Solidarity Prize
Award
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The Solidarity Prize (Polish: Nagroda Solidarności) – Polish award for promotion and protection of democracy and civil liberties. The prize has been established by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland.[1][2]
| The Solidarity Prize | |
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| Nagroda Solidarności | |
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| Awarded for | Promotion and protection of democracy and civil liberties |
| Country | Poland |
| First award | 2014 |
| Website | website |
The award was established in 2014 but after 2015 was suspended for several years. It was relaunched in 2024 after a change of government in Poland.
Selection process
The selection of the laureate is a two-stage process. Fifteen nominators, are presenting their candidates. Among nominators are Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Polish minister of foreign affairs: current and former and globally recognized authorities in the field of democracy and human rights.[3] Every year 1/3 of nominators is changed. The final decision on awarding the prize is made by the chapter of award,[4] which in 2014 has been chaired by Poland's former president Lech Wałęsa.
Nominating committee
Prize
Each Laureate receives a statuette. The prize has also financial dimension: 1 mln EUR in total:
- 250,000 EUR is the cash is for the laureate;
- 50,000 EUR is allocated to finance the laureate's participation in the award ceremony and study visit to Poland for the laureate or a group of persons selected by him/her;
- 700 000 EUR is to be allocated to finance development cooperation projects, indicated by the laureate.
Laureates
- 2014 – Mustafa Dzhemilev[6] – leader of the Crimean Tatars who was also nominated several times to the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 2015 – Zhanna Nemtsova, journalist, social activist, and the oldest daughter of Boris Nemtsov, Russian oppositionist assassinated in February 2015[7]
- 2024 – Pavel Latushko, Belarusian opposition activist and Head and Representative for the Transfer of Power in the United Transitional Cabinet[8]
- 2025 – Berta Soler, Cuban dissident and leader of Ladies in White[9]