THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS OF BURMA _______________ FOR TAKING ON AN INHUMAN MILITARY JUNTA AND SHOWING INCREDIBLE COURAGE AND CIVILITY IN THEIR QUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS inducted on Dec. 13, 2007 |
Those in the legal profession of Pakistan who openly oppose Martial Law ____________ FOR NOT ONLY HAVE THEY SHOWN CONSIDERABLE COURAGE IN OPPOSING A MILITARY RULER, BUT THEY HAVE ALSO PROVIDED AN UNPRECEDENTED HOPE THAT SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY COULD REALLY WORK IN A SO FAR NOT SO DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY inducted on Dec. 13, 2007 |
LUIS FLAVIO CAPPIO BRAZIL _______ FOR HIS WILLING TO GIVE UP HIS LIFE IN THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND FOR SHOWING UTMOST DEDICATION IN THE EXERCISE OF LEADERSHIP inducted on Dec. 13, 2007 |
Project for Philosophical Evaluations of the Economy |
THE TIBETAN MONKS _______ FOR THEIR PEACEFUL FIGHT AGAINST REPRESSION AND FOR ACCEPTING SUBSTANTIAL SACRIFICE IN THEIR STRUGGLE FOR NATIONAL SELF-DETERMINATION inducted on March 15,2008 |
THE SIGNATORIES OF THE CHARTA '08 IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA _____________________ FOR TAKING A HUMAN RIGHTS STANCE IN THE FACE OF POSSIBLE PERSONAL RECRIMINATIONS inducted on Jan. 6, 2009 |
AUN SAN SUU KYI BURMESE OPPOSITION LEADER ______________________ FOR SHOWING EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP IN THE FIGHT FOR THE RESPECT OF HUMAN RIGHTS Belatedly inducted on June 18, 2009 |
LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL ____________ FOR PROVIDING A SHINING EXAMPLE OF THE SUPERIORITY OF SELF-MADE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP WHICH IN CONTRAST TO STANDARD PREP SCHOOL GROOMING IS PREPARED TO ACCEPT SUBSTANTIAL SACRIFICE WHEN TRYING TO PURSUE ITS GOALS. Inducted on June 18, 2009 |
THE PROTESTING PEOPLE IN IRAN ______________ FOR DEFYING A TOTALITARIAN REGIME AND ACCEPTING SUBSTANTIAL RISK IN THE FIGHT FOR GETTING THEIR ASPIRATIONS HEARD Inducted on June 18, 2009 |
YOSINIO CARRILLO TORRES, MARCOS ROSALES and others in the Venezuelan Opposition _________________ For taking an existential risk in their fight for freedom from an autocratic rule. Inducted on Jan. 28, 2010 |
ORLANDO ZAPATA (CUBA) ___________________________ For being prepared to give his life in defence of his human rights. Inducted on Feb. 26, 2010 |
The 33 Rescued Miners from the San José Mine in Chile __________________________ For showing us what human perseverance, can achieve Inducted on Jan. 28, 2010 |
The Swiss miners who engineered the Gotthard Base Tunnel Breakthrough __________________________ For helping us to regain our confidence into the human powers of reason, technology and progress Inducted on Jan. 28, 2010 |
The Brave People of Tunisia __________________________ For defending their human rights in the face of an autocratic regime Inducted on Jan. 14, 2011 |
THE DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION IN BIELORUSSIA __________________________ For defending their human rights in the face of an autocratic regime Inducted on Jan. 14, 2011 |
FORMER GERMAN CHANCELLOR HELMUT SCHMIDT __________________________ For offering indispensