Editing Sakharov Prize (section)

==Laureates and nominees==
{| class="sortable wikitable" width=%100
!Year
!Award
!Nominees
!Country/<br/>Headquarters
!Nominators
|-
! rowspan=8|1988
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| [[Nelson Mandela]] (1918–2013)<br/>[[Anatoly Marchenko]] (1938–1986)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flag|South Africa|1928}}<br/>{{flagu|Soviet Union}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| 
|-
|rowspan=2|Finalists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| Roald Zelichenok (1936–2024)
| {{flagu|Soviet Union}}
| 
|-
|rowspan=5|Longlists<ref name=ep/> 
|-
| [[Larisa Bogoraz]] (1929–2004)
| {{flagu|Soviet Union}}
| 
|-
| International Human Rights Association <br/>(founded in ?)
| {{flagu|Switzerland}}
| 
|-
| [[Natan Sharansky]] (born 1948)
| {{flagu|Israel}}
| 
|-
| [[Mordechai Vanunu]] (born 1954) 
| {{flagu|Israel}}
| 
|-
! rowspan=7|1989
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| [[Alexander Dubček]] (1921–1992)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|Czechoslovakia}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| [[European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party]]<br/> and Luigi Alberto Colajanni and other MEPs
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists<ref name=ep>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/210214/gp_eudor_WEB_QACA13011ENC_002.pdf.en%20(1).pdf|title=25 YEARS OF THE SAKHAROV PRIZE - European Parliament|date=11 November 2013|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| [[Doina Cornea]] (1929–2018)
| {{flagu|Socialist Republic of Romania|name=Romania}}
| [[Greens–European Free Alliance]] and <br/>[[Christopher Prout, Baron Kingsland|Christopher Prout]] and other MEPs
|-
| [[Gyula Horn]] (1932–2013)
| {{flagu|Hungarian People's Republic|name=Hungary}}
| [[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats]]<br/> and [[European People's Party]]
|-
|rowspan=3|Longlists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| [[Tadeusz Mazowiecki]] (1927–2013)
| {{flagu|Polish People's Republic|name=Poland}}
| [[Anne McIntosh]] and other MEPs
|-
| [[Chico Mendes]] (1944–1988)
| {{flagu|Brazil}}
| [[The Left in the European Parliament]]
|-
! rowspan=10|1990
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| [[Aung San Suu Kyi]] (born 1945){{efn|group=notes|At the time she received the award, Suu Kyi was an opposition politician and a former General Secretary of the [[National League for Democracy]], known for her peaceful struggle against [[military rule in Myanmar]]. She personally accepted the award in 2013, after she was released from 15 years of house arrest. In 2020, the [[Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament]] formally suspended Suu Kyi from the Sakharov Prize Community due to her role in the [[Rohingya genocide|atrocities against the Rohingya people]], but did not revoke the prize itself.<ref>Merlin Sugue, [https://www.politico.eu/article/aung-san-suu-kyi-suspended-from-sakharov-prize-community/ EU Parliament suspends Aung San Suu Kyi from Sakharov Prize Community] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183337/https://www.politico.eu/article/aung-san-suu-kyi-suspended-from-sakharov-prize-community/ |date=9 July 2021 }}, ''Politico'' (10 September 2020).</ref><ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20200907IPR86516/aung-san-suu-kyi-suspended-from-the-sakharov-prize-community Press release, Aung San Suu Kyi suspended from the Sakharov Prize Community] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518091743/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20200907IPR86516/aung-san-suu-kyi-suspended-from-the-sakharov-prize-community |date=18 May 2021 }}, European Parliament (10 September 2020).</ref><ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/myanmars-aung-san-suu-kyi-suspended-from-rights-prize-community/a-54886567 Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi suspended from rights prize community] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183606/https://www.dw.com/en/myanmars-aung-san-suu-kyi-suspended-from-rights-prize-community/a-54886567 |date=9 July 2021 }}, Deutsche Welle (10 September 2020).</ref>}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flag|Myanmar|1974}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| [[European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party]]
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| [[László Tőkés]] (born 1952)
| {{flagu|Hungary}}
| [[European People's Party]]
|-
| [[Fang Lizhi]] (1936–2012)
| {{flagu|China}}
| [[The Left in the European Parliament]]
|-
|rowspan=6|Longlists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| Universidad Católica de El Salvador <br/>(founded 1982)
| {{flagu|El Salvador}}
| [[Rosy Bindi]] and other MEPs
|-
| [[Ibrahim Rugova]] (1944–2006)
| {{flag|Yugoslavia}}
| [[Greens–European Free Alliance]]
|-
| [[Adem Demaçi]] (1936–2018){{efn|group=notes|name=re|The nominations of Adem Demaçi, Chico Mendes and Aziz Nesin in 1990 were eventually removed because it were received after the deadline.}}
| {{flag|Yugoslavia}}
| Jaak Vandemeulebroucke and other MEPs
|-
| [[Chico Mendes]] (1944–1988){{efn|name=re}}
| {{flagu|Brazil}}
| rowspan=2|[[Left Unity (European Parliament)|Left Unity Group]]
|-
| [[Aziz Nesin]] (1915–1995){{efn|name=re}}
| {{flagu|Turkey}}
|-
! rowspan=9|1991
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| [[Adem Demaçi]] (1936–2016)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flag|Yugoslavia}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| [[European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party]],<br/>[[Greens–European Free Alliance]], <br/>[[European People's Party]],<br/> and [[Alexander Langer]] and other MEPs
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| [[László Tőkés]] (born 1952)
| {{flagu|Hungary}}
| [[European People's Party]]
|-
| [[Terry Waite]] (born 1939)
| {{flagu|United Kingdom}}
| [[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats]]
|-
|rowspan=5|Longlists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] (1931–2022)<br/>[[Boris Yeltsin]] (1931–2006)
| {{flagu|Soviet Union}}
| [[The Left in the European Parliament]]
|-
| Nancy Gracey (?-2025)
| {{flagu|United Kingdom}}
| CG Group
|-
| [[Eduard Shevardnadze]] (1928–2014)
| {{flagu|Georgia}}
| [[European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party]]
|-
| [[Wei Jingsheng]] (born 1950)
| {{flagu|China}}
| [[European Democratic Party]]
|-
! rowspan=8|1992
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| [[Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo]] (founded in 1977)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flag|Argentina}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| 
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| [[Alija Izetbegović]] (1925–2003)
| {{flagu|Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|name=Bosnia-Herzegovina}}
| 
|-
| Maria Elena Cruz Varela (born 1953)
| {{flagu|Cuba}}
| 
|-
|rowspan=4|Longlists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| Cuban Commission for Human Rights <br/>and National Reconciliation (founded in 1987)
| {{flagu|Cuba}}
| 
|-
| [[Giovanni Falcone]] (1939–1992)<br/>[[Paolo Borsellino]] (1940–1992)
| {{flagu|Italy}}
| 
|-
| [[Rigoberta Menchú]] (born 1959)
| {{flagu|Guatemala}}
| 
|-
! rowspan=8|1993
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| ''[[Oslobođenje]]'' (founded in 1943)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|name=Bosnia-Herzegovina}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| 
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| [[Xanana Gusmão]] (born 1946) 
| {{flagu|East Timor}}
| 
|-
| [[Gendün Rinchen]] (1926–1997)
| {{flagu|China}}
| 
|-
|rowspan=4|Longlists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| Cedric Mayson (1927–2015)
| {{flagu|South Africa|1928}}
|
|-
| Volmer do Nascimento (?–1991)
| {{flagu|Brazil}}
| 
|-
| [[Salman Rushdie]] (born 1947)
| {{flagu|United Kingdom}}
| 
|-
! rowspan=9|1994
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| [[Taslima Nasrin]] (born 1962)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|Bangladesh}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| [[Sebastian Arcos Bergnes]] (1931–1997)
| {{flagu|Cuba}}
| 
|-
| [[Leyla Zana]] (born 1961){{efn|group=notes|name=zana|On 12 October 1994, the Committee on Foreign Affairs had decided to only submit nominations of individuals to the Conference of Presidents. Hence, rather than submiting a joint nomination of Mr. and Mrs. Zana, only the nomination of Leyla Zana would be submitted.}}
| {{flagu|Turkey}}
|
|-
|rowspan=5|Longlists<ref name=ep/>
|-
|-
| [[Xanana Gusmão]] (born 1946) 
| {{flagu|East Timor}}
|
|-
| [[Samuel Ruiz]] (1924–2011)
| {{flagu|Mexico}}
| 
|-
| [[Wei Jingsheng]] (born 1950)
| {{flagu|China}}
| 
|-
| [[Mehdi Zana]] (born 1940){{efn|name=zana}}
| {{flagu|Turkey}}
|
|-
! rowspan=9|1995
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| [[Leyla Zana]] (born 1961)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|Turkey}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| 
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| [[Sergei Kovalev]] (1930–2021)
| {{flagu|Russia}}
| 
|-
| [[Naguib Mahfouz]] (1911–2006)
| {{flagu|Egypt}}
| 
|-
|rowspan=5|Longlists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| Comunità San Patrignano (founded in 1978)
| {{flagu|Italy}}
| 
|-
| [[Community of Sant'Egidio]] (founded in 1968)
| {{flagu|Italy}}
| 
|-
| [[Palden Gyatso]] (1933–2018)
| {{flagu|China}}
| 
|-
| [[Ken Saro-Wiwa]] (1941–1995)
| {{flagu|Nigeria}}
| 
|-
! rowspan=7|1996
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| [[Wei Jingsheng]] (born 1950)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|China}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| 
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| [[Samuel Ruiz]] (1924–2011)
| {{flagu|Mexico}}
| 
|-
| Leonel Morejón Almagro (born ?)
| {{flagu|Cuba}}
| 
|-
|rowspan=3|Longlists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| [[Silvia Baraldini]] (born 1947)
| {{flagu|Italy}}
| 
|-
| [[Aleksandr Nikitin (environmentalist)|Aleksandr Nikitin]] (born 1952)
| {{flagu|Russia}}
|
|-
! rowspan=6|1997
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| [[Salima Ghezali]] (born 1958)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|Algeria}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| 
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| [[Franjo Komarica]] (born 1946)
| {{flagu|Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|name=Bosnia-Herzegovina}}
|
|-
| Eleni Foka (born 1950)
| {{flagu|Cyprus}}
| 
|-
|rowspan=2|Longlists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| [[Elizardo Sánchez]] (born 1944)
| {{flagu|Cuba}}
| 
|-
! rowspan=10|1998
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| [[Ibrahim Rugova]] (1944–2006)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|FR Yugoslavia|name=Yugoslavia}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| [[Akın Birdal]] (born 1948)
| {{flagu|Turkey}}
| 
|-
| [[Ukshin Hoti]] (1942–1999)
| {{flagu|Kosovo}}
| 
|-
|rowspan=6|Longlists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| [[ACCEPT (organization)|ACCEPT]] (founded in 1996)
| {{flagu|Romania}}
| 
|-
| [[14th Dalai Lama]] (born 1935)
| {{flagu|China}}
| 
|-
| José Rainha Júnior (born 1960)
| {{flagu|Brazil}}
| 
|-
| [[Marta Beatriz Roque]] (born 1945)
| {{flagu|Cuba}}
| 
|-
| [[Mordechai Vanunu]] (born 1954)
| {{flagu|Israel}}
| 
|-
! rowspan=8|1999
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| [[Xanana Gusmão]] (born 1946)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|East Timor}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| [[Angelina Atyam]] (born 1946)
| {{flagu|Uganda}}
| 
|-
| [[B92|Radio B 2-92]] (founded in 1989)
| {{flagu|Serbia}}
|
|-
|rowspan=4|Longlists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| [[Akın Birdal]] (born 1948)
| {{flagu|Turkey}}
| 
|-
| [[Khemaïs Ksila]] (born 1956)
| {{flagu|Tunisia}}
| 
|-
| [[Martin Lee]] (born 1938)
| {{flagu|Hong Kong}}
| 
|-
! rowspan=10|2000
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| [[¡Basta Ya!]] (founded in 1994)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|Spain}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| [[Gerardo Galeote Quecedo]] and other MEPs
|-
|rowspan=4|Finalists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| [[Angelina Atyam]] (born 1946)
| {{flagu|Uganda}}
| 
|-
| [[Andrei Babitsky]] (1964–2022)
| {{flagu|Russia}}
|
|-
| [[Ngawang Sangdrol]] (born 1977)
| {{flagu|China}}
| 
|-
|rowspan=5|Longlists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| [[Mumia Abu-Jamal]] (born 1954)
| {{flagu|United States}}
| 
|-
| [[Immaculée Birhaheka]] (born 1960)
| {{flagu|Democratic Republic of the Congo|name=DR Congo}}
|
|-
| [[Radhia Nasraoui]] (born 1953)
| {{flagu|Tunisia}}
| 
|-
| [[Aleksandr Nikitin (environmentalist)|Aleksandr Nikitin]] (born 1952)
| {{flagu|Russia}}
| 
|-
! rowspan=11|2001
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black" rowspan=2| Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| [[Nurit Peled-Elhanan]] (born 1949)<br/>[[Izzat Ghazzawi]] (1951–2003)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|Israel}}<br/>{{flagu|Palestine}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| [[Francis Wurtz]] and other MEPs
|-
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| [[Zacarias Kamwenho]] (born 1934)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|Angola}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| [[José Ribeiro e Castro]] and other MEPs
|-
| rowspan=2|Finalists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| [[Sihem Bensedrine]] (born 1950)
| {{flagu|Tunisia}}
| [[Harlem Désir]] and other MEPs
|-
|rowspan=7|Longlists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| [[Angelina Atyam]] (born 1946)
| {{flagu|Uganda}}
| [[Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne|Emma Nicholson]] and other MEPs
|-
| Francisco de Roux (born 1943)
| {{flagu|Colombia}}
| [[Antonio Di Pietro]] and other MEPs
|-
| [[Patrick Leahy]] (born 1940)
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Mario Segni]] and other MEPs
|-
| [[Li Hongzhi]] (born 1951)
| {{flagu|China}}
| [[Nelly Maes]] and other MEPs
|-
| [[Ngawang Sangdrol]] (born 1977)
| {{flagu|China}}
| [[Thomas Mann (German politician)|Thomas Mann]] and other MEPs
|-
| [[Morgan Tsvangirai]] (1952–2018)
| {{flagu|Zimbabwe}}
| [[Johan Van Hecke]] and other MEPs
|-
! rowspan=8|2002
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| [[Oswaldo Payá]] (1952–2012)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|Cuba}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| [[Graham Watson]] and 3 other MEPs
|-
| rowspan=3|Finalists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| [[Sihem Bensedrine]] (born 1950)<br/>[[Saad Eddin Ibrahim]] (1938–2023)
| {{flagu|Tunisia}}<br/>{{flagu|Egypt}}
| [[Emma Bonino]] and 5 other MEPs
|-
| [[Morgan Tsvangirai]] (1952–2018)
| {{flagu|Zimbabwe}}
| [[Geoffrey Van Orden]] and 3 other MEPs
|-
| rowspan=4|Longlists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| [[Ahmad Shah Massoud]] (1953–2001)
| {{flagu|Afghanistan|2013}}
| [[Union for Europe of the Nations]]
|-
| [[Grigory Pasko]] (born 1962)
| {{flagu|Ukraine}}
| [[Matti Wuori]] and 3 other MEPs
|-
| [[Kailash Satyarthi]] (born 1954)
| {{flagu|India}}
| Luigi Vinci and other MEPs
|-
! rowspan="9"|2003
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| [[Kofi Annan]] (1938–2018)<br/>[[United Nations]] (founded in 1945)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|Ghana}}<br/>{{flagu|United Nations}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| [[European People's Party]] and <br/>[[Party of European Socialists]]
|-
| rowspan=4|Finalists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| [[Akbar Ganji]] (born 1960)
| {{flagu|Iran}}
| [[Greens–European Free Alliance]]
|-
| [[Sérgio Vieira de Mello]] (1948–2003)
| {{flagu|Brazil}}
| [[European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party]], [[The Left in the European Parliament]], [[Union for Europe of the Nations]] and <br/>[[José Ribeiro e Castro]] and other MEPs
|-
| [[Hans Blix]] (born 1928)<br/>[[Mohamed ElBaradei]] (born 1942)
| {{flagu|Sweden}}<br/>{{flagu|Egypt}}
| [[The Left in the European Parliament]]
|-
| rowspan=4|Longlists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| Saim Balmukhanov (1922–?)
| {{flagu|Kazakhstan}}
| [[Struan Stevenson]] and other MEPs
|-
| [[Yury Bandazhevsky]] (born 1957)
| {{flagu|Belarus}}
| [[Marie Anne Isler Béguin]] and other MEPs
|-
| Central Asian opposition leaders and campaigners<br/> of democracy:{{bulleted list|[[Felix Kulov]] (born 1948)|Muhammed Bekzhon (born ?)|[[Batyr Berdiýew|Batyr Berdyev]] (born 1960)|[[Galymzhan Zhakiyanov]] (born 1963)}}
| {{flagu|Kyrgyzstan}}<br/>{{flagu|Uzbekistan}}<br/>{{flagu|Turkmenistan}}<br/>{{flagu|Kazakhstan}}
| [[Matti Wuori]] and other MEPs
|-
! rowspan=13|2004
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| [[Belarusian Association of Journalists]] <br/>(founded in 1995)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| {{flagu|Belarus}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"| [[Michael Gahler]] and other MEPs
|-
| rowspan=4|Finalists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| [[Natalya Estemirova]] (1958–2009)
| {{flagu|Russia}}
| [[Greens–European Free Alliance]]
|-
| [[Sergei Kovalev]] (1930–2021)
| {{flagu|Russia}}
| [[Vytautas Landsbergis]] and other MEPs
|-
| [[Íngrid Betancourt]] (born 1961)
| {{flagu|Colombia}}
| [[Party of European Socialists]]
|-
| rowspan=8|Longlists<ref name=ep/>
|-
| [[Reporters Without Borders]] (born 1985)
| {{flagu|France}}
| [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]]
|-
| [[Enzo Baldoni]] (1948–2004)<br/>[[Rachel Corrie]] (1979–2003)<br/>[[Leonid Roshal]] (born 1933)
| {{flagu|Italy}}<br/>{{flagu|United States}}<br/>{{flagu|Russia}}
| [[The Left in the European Parliament]]
|-
| [[Alexander Esenin-Volpin]] (1924–2016)
| {{flagu|Russia}}
| [[Independence/Democracy]]
|-
| Angelica Edna Calo Livne (born 1955)
| {{flagu|Italy}}
| [[Mario Mauro]] and other MEPs
|-
| [[Václav Havel]] (1936–2011)
| {{flagu|Czechoslovakia}}
| [[Jana Bobošíková]] and other MEPs
|-
| [[Ibrahim Hussein Zaki]] (born 1947)
| {{flagu|Maldives}}
| [[Nirj Deva]] and other MEPs
|-
| [[Zubr (political organization)|Zubr]] (founded in 2001)
| {{flagu|Belarus}}
| [[Rolandas Pavilionis]] and other MEPs
|-
! rowspan="11"|2005
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black" rowspan=3|Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Ladies in White]] (born 2003)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Cuba}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Gerardo Galeote Quecedo]] and other MEPs
|-
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Reporters Without Borders]] (founded in 1989)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|France}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]]
|-
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Hauwa Ibrahim]] (founded in 1989)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Nigeria}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Party of European Socialists]]
|-
|rowspan=8|Longlists<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/presse/pr_info/2005/EN/03A-DV-PRESSE_IPR(2005)09-12(00210)_EN.pdf|title=Nominees for the 2005 Sakharov prize|date=December 2005|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| [[Yang Zili]] (born 1971)<br/>[[Mojtaba Saminejad]] (born 1980)<br/>[[Zouhair Yahyaoui]] (1967–2005)
| {{flagu|China}}<br/>{{flagu|Iran}}<br/>{{flagu|Tunisia}}
| [[Greens–European Free Alliance]]
|-
| [[Mukhtar Mai]] (born 1972)
| {{flagu|Pakistan}}
| [[The Left in the European Parliament]]
|-
| [[Gunārs Astra]] (1931–1988)
| {{flagu|Latvia}}
| [[Union for Europe of the Nations]]
|-
| [[Alexander Esenin-Volpin]] (1924–2016)<br/>[[Sergei Kovalev]] (1930–2021)
| {{flagu|Russia}}
| [[Independence/Democracy]]
|-
| [[Mudawi Ibrahim Adam]] (born 1956)
| {{flagu|Sudan}}
| [[Simon Coveney]] and other MEPs
|-
| [[Daniel Barenboim]] (born 1942)<br>[[West–Eastern Divan Orchestra]] (founded in 199)
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br/>{{flagu|Spain}}
| [[Erna Hennicot-Schoepges]] and other MEPs
|-
| [[Aminatou Haidar]] (born 1966)
| {{flagu|Western Sahara}}
| [[Karin Scheele]] and other MEPs
|-
! rowspan="12"|2006
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Alaksandar Milinkievič]] (born 1947)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Belarus}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Union for Europe of the Nations]] <br/>and [[European People's Party]]
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists<ref name=eu/>
|-
| The [[Colombians]] fighting for kidnapped hostages
| {{flagu|Colombia}}
| [[Greens–European Free Alliance]]
|-
| [[Ghassan Tueni]] (1926–2012){{efn|group=notes|Tueni was nominated in memory of five prominent Lebanese people who were assassinated in 2005: [[Gebran Tueni]] (1957–2005), [[Rafic Hariri]] (1944–2005), [[Bassel Fleihan]] (1963–2005), [[Samir Kassir]] (1960–2005) and [[George Hawi]] (1938–2005).}}
| {{flagu|Lebanon}}
| [[The Left in the European Parliament]] <br/> and [[Party of European Socialists]]
|-
|rowspan=8|Longlists<ref name=eu>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/presse/pr_focus/2006/EN/03A-DV-PRESSE_FCS(2006)09-11(10501)_EN.pdf|title=2006 Sakharov Prize – supporting Freedom of Thought around the world|date=December 2006|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| [[Íngrid Betancourt]] (born 1961)
| {{flagu|Colombia}}
| [[Marie-Arlette Carlotti]] and other MEPs
|-
| Fulda-Moscho-Project (founded in 2002)<br/>Muthgard Hinkelmann-Toewe (born 1940)
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br/>{{flagu|Kenya}}
| [[Alexander Nuno Alvaro]] and other MEPs
|-
| [[Vladimir Kozlov (politician)|Vladimir Kozlov]] (born 1960)
| {{flagu|Kazakhstan}}
| [[Toomas Hendrik Ilves]] and other MEPs
|-
| [[Erwin Kräutler]] (born 1939)
| {{flagu|Austria}}
| Herbert Bösch (born 1954) and other MEPs
|-
| [[Somaly Mam]] (born 1970)
| {{flagu|Cambodia}}
| [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]]
|-
| [[Mesfin Woldemariam]] (1930–2020)
| {{flagu|Ethiopia}}
| [[Ana Gomes|Ana Maria Gomes]] and other MEPs
|-
| Women in Black (founded in 1991)
| {{flagu|Serbia}}
| [[Jelko Kacin]] and other MEPs
|-
! rowspan="7"|2007
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Salih Mahmoud Osman]] (born 1957)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Sudan}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]]<br/> and [[Josep Borrell]] and 181 other MEPs
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists
|-
| [[Anna Politkovskaya]] (1958–2006)
| {{flagu|Russia}}
| [[European People's Party]]
|-
| [[Hu Jia (activist)|Hu Jia]] (born 1973)<br/>[[Zeng Jinyan]] (born 1983)
| {{flagu|China}}
| [[Greens–European Free Alliance]]
|-
|rowspan=3|Longlists<ref name=eu7/>
|-
| Patriarch [[Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople|Bartholomew I]] (born 1940){{efn|group=notes|Bartholomew I's nomination was subsequently removed from the list after the Patriarch told the Parliament he would not accept it.<ref name=eu7>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/presse/pr_focus/2007/EN/03A-DV-PRESSE_FCS(2007)09-06(10161)_EN.pdf|title=2007 Sakharov Prize for Freedom and Thought|date=September 2007|access-date=30 January 2024|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>}}
| {{flagu|Turkey}}
| [[Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty]]
|-
| [[Malalai Joya]] (born 1978)
| {{flagu|Afghanistan|2013}}
| [[The Left in the European Parliament]]
|-
! rowspan="10"|2008
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Hu Jia (activist)|Hu Jia]] (born 1973)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|China}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]],<br/> and [[Greens–European Free Alliance]]
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists
|-
| [[Alyaksandr Kazulin]] (born 1955)
| {{flagu|Belarus}}
| [[Jacek Protasiewicz]] and 45 other MEPs
|-
| Apollinaire Malu Malu (1961–2016)
| {{flagu|Democratic Republic of the Congo|name=DR Congo}}
| [[Luisa Morgantini]] and 47 other MEPs
|-
|rowspan=6|Longlists
|-
| [[Íngrid Betancourt]] (born 1961)
| {{flagu|Colombia}}
| [[Party of European Socialists]]
|-
| [[14th Dalai Lama]] (born 1935)
| {{flagu|China}}
| [[Union for Europe of the Nations]] and<br/>[[Piia-Noora Kauppi]] and 40 other MEPs
|-
| [[Morgan Tsvangirai]] (1958–2018)
| {{flagu|Zimbabwe}}
| [[Luís Queiró]] and 96 other MEPs
|-
| [[European Roma Rights Centre]] (founded in 1996)
| {{flagu|Hungary}}
| [[The Left in the European Parliament]]
|-
| [[Mikhail Trepashkin]] (born 1957)
| {{flagu|Belarus}}
| [[Independence/Democracy]]
|-
! rowspan="11" |2009
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Memorial (society)|Memorial]] (founded in 1989) and<br/> human rights defenders in Russia:{{bulleted list|[[Lyudmila Alexeyeva]] (1927–2018)|[[Oleg Orlov]] (born 1953)|[[Sergei Kovalev]] (1930–2021)}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Russia}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Greens–European Free Alliance]] and <br/>[[Jacek Saryusz-Wolski]] and 59 other MEPs
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eumonitor.eu/9353000/1/j9vvik7m1c3gyxp/vi92pn0j9izw?ctx=vhabjd5t489m&start_tab0=240|title=Sakharov Prize 2009: MEPs decide on shortlist of three|date=6 October 2009|access-date=30 January 2025|website=EU Monitor}}</ref>
|-
| [[Izzeldin Abuelaish]] (born 1955)
| {{flagu|Palestine}}
| [[Véronique De Keyser]] and 54 other MEPs
|-
| [[Dawit Isaak]] (born 1964)
| {{flagu|Eritrea}}<br/>{{flagu|Sweden}}
| [[The Left in the European Parliament]]<br/> and [[Olle Schmidt]] and 31 other MEPs
|-
|rowspan=7|Longlists<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/presse/pr_info/2009/EN/03A-DV-PRESSE_IPR(2009)09-30(61494)_EN.pdf|title=Sakharov Prize 2009: names of ten candidates unveiled|date=September 2009|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| Fundación Vicente Ferrer (founded in 1996)
| {{flagu|Spain}}
| Juan Andrés Perelló and 39 other MEPs
|-
| [[Mariam Lamizana]] (born 1951)
| {{flagu|Burkina Faso}}
| [[Europe of Freedom and Democracy]]
|-
| [[Denis Mukwege]] (born 1955)	 
| {{flagu|Democratic Republic of the Congo|name=DR Congo}}
| [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]]
|-
| [[Thadeus Nguyễn Văn Lý]] (born 1946)	 
| {{flagu|Vietnam}}
| [[Michael Gahler]] and 44 other MEPs
|-
| [[Shadi Sadr]] (born 1974)<br/>[[Killing of Neda Agha-Soltan|Neda Agha-Soltan]] (1983–2009)<br/>Iranian citizens and activists
| {{flagu|Iran}}
| [[Marietje Schaake]] and 39 other MEPs
|-
| [[Roberto Saviano]] (born 1979)
| {{flagu|Italy}}
| [[Sonia Alfano]] and 39 other MEPs
|-
! rowspan="11" | 2010
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Guillermo Fariñas]] (born 1962){{efn|group=notes|On 15 December 2010, the prize was awarded to Guillermo Fariñas. However, the Cuban authorities did not allow the laureate to come to Strasbourg, despite the requests of [[Jerzy Buzek]], [[President of the European Parliament]]. The latter therefore placed the diploma on an empty chair, covered with a Cuban flag at the dissident's request.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdfs/news/public/focus/20101001FCS84570/20101001FCS84570_en.pdf|title=Cuba's Guillermo Fariñas wins Sakharov Prize for Freedom and Thought|date=15 October 2010|access-date=25 December 2024|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Cuba}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[European Conservatives and Reformists Group]], <br/>[[European People's Party]], and <br/>[[Edvard Kožušník]] and 91 other MEPs
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/hu/press-room/20101018IPR87691/sakharov-prize-2010-three-finalists|title=Sakharov Prize 2010: three finalists|date=18 October 2010|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| [[Breaking the Silence (organization)|Breaking the Silence]] (founded in 2004)
| {{flagu|Israel}}
| [[The Left in the European Parliament]]<br/>and [[Greens–European Free Alliance]]
|-
| [[Birtukan Mideksa]] (born 1974)
| {{flagu|Ethiopia}}
| [[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats]]
|-
|rowspan=7|Longlists<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20100923IPR83450/sakharov-prize-2010-9-nominations|title=Sakharov Prize 2010 - 9 nominations|date=23 September 2010|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| "Access" (founded in ?)
| 
| [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]]
|-
| [[Haitham al-Maleh]] (born 1931)
| {{flagu|Syria}}
| [[Heidi Hautala]] and 44 other MEPs
|-
| [[Aminatou Haidar]] (born 1966)
| {{flagu|Western Sahara}}
| [[Norbert Neuser]] and  42 other MEPs
|-
| [[Dawit Isaak]] (born 1964)
| {{flagu|Eritrea}}<br/>{{flagu|Sweden}}
| [[Olle Schmidt]] and 40 other MEPs
|-
| [[Thadeus Nguyễn Văn Lý]] (born 1946)
| {{flagu|Vietnam}}
| rowspan=2|[[European Conservatives and Reformists Group]]
|-
| [[Open Doors]] (founded in 1955)
| {{flagu|Netherlands}}
|-
! rowspan="6" | 2011
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Five [[Arab spring]] activists:{{bulleted list|[[Asmaa Mahfouz]] (born 1985)|[[Ahmed al-Senussi]] (born 1933)|[[Razan Zaitouneh]] (born 1977)|[[Ali Farzat]] (born 1951)|[[Mohamed Bouazizi]] (1984–2011)}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Egypt}}<br/>{{flagu|Libya}}<br />{{flagu|Syria}}<br/>{{flagu|Tunisia}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]], <br/>[[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats]],<br/> [[Greens–European Free Alliance]] and<br/>[[European People's Party]]
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists
|-
| Dzmitry Bandarenka (born 1963)
| {{flagu|Belarus}}
| [[European Conservatives and Reformists Group]]
|-
| San José de Apartadó Peace Community <br/>(founded in 1997)
| {{flagu|Colombia}}
| [[The Left in the European Parliament]]
|-
|rowspan=2|Longlists<ref>{{cite web|url=https://euroalert.net/en/news/13482/five-nomination-for-the-2011-sakharov-prize-for-freedom-of-thought|title=Five nomination for the 2011 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought|date=16 September 2011|access-date=30 January 2025|website=Euroalert}}</ref>
| [[Izzeldin Abuelaish]] (born 1955)
| {{flagu|Palestine}}
| [[European Conservatives and Reformists Group]]
|-
| [[Boris Pahor]] (1933–2022)
| {{flagu|Slovenia}}
| [[Milan Zver]] and 51 other MEPs
|-
! rowspan="7" | 2012
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Nasrin Sotoudeh]] (born 1963)<br/>[[Jafar Panahi]] (born 1960)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Iran}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats]],<br/>[[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]], <br/>[[Greens–European Free Alliance]] and<br/>[[Elmar Brok]] and 38 other MEPs
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists
|-
| [[Ales Bialatski]] (born 1962)
| {{flagu|Belarus}}
| [[Jacek Saryusz-Wolski]] and 82 other MEPs
|-
| [[Pussy Riot]] (founded in 2011)
| {{flagu|Russia}}
| [[Werner Schulz]] and 45 other MEPs
|-
|rowspan=3|Longlists<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20120924IPR52146/nominations-for-2012-sakharov-prize-for-freedom-of-thought-presented-by-meps|title=Nominations for 2012 Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought presented by MEPs|date=25 September 2012|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| Rwanda political prisoners represented by:{{bulleted list|[[Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza]] (born 1968)|Déogratias Mushayid (born 1961)|[[Bernard Ntaganda]](born 1967)}}
| {{flagu|Rwanda}}
| [[Willy Meyer Pleite]] and 41 other MEPs
|-
| Joseph Francis (born ?)
