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Trivimi Velliste
Raftoprisen ble i 1988 tildelt Trivimi Velliste (1947) fra Estland, en av drivkreftene bak frigjøringen av de baltiske statene.
Trivimi Velliste satte sin egen sikkerhet i fare ved å støtte bevegelsen for nasjonal og politisk frihet. Til å begynne med kjempet han mot russerne for Estlands identitet og senere for landets uavhengighet. Trivimi mente at historiekunnskap var nødvendig i kampen for grunnleggende menneskerettigheter og for å kunne oppnå selvstyre og selvtillit.
Etter en karriere innen forlagsvirksomhet og journalistikk, og som en sentral brikke i opposisjonen mot sovjetstyret, grunnla Velliste Estonian Heritage Society i 1987. Estonian Heritage Society var sentral i den politiske mobiliseringen av nasjonalfølelse, oppfordringen til offentlig feiring av nasjonale merkedager og styrkingen av religiøse bevegelser. Organisasjonens arbeid var viktig i kampen for uavhengighet og førte til oppløsningen av det estiske kommunistpartiet i 1990.
Trivimi Velliste var senere medlem av den estiske kongressen og Estland-komitéen fra 1990–1992 og medlem i den konstitusjonelle delegasjonen fra 1991–1992. Han ble deretter utnevnt til utenriksminister fra 1992 til 1994 og tjenestegjorde senere som FN-ambassadør fra 1994 til 1998. Siden da har Trivimi Velliste fortsatt sin karriere som parlamentsmedlem.
Prisbegrunnelsen
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Human Rights Data Analysis Group
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Bahrain Center for Human Rights
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National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights
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Kim Dae-jung
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Gennady Grushevoy
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ECPAT
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Ian Hancock
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Aung San Suu Kyi
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Doina Cornea
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FIDESZ - Péter Molnár
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