron, born 1 February 1985) is an Egyptian activist and one of the founders of the April 6 Youth Movement.[1][7] She has been credited by journalist Mona Eltahawy and others…
Atena PashkoAuthor · BooksAtena-Sviatomyra Vasylivna Pashko (10 October 1931 – 20 March 2012)[1] was a Ukrainian chemical engineer, poet, and social activist in the Ukrainian rights movement.
Aung San Suu KyiAuthor · BooksAung San Suu Kyi
Ayaz Latif PalijoAuthor · BooksAyaz Latif Palijo (Sindhi; born 15 November 1968) is a politician, lawyer, activist, writer and teacher from Sindh, Pakistan.
Bo YangAuthor · BooksBo Yang (7 March 1920 – 29 April 2008), sometimes also erroneously called Bai Yang, was a Chinese historian, novelist, philosopher, poet based in Taiwan.
Boubacar Ould MessaoudDesigner · DesignBoubacar Ould Messaoud (15 May 1945 – 12 March 2026) was a Mauritanian human rights activist. He fought against slavery in Mauritania.
Daryush ShokofPerson · Film memorabiliaDaryush Shokof (Persian: داریوش شکوف, born 25 June 1954) is an Iranian writer, film director, artist and film producer based in Germany.
Deeyah KhanPerson · Film memorabiliaDeeyah Khan (pron, born 7 August 1977) is a Norwegian documentary film director and human rights activist of Punjabi/Pashtun descent.
Dimitar AnakievAuthor · BooksIllustration — Dimitar Anakiev at Fukuoka Airport in 2007.
Ding ZilinAuthor · Books
Doğan AkhanlıAuthor · BooksDoğan Akhanlı (doːˈ‿an aˈhanlɯ; 18 March 1957 – 31 October 2021) was a Turkish-born German writer, and author of novels, plays, and essays, mostly in Turkish.
Eleanor RooseveltAuthor · BooksAnna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884November 7, 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist.
Elizabeth BlackwellAuthor · BooksElizabeth Blackwell (3 February 182131 May 1910) was an English-American physician, notable as the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, and the first woman on the…
Farag FodaAuthor · BooksFarag Foda (20 August 1945 – 8 June 1992) was a prominent Egyptian professor, writer, columnist, and human rights activist.
Fatima NaootDesigner · DesignFatima Naoot (born 18 September 1964) is an Egyptian poet, translator and journalist.
Fazu AliyevaAuthor · BooksFazu Aliyeva (5 December 1932 – 1 January 2016) was an Avar-speaking Soviet-born Russian poet, novelist and journalist.
Felicia LangerAuthor · BooksFelicia Langer (Hebrew: פליציה לנגר; 9 December 1930 – 21 June 2018) was a German-Israeli attorney and human rights activist known for her defence of Palestinian political prisoners in the…
Fran HoskenDesigner · Modern designIllustration — Fran Hosken ca.
Hafizullah KhaledAuthor · BooksIllustration — Former UN Special envoy for Afghanistan Mr.Benon Sevan (right) with Mr.
Harriet TubmanAuthor · BooksHarriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, c. March 1822 – March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist and social activist.
Harry WuAuthor · BooksHarry Wu (February 8, 1937 – April 26, 2016) was a Chinese-American human rights activist.
Harvey MilkAuthor · BooksHarvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978) was an American politician and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco…
Henry RollinsPerson · Music memorabiliaHenry Lawrence Garfield (born February 13, 1961), known professionally as Henry Rollins, is an American singer, writer, spoken word artist, actor, comedian, and presenter.
Hephzibah MenuhinPerson · Music memorabiliaHephzibah Menuhin (20 May 19201 January 1981) was an American-Australian pianist, writer, and human rights campaigner.
Hussein-Ali MontazeriAuthor · BooksHussein-Ali Montazeri Najafabadi (24 September 1922 – 19 December 2009) was an Iranian cleric, politician, theologian, writer, and activist who served as the first and only deputy supreme…
Ida B. WellsAuthor · BooksIda Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, sociologist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement.
Ioannis PsycharisAuthor · BooksIoannis (Yiannis) Psycharis (Greek: Ιωάννης (Γιάννης) Ψυχάρης; French: Jean Psychari; 1854–1929) was a Russian-born philologist who was much of his life a national of France.
Iris ChangAuthor · BooksIris Chang was born in 1968 at Princeton. Chang died in 2004 at Los Gatos.
Irom Chanu SharmilaAuthor · BooksIrom Sharmila Chanu (born 14 March 1972), also known as the "Iron Lady of Manipur" or "Mengoubi" ("the fair one") is an Indian civil rights activist and poet from the state of Manipur.
Jacob M. AppelAuthor · BooksJacob M. Appel (born February 21, 1973) is an American polymath, author, bioethicist, medical doctor, lawyer, and social critic.