| {{flagu|Pakistan}}
| [[European Conservatives and Reformists Group]]
|-
! rowspan="9" | 2013
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Malala Yousafzai]] (born 1997)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Pakistan}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats]], <br/>[[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]], <br/>[[European Conservatives and Reformists Group]], <br/> and [[European People's Party]]
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/de/press-room/20130930IPR21128/2013-sakharov-prize-finalists-announced|title=2013 Sakharov Prize finalists announced|date=30 September 2013|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| Belarusian political prisoners represented by:{{bulleted list|[[Ales Bialatski]] (born 1962)|[[Eduard Lobau]] (1988–2023)|[[Mikola Statkevich]] (born 1956)}}
| {{flagu|Belarus}}
| [[Marek Migalski]] and 41 other MEPs
|-
| [[Edward Snowden]] (born 1983)
| {{flagu|United States}}<br/>{{flagu|Russia}}
| [[The Left in the European Parliament]] <br/>and [[Greens–European Free Alliance]] 
|-
|rowspan=5|Longlists<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20130916IPR20013/2013-sakharov-prize-for-freedom-of-thought-seven-nominations|title=2013 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought - seven nominations|date=16 September 2013|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| [[Reeyot Alemu]] (born 1980)<br/>[[Eskinder Nega]] (born 1969)
| {{flagu|Ethiopia}}
| [[Ana Gomes|Ana Maria Gomes]] and 40 other MEPs
|-
| [[Mikhail Khodorkovsky]] (born 1963)
| {{flagu|Russia}}
| [[Werner Schulz]] and 40 other MEPs
|-
| "Standing Man" protesters
| {{flagu|Turkey}}
| [[Marietje Schaake]] and 40 other MEPs
|-
| [[CNN Freedom Project]] (founded in 2011)
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Boris Zala]] and 40 other MEPs
|-
! rowspan="8" | 2014
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Denis Mukwege]] (born 1955)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Democratic Republic of the Congo|name=DR Congo}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats]]<br/>and [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]]
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists
|-
| [[Leyla Yunus]] (born 1955)
| {{flagu|Azerbaijan}}
| [[Greens–European Free Alliance]]
|-
| [[Euromaidan|EuroMaiden]] represented by:{{bulleted list|[[Mustafa Nayyem]] (born 1981)|[[Ruslana|Ruslana Lyzhychko]] (born 1973)|Yelyzaveta Schepetylnykova (born ?)|[[Tetiana Chornovol]] (born 1979)}}
| {{flagu|Ukraine}}
| [[Jacek Saryusz-Wolski]] and 52 other MEPs
|-
|rowspan=4|Longlists<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20140919STO66702/sakharov-prize-2014-meet-the-nominees|title=Sakharov Prize 2014: Meet the nominees|date=23 October 2014|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| Mahmoud Al 'Asali (?–2014)<br/>[[Louis Raphaël I Sako]] (born 1948)
| {{flagu|Iraq}}
| [[European Conservatives and Reformists Group]]<br/>[[Anna Záborská]] and 66 other MEPs
|-
| Organisations for the protection of Christian <br/>minorities:{{bulleted list|Coordination of the Christians of East in Danger<br> (CHREDO) (founded 2013)|[[Open Doors]] (founded in 1955)|Oeuvre d'Orient (founded in 1856)|[[Aid to the Church in Need]] (born 1947)}}
| {{flagu|Netherlands}}<br/>{{flagu|Belgium}}<br/>{{flagu|Germany}}
| [[Philippe Juvin]] and 60 other MEPs
|-
| [[Ayaan Hirsi Ali]] (born 1969)
| {{flagu|Somalia}}<br/>{{flagu|United States}}
| [[Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy]]
|-
! rowspan="8" | 2015
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Raif Badawi]] (born 1984)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Saudi Arabia}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats]], <br/>[[European Conservatives and Reformists Group]], <br/>and [[Greens–European Free Alliance]]
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists<ref>{{cite web|url=https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/video/sakharov-prize-2015-finalists-announced_N006-151015-001|title=Sakharov Prize 2015 finalists announced|date=15 October 2015|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| [[Boris Nemtsov]] (1959–2015)
| {{flagu|Russia}}
| [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]]
|-
| [[Democratic Unity Roundtable|Venezuelan opposition]] and [[Political prisoners in Venezuela|political prisoners]]
| {{flagu|Venezuela}}
| [[European People's Party]]
|-
|rowspan=4|Longlist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20150910STO92624/sakharov-prize-the-nominations-for-2015-presented|title=Sakharov Prize: the nominations for 2015 presented|date=10 September 2015|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| [[Edna Adan Ismail]] (born 1937)
| {{flagu|Somalia}}
| [[Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy]]
|-
| [[Nadiya Savchenko]] (born 1981)
| {{flagu|Ukraine}}
| [[European Conservatives and Reformists Group]]
|-
| [[Edward Snowden]] (born 1983)<br/>Antoine Deltour (born 1985)<br/>[[Stéphanie Gibaud]] (born 1965)
| {{flagu|United States}}<br/>{{flagu|Russia}}<br/>{{flagu|France}}
| [[The Left in the European Parliament]]
|-
! rowspan="6" | 2016
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Nadia Murad]] (born 1993)<br/>[[Lamiya Haji Bashar]] (born 1998)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Iraq}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]] and<br/>[[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats]]
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.liberties.eu/en/stories/discover-the-finalists-for-the-sakharov-prize-2016-sn-15143/33961|title=Discover the Finalists for the Sakharov Prize 2016|date=11 October 2016|access-date=30 January 2025|website=Civil Liberties Union for Europe}}</ref>
|-
| [[Can Dündar]] (born 1961)
| {{flagu|Turkey}}
| [[Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy]], <br/>[[The Left in the European Parliament]], <br/>and [[Greens–European Free Alliance]]
|-
| [[Mustafa Dzhemilev]] (born 1943)
| {{flagu|Ukraine}}
| [[European Conservatives and Reformists Group]] <br/>and [[European People's Party Group]]
|-
|rowspan=2|Longlists<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20160909STO41754/sakharov-prize-2016-meps-present-their-nominations|title=Sakharov Prize 2016: MEPs present their nominations|date=15 September 2016|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| [[Ilham Tohti]] (born 1969)
| {{flagu|China}}
| [[Ilhan Kyuchyuk]] and 42 other MEPs
|-
! rowspan="8" | 2017
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis|Democratic opposition in Venezuela]] represented by <br/>National Assembly and all political prisoners:{{bulleted list|[[Julio Borges]] (born 1969)|[[Leopoldo López]] (born 1971)|[[Antonio Ledezma]] (born 1955)|Daniel Ceballos (born 1984)|[[Yon Goicoechea]] (born 1984)|[[Lorent Saleh]] (born 1988)|Alfredo Ramos (born 1955)|Andrea González (born ?)}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Venezuela}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]] <br/>and [[European People's Party]]
