Human Rights Defender
People in this occupation
Mustafa Al-Kadhimi
b. 1967
Rollan Qadiyev
1937 – 1990
Adem Demaçi
1936 – 2018
Viktor Fainberg
1931 – 2023
Floribert Chebeya
1963 – 2010
Patti Smith
b. 1946
Kem Sokha
b. 1953
Rasim Aliyev
1984 – 2015
Tolekan Ismailova
b. 1954
Kayode Ajulo
b. 1974
Kim Seong-min
1962 – 2025
Anna Easteden
b. 1976
Melanie Berentz
b. 1999
Lars G. Petersson
b. 1951
Louise McKinney
1868 – 1931
Rayma Suprani
b. 1969
Anna Hazare
b. 1937
Sam Mahmoudi
b. 1976
Leonid Plyushch
1938 – 2015
Miss saHHara
b. 2000
Maria Kirbasova
1941 – 2011
Thomas Andrews
b. 1953
Alexandr Podrabinek
b. 1953
Ales Bialiatski
b. 1962
Ali Asghar Khan
Tony Abrahams
b. 1944
Osman Baydemir
b. 1971
Sen Katayama
1859 – 1933
Galina Kozhevnikova
1974 – 2011
Scott Horton
b. 1901
Robert Paine
1926 – 2010
Vazif Meylanov
1940 – 2015
Satinath Sarangi
b. 1954
Natalia Bonavides
b. 1988
Kenneth Clark
1914 – 2005
Derrius Quarles
b. 1990
Joana Foster
1946 – 2016
Abiol Lual Deng
b. 1983
Awdah Hathaleen
1994 – 2025
Thích Quảng Độ
1928 – 2020
Karen Pruccoli
Maximilien Jazani
b. 1960
Raheel Raza
b. 1949
Jibran Nasir
b. 1987
Gbenga Toyosi Olawepo
b. 1965
Tamara Shakryl
1925 – 2004
Viacheslav Chornovil
1937 – 1999
Goler T. Butcher
1925 – 1993
Marione Ingram
b. 1935
Taner Akçam
b. 1953
Eby J. Jose
b. 1972
Daryush Shokof
b. 1954
Phyo Zeya Thaw
1981 – 2022
Shahid Azmi
1977 – 2010
Luis Navarro
b. 1938
Mohamed Soltan
b. 1988
Thin Thin Aung
Constance L. Rice
b. 1956
Mina Ahadi
b. 1956
Riadh Guerfali
Desmond Tutu
1931 – 2021
Aygyl Tajiyeva
1944 – 2009
Nichita Smochină
1894 – 1980
Andrei Nikolaevich Mironov
1954 – 2014
Vasudha Dhagamwar
1940 – 2014
Sandra Domínguez
1987 – 2024
Alim Alijew
b. 1988
Hubertus Knabe
b. 1959
Victoria Nyanjura
b. 1982
Lev Schlosberg
b. 1963
Dorothy Height
1912 – 2010
Joy Ezeilo
b. 1966
Svetlana Anokhina
b. 1962
Daniel Levy
b. 1968
Valerian Stan
b. 1955
Jeremy Bentham
1749 – 1832
Oliver Hill
1907 – 2007
Valerio Fioravanti
b. 1958
Hanan al-Barassi
1973 – 2020
Afrasiab Khattak
Léonnie Kandolo
b. 1960
Zinha Vaz
b. 1952
Memet Ali Alabora
b. 1977
Mohamed El Ghanem
b. 2000
François Audet
b. 1972
Chen Guangcheng
b. 1971
Boubacar Ould Messaoud
1945 – 2026
Geline Fuko
b. 1980
Cheery Zahau
b. 1981
Helen Bright Clark
1840 – 1927
Jens Galschiøt
b. 1954
Olivier Vandecasteele
b. 1981
Linda Sarsour
b. 1980
Fartuun Adan
b. 1969
Mohammed Daddach
b. 1957
Raleb Majadele
b. 1953
Andrew Young
b. 1932
Harry Wu
1937 – 2016
Alla Gerber
b. 1932
Sani Rifati