Jens GalschiøtArtist · SculptureJens Galschiøt (born 4 June 1954) is a Danish sculptor best known for the Pillar of Shame.
Jeremy BenthamAuthor · BooksJeremy Bentham (4 February 1747/8 O.S. [15 February 1748 N.S.] – 6 June 1832) was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism.
John FeldmannPerson · Music memorabiliaJohn William Feldmann (born 1967) is an American musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He serves as the lead singer/guitarist of the punk rock band Goldfinger.
John Howard GriffinAuthor · BooksJohn Howard Griffin (June 16, 1920 – September 9, 1980) was an American journalist and author from Texas who wrote about and championed racial equality.
Jonathan SwiftAuthor · BooksJonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer, essayist, satirist, and Anglican cleric.
Judith WrightAuthor · Books
Kamran Mir HazarAuthor · BooksKamran Mir Hazar (Dari/Hazaragi:کامران میرهزار) (born 1976) is a Hazara Norwegian poet, journalist and human rights activist.
Kulap SaipraditAuthor · BooksKulap Saipradit (กุหลาบ สายประดิษฐ์; 31 March 1906 – 16 June 1974), better known by the pen name Siburapha (also romanized as Sriburapha or Sri Burapha), was a newspaper editor and one of…
Laksmi De-Neefe SuardanaDesigner · FashionLaksmi Shari De-Neefe Suardana (Balinese: ᬮᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ᬫᬶᬰᬭᬶᬤᬾᬦᬾᬏᬧ᬴ᬾᬲᬸᬯᬃᬤᬦ), simply known as Laksmi De-Neefe Suardana, is an Australian-born Indonesian fashion designer, author, UNICEF activist,…
Levko LukianenkoAuthor · BooksLevko Hryhorovych Lukianenko (24 August 1928 – 7 July 2018) was a Ukrainian Soviet dissident and politician.[14] He was one of the founders of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group in 1976 and was…
Liu XiaPhotographer · Photography
Liu XiaoboAuthor · BooksLiu Xiaobo (28 December 1955 – 13 July 2017) was a Chinese literary critic, philosopher and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who called for political reforms and was involved in campaigns to end…
Luis NavarroPhotographer · PhotographyLuis Eduardo Navarro Vega (born 2 May 1938) is a Chilean photographer who is best known for his images exposing human rights violations committed during the Military dictatorship of Chile.
Lyudmila UlitskayaAuthor · BooksLyudmila Evgenyevna Ulitskaya (born February 21, 1943) is an internationally acclaimed modern Russian novelist and short-story writer who, in 2014, was awarded the prestigious Austrian…
Mahasweta DeviAuthor · BooksMahasweta Devi (mɔhaʃːeta debi; 14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016) was an Indian Bengali language writer and activist.
Manasi PradhanAuthor · BooksManasi Pradhan (born 4 October 1962) is an Indian women's rights activist and author.
Marcelo BrodskyPhotographer · PhotographyMarcelo Brodsky (born 1954, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine photographer, visual artist and human rights activist.
Mukhtaran BibiAuthor · BooksMukhtaran Bibi (born c. 1972), now known as Mukhtār Mā'ī, is a Pakistani human rights activist from the village of Meerwala, located in the rural tehsil of Jatoi in the Muzaffargarh…
Mykola HorbalAuthor · BooksMykola Andriyovych Horbal (born 10 September 1940) is a Ukrainian former Soviet dissident, human right activist, politician, and poet who was a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group and…
Mykola RudenkoAuthor · BooksMykola Danylovych Rudenko (19 December 1920 – 1 April 2004) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, philosopher, Soviet dissident, human rights activist and World War II veteran.
Naela ChohanArtist · PaintingsNaela Chohan (Urdu: نائلہ چوہان, alternative spelling Naila Chohan) (born 6 May 1958) is a Pakistani artist and diplomat.
Natalya GorbanevskayaAuthor · BooksNatalya Yevgenyevna Gorbanevskaya (Ната́лья Евге́ньевна Горбане́вская; 26 May 1936 – 29 November 2013) was a Russian poet, a translator of Polish literature and a civil-rights activist.
Natan SharanskyAuthor · BooksNatan Sharansky (born 20 January 1948) is a Ukrainian-born, Israeli politician, professional chess player and author.
Niloofar BeyzaiePerson · Film memorabiliaIllustration — Niloofar Beyzaie
Odd NansenDesigner · DesignOdd Nansen (6 December 1901 – 27 June 1973) was a Norwegian architect, writer, and humanitarian.
OttamaAuthor · BooksSayadaw U Ottama (Uttama; 28 December 1879 – 9 September 1939) was a Theravada Buddhist monk, author, and a leader of the Burmese independence movement during British colonial rule.
P. C. ChangAuthor · BooksPeng Chun Chang, commonly known as P. C. Chang (1892–1957), was a Chinese academic, philosopher, playwright, human rights activist, and diplomat.
Paul FarmerAuthor · BooksPaul Edward Farmer (October 26, 1959 – February 21, 2022) was an American medical anthropologist and physician.
Petro HryhorenkoAuthor · BooksMilitary Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia
Polina ZherebtsovaAuthor · BooksPolina Zherebtsova (Полина Викторовна Жеребцова; 20 March 1985) is a Chechen Russian diarist and poet.
Princess Elizabeth of SerbiaAuthor · Books
Rachid MimouniAuthor · BooksRachid Mimouni (Racid Mimuni; 20 November 1945 – 12 February 1995) was an Algerian writer, teacher, and human rights activist.
Robin RomanoPhotographer · PhotographyHe is known for directing Stolen Childhoods (2005), The Dark Side of
Roya HakakianPerson · Film memorabiliaRoya Hakakian is an Iranian American Jewish writer, journalist, and political commentator.
Saad Eddin IbrahimAuthor · BooksSaad Eddin Ibrahim (Arabic: سعد الدين إبراهيم, IPA: [ˈsæʕd edˈdiːn ebɾˤɑˈhiːm]) (31 December 1938 – 29 September 2023) was an Egyptian sociologist and author.
Salima GhezaliAuthor · BooksSalima Ghezali (Kabyle: Salima Ɣezali; born 1958) is an Algerian journalist and writer.
Sami MichaelAuthor · BooksSami Michael (15 August 1926 – 1 April 2024) was an Iraqi-Israeli author, having migrated from Iraq to Israel at the age of 23.
Sandra MoránPerson · Music memorabiliaSandra Morán Reyes (born 29 April 1960) is a Guatemalan politician who served as deputy of the Congress of Guatemala from 2016 to 2020, following her electoral win in the 2015 general…
Seksan PrasertkulAuthor · BooksIllustration — Seksan Prasertkul
Serge Patrice ThibodeauAuthor · BooksSerge Patrice Thibodeau (born August 11, 1959) is a Canadian writer. He is a two-time winner of the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry—winning at the 1996 Governor…
Shahriar KabirPerson · Film memorabiliaShahriar Kabir (born 20 November 1950) is a Bangladeshi journalist, filmmaker, human rights activist, war crimes researcher and author of more than 70 books focusing on human rights,…
Shin Dong-hyukAuthor · Books
Somaly MamAuthor · Books
Sonia Nassery ColePerson · Film memorabiliaSonia Nassery Cole (born 1965) is an Afghan-born American human rights activist, filmmaker, and author.
Sonja BiserkoAuthor · BooksSonja Biserko (Соња Бисерко; born 14 February 1948) is a Serbian activist for human rights. She is the founder and president of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia.
Susana RinaldiPerson · Film memorabiliaSusana Natividad Rinaldi was born on December 25, 1935, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Taner AkçamPerson · Film memorabiliaAltuğ Taner Akçam (born 1953) is a Turkish-German historian[1] and sociologist. During the 1990s, he was the first Turkish scholar to acknowledge the Armenian genocide,[2] and has written…
Uri AvneryAuthor · BooksUri Avnery (10 September 1923 – 20 August 2018) was an Israeli writer, journalist, politician, and activist, who founded the Gush Shalom peace movement.
Vera DuarteAuthor · BooksShe was born in Mindelo.
Wei JingshengAuthor · BooksWei Jingsheng (born 20 May 1950) is a Chinese human rights activist and dissident. He is best known for his involvement in the Chinese democracy movement.
Yelena BonnerAuthor · BooksYelena Georgiyevna Bonner (15 February 1923 – 18 June 2011) was a human rights activist in the former Soviet Union and wife of the physicist, activist and 1975 Nobel Peace Prize laureate…
Yun Hyon-seokAuthor · BooksYun Hyon-seok (August 7, 1984 – April 26, 2003) was a South Korean LGBT poet, writer, and activist.
Yuri GalanskovAuthor · BooksYuri Timofeyevich Galanskov (19 June 1939 – 4 November 1972) was a Russian poet, historian, human rights activist and dissident.
Yvonne GreenAuthor · BooksYvonne Green (8 April 1957 – 16 April 2024) was an English poet, translator, writer and barrister.
Zack de la RochaAuthor · BooksZacharias Manuel de la Rocha (born January 12, 1970) is an American musician, rapper, singer, songwriter, and political activist.
Zitkala-SaAuthor · BooksZitkala-Ša, also Zitkála-Šá (Lakota: Zitkála-Šá, meaning Red Bird; February 22, 1876 – January 26, 1938), was a Yankton Dakota writer, editor, translator, musician, educator, and political…

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