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists
|-
| [[Aura Lolita Chavez Ixcaquic]] (born 1972)
| {{flagu|Guatemala}}
| [[Greens–European Free Alliance]]
|-
| [[Dawit Isaak]] (born 1964)
| {{flagu|Eritrea}}<br/>{{flagu|Sweden}}
| [[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats]]<br/>[[Cecilia Wikström]] and 46 other MEPs
|-
|rowspan=4|Longlists<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20170911STO83546/sakharov-prize-2017-discover-the-nominees|title=Sakharov Prize 2017: discover the nominees|date=14 September 2017|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| [[Asia Bibi blasphemy case|Asia Bibi]] (born 1971)
| {{flagu|Pakistan}}
| [[European Conservatives and Reformists Group]]
|-
| [[Selahattin Demirtaş]] (born 1973)<br/>[[Figen Yüksekdağ]] (born 1971)
| {{flagu|Turkey}}
| [[The Left in the European Parliament]]
|-
| [[Pierre Claver Mbonimpa]] (born 1950)
| {{flagu|Burundi}}
| [[Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy]]
|-
! rowspan="10" | 2018
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Oleg Sentsov]] (born 1976)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Ukraine}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[European People's Party]]
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20181005STO15106/sakharov-prize-2018-the-finalists|title=Sakharov Prize 2018: the finalists|date=9 October 2018|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| [[Nasser Zefzafi]] (born 1979)
| {{flagu|Morocco}}
| [[The Left in the European Parliament]]
|-
| [[NGO]]s protecting human rights and saving migrant <br/>lives across the [[Mediterranean Sea]]:{{bulleted list|Boat Refugee Foundation (founded in 2015)|[[Jugend Rettet]] (founded in 2015)|[[Lifeline (ship)|Lifeline Rescue Boat]] (founded in 2016)|[[Médecins Sans Frontières]] (founded in 1971)|[[Migrant Offshore Aid Station]] (founded in 2013)|[[Proactiva Open Arms]] (founded in 2015)|[[Proem-Aid]] (founded in 2015)|[[Save the Children]] (founded in 1919)|[[Sea-Eye]] (founded in 2015)|[[Sea-Watch]] (founded in 2015)|[[SOS Méditerranée]] (founded in 2015)}}
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br/>{{flagu|France}}<br/>{{flagu|Malta}}<br/>{{flagu|Netherlands}}<br/>{{flagu|Spain}}<br/>{{flagu|United Kingdom}}
| [[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats]]<br/> and [[Greens–European Free Alliance]]
|-
|rowspan=6|Longlists<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20180920STO14024/sakharov-prize-2018-discover-the-nominees|title=Sakharov Prize 2018: discover the nominees|date=27 October 2018|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| [[Seyran Ateş]] (born 1963)
| {{flagu|Germany}}
| [[European Conservatives and Reformists Group]]
|-
| "[[Fareed al-Madhhan|Caesar]]", Syrian military photographer (born ?)
| {{flagu|Syria}}
| [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]]
|-
| Dewayne "Lee" Johnson (born 1972)
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy]]
|-
| [[AfriForum]] (founded in 2006)
| {{flagu|South Africa}}
| [[Europe of Nations and Freedom]]
|-
| [[Mary Wagner (Canada)|Mary Wagner]] (born 1974)
| {{flagu|Canada}}
| [[Marek Jurek]] and 41 other MEPs
|-
! rowspan="7" | 2019
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Ilham Tohti]] (born 1969)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|China}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Renew Europe]]
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists<ref>{{cite web|url=https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/de/video/vote-shortlist-of-3-candidates-sakharov-prize-2019_I178341|title=Vote on a shortlist of 3 candidates for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2019|date=9 October 2019|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| [[Marielle Franco]] (1979–2018)<br/>Claudelice Silva dos Santos (born 1982)<br/>[[Raoni Metuktire]] (born 1932)
| {{flagu|Brazil}}
| [[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats]] <br/>and [[The Left in the European Parliament]]
|-
| [[The Restorers (Kenyan group)|The Restorers]] (founded in 2017)
| {{flagu|Kenya}}
| [[European Conservatives and Reformists Group]]
|-
|rowspan=3|Longlist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20190912STO60947/sakharov-prize-2019-the-nominees|title=Sakharov Prize 2019: the nominees|date=19 September 2019|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| [[Jean Wyllys]] (born 1974)<br/><small>(nominated jointly with [[Marielle Franco|M. Franco]])</small>
| {{flagu|Brazil}}
| [[Greens–European Free Alliance]]
|-
| [[Alexei Navalny]] (1976–2024)
| {{flagu|Russia}}
| [[European People's Party]]
|-
! rowspan="6" | 2020{{efn|Due to infection control measures taken because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], a number of events related to the Sakharov Community were postponed in 2020, including the Sakharov Fellowship, ''One World in Brussels'' and the [[European Youth Event]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/210555/Sakharov%20Prize%20Community%20Newsletter%20no%203%202020.pdf|title=Sakharov Prize Community Newsletter No. 3|access-date=12 April 2021|publisher=European Parliament|year=2020|archive-date=12 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412003457/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/210555/Sakharov%20Prize%20Community%20Newsletter%20no%203%202020.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Democratic opposition in Belarus]] represented by <br/>[[Coordination Council (Belarus)|Coordination Council]] members:{{bulleted list|[[Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya]] (born 1982)|[[Sergei Tikhanovsky]] (born 1878)|[[Svetlana Alexievich]] (born 1948)|[[Maria Kalesnikava]] (born 1982)|[[Olga Kovalkova]] (born 1984)|[[Veranika Tsapkala]] (born 1976)|[[Ales Bialiatski]] (born 1962)|[[Sergei Dylevsky]] (born 1989)|[[Stsiapan Putsila]] (born 1998)|[[Mikola Statkevich]] (born 1956)}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Belarus}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[European Conservatives and Reformists Group]], <br/>[[Renew Europe]], [[European People's Party]] and <br/>[[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats]]
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20201012IPR89106/sakharov-prize-2020-meps-select-the-finalists|title=Sakharov Prize 2020: MEPs select the finalists|date=12 October 2020|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| [[Berta Cáceres]] (1971–2016)<br/>Guapinol environmental activists:{{bulleted list|Porfirio Sorto Cedillo (born 1974)|José Avelino Cedillo (born ?)|Orbin Naún Hernández (born ?)|Kevin Alejandro Romero (born ?)|Arnold Javier Aleman (born ?)|Ever Alexander Cedillo (born 1991)|Daniel Marquez (born ?)|Jeremías Martínez Díaz (born ?)}}
| {{flagu|Honduras}}
| [[Greens–European Free Alliance]] and <br/>[[The Left in the European Parliament]]
|-
| [[Najib Mikhael Moussa]] (born 1955)
| {{flagu|Iraq}}
| [[Identity and Democracy]]
|-
|rowspan=2|Longlists<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20200917STO87301/sakharov-prize-2020-the-nominees|title=Sakharov Prize 2020: the nominees|date=17 September 2020|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| Polish LGBTI activists:{{bulleted list|Jakub Gawron (born ?)|Paulina Pająk (born 1992)|Paweł Preneta (born 1980)|Kamil Maczuga (born 1993)}}
| {{flagu|Poland}}
| [[Malin Björk]] and 42 other MEPs
|-
! rowspan="7" | 2021
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Alexei Navalny]] (1976–2024)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Russia}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[European People's Party]] and [[Renew Europe]]
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20211006IPR14312/sakharov-prize-2021-introducing-the-finalists|title=Sakharov Prize 2021: introducing the finalists|date=14 October 2021|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| [[Jeanine Áñez]] (born 1967)
| {{flagu|Bolivia}}
| [[European Conservatives and Reformists Group]]
|-
| Afghan women and human rights activists:{{bulleted list|[[Shaharzad Akbar]] (born 1987)|[[Mary Akrami]] (born 1975)|[[Zarifa Ghafari]] (born 1994)|[[Palwasha Hassan]] (born 1969)|[[Freshta Karim]] (born 1992)|[[Sahraa Karimi]] (born 1985)|Metra Mehran (born ?)|[[Horia Mosadiq]] (born 1973)|[[Sima Samar]] (born 1957)|[[Habiba Sarābi]] (born 1956)|Anisa Shaheed (born 1986)}}
| {{flagu|Afghanistan|2013}}
| [[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats]] <br/> and [[Greens–European Free Alliance]]
|-
|rowspan=3|Longlist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20210916STO12702/sakharov-prize-2021-the-nominees|title=Sakharov Prize 2021: the nominees|date=27 September 2021|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| [[Sultana Khaya]] (born 1980)
| {{flagu|Western Sahara}}
| [[The Left in the European Parliament]]
|-
| [[Global Witness]] (founded in 1993)
| {{flagu|United Kingdom}}
| [[Marie Toussaint]] and other 42 MEPs
|-
! rowspan="7" | 2022
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Ukrainians|The Ukrainian people]] represented by: {{bulleted list|President [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]] (born 1978)|elected leaders, and civil society}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Ukraine}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats]], <br/>[[European Conservatives and Reformists Group]] <br/>[[European People's Party Group]], and <br/>[[Renew Europe]]
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20221007STO42528/sakharov-prize-2022-the-finalists|title=Sakharov Prize 2022: the finalists|date=13 October 2022|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| [[Julian Assange]] (born 1971)
| {{flagu|Australia}}
| [[Sabrina Pignedoli]] and 40 other MEPs
|-
| Colombia Truth Commission (founded in 2016)
| {{flagu|Colombia}}
| [[The Left in the European Parliament]]
|-
|rowspan=3|Longlists<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20220921STO41210/sakharov-prize-2022-the-nominees|title=Sakharov Prize 2022: the nominees|date=26 September 2022|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| [[Sônia Guajajara]] (born 1974)
| {{flagu|Brazil}}
| [[Greens–European Free Alliance]]
|-
| [[Shireen Abu Akleh]] (1971–2022)
| {{flagu|Palestine}}
| [[Grace O'Sullivan]] and 42 other MEPs
|-
! rowspan="9" | 2023
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[Death of Mahsa Amini|Mahsa Jina Amini]] (1999–2022) and <br/>[[Woman, Life, Freedom movement]] (founded in 2022)<br/>[[Women in Iran]]
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Iran}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[European People's Party]], [[Renew Europe]], and <br/>[[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats]] 
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20231009STO06719/sakharov-prize-2023-the-finalists|title=Sakharov Prize 2023: the finalists|date=12 October 2023|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| [[Vilma Núñez]] (born 1938)<br/>[[Rolando José Álvarez Lagos|Rolando José Álvarez]] (born 1966)
| {{flagu|Nicaragua}}
| [[Tilly Metz]] and 42 other MEPs
|-
| Women fighting for free, safe and legal abortion:<br/>{{bulleted list|[[Justyna Wydrzyńska]] (born 1970)|[[Morena Herrera]] (born 1960)|Colleen McNicholas (born ?)}}
| {{flagu|Poland}}<br/>{{flagu|El Salvador}}<br/>{{flagu|United States}}
| [[The Left in the European Parliament]]
|-
| rowspan=5|Longlist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20230915STO05213/sakharov-prize-2023-the-nominees|title=Sakharov Prize 2023: the nominees|date=20 September 2023|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| [[Vanessa Nakate]] (born 1996)
| {{flagu|Uganda}}
| [[Greens–European Free Alliance]]
|-
| [[Elon Musk]] (born 1971)
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Identity and Democracy]]
|-
| Afghan education activists:{{bulleted list|Marzia Amiri (born ?)|Parasto Hakim (born ?)|[[Matiullah Wesa]] (born 1992–3)}}
| {{flagu|Afghanistan|2013}}
| [[Petras Auštrevičius]] and 58 other MEPs
|-
| Pro-European people of Georgia<br/>[[Nino Lomjaria]] (born1984)
| {{flagu|Georgia}}
| [[European Conservatives and Reformists Group]]
|-
! rowspan="7" | 2024
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|Laureate
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[María Corina Machado]] (born 1967) <br/>[[Edmundo González]] (born 1949)
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|{{flagu|Venezuela}}
| style="background:#FAEB86; white-space:nowrap; color:black"|[[European Conservatives and Reformists Group]] <br/>and [[European People's Party Group]]
|-
|rowspan=3|Finalists<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20241011IPR24524/2024-sakharov-prize-finalists-shortlisted-by-meps|title=2024 Sakharov Prize finalists shortlisted by MEPs|date=17 October 2024|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| [[Gubad Ibadoghlu]] (born 1971)
| {{flagu|Azerbaijan}}
| [[Greens–European Free Alliance]]
|-
| [[Women Wage Peace]] (founded in 2014)<br/>[[Women of the Sun (movement)|Women of the Sun]] (founded in 2021)
| {{flagu|Israel}}<br/>{{flagu|Palestine}}
| [[Renew Europe]]<br/>[[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats]]
|-
| rowspan=3 |Longlist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20240923IPR24233/sakharov-prize-2024-presentation-of-candidates|title=Sakharov Prize 2024: presentation of candidates|date=26 September 2024|access-date=30 January 2025|website=europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>
|-
| [[Elon Musk]] (born 1971)
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Europe of Sovereign Nations Group]]<br/> and [[Patriots for Europe]]
|-
| Palestinian journalists in the [[Gaza Strip]]:<br/>{{bulleted list|Hamza Al-Dahdouh (1996–2024)|[[Wael Al-Dahdouh]] (born 1970)|[[Plestia Alaqad]] (born 2001)|[[Shireen Abu Akleh]] (1971–2022)|Ain Media in honour of [[Yaser Murtaja]] (1987–2018) and Roshdi Sarraj (1992–2023)}}
| {{flagu|Palestine}}
| [[The Left in the European Parliament]]
|-
! rowspan="6" | 2025
|colspan="4" align="center"|''to be announced on September 2025''
|}

===Table notes===
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