Ossietzky Award
Norwegian award for freedom of speech
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The Ossietzky Award (Norwegian: Ossietzkyprisen) is a prize awarded by the Norwegian chapter of P.E.N., for extraordinary contributions to freedom of speech.[1]
The prize is named after writer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Carl von Ossietzky.
Recipients
- Aziz Nesin (1993)
- Axel Jensen (1994)[1]
- Johanna Schwarz (1995)[1]
- Koigi wa Wamwere (1996) [1]
- Haakon Børde (1997) [1]
- Ketil Lund (1998)[1]
- Wera Sæther (1999)[1]
- Britt Karin Larsen (2000)[1]
- Sigmund Strømme (2001)[1]
- Elisabeth Eide (2002)[1]
- Stavanger Municipality (2003)[1]
- Aage Storm Borchgrevink (2004)[1]
- Fakhra Salimi (2005)[1]
- Ebba Haslund (2006)[1]
- Democratic Voice of Burma (2007)[1]
- Francis Sejersted and Chungdak Koren (2008)[1]
- Mohammed Omer (2009)[1]
- Mansour Koushan (2010)[1]
- Mohammad Mostafaei (2011)[1]
- Deeyah Khan (2012)[1]
- Sidsel Mørck (2013)[2]
- Sidsel Wold (2014)[3]
- Irina Scherbakowa (2014)[4]
- Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen (2015) [5]
- Edward Snowden (2016)[6]
- Tormod Heier (2017) [1]
- Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury (2018)[7]
- Afshin Ismaeli (2019)[8]
- Ahmed Falah, Finn Graff and Siri Dokken on behalf of satirists in Norway (2020)[9]
- "Those who speak freely in Afghanistan" (2021)[10]
- Shabana Rehman (2022)[1]
- Julian Assange (2023)[1]
- Odd Isungset (2024)[11]
- Sami Abu Salem (2026)[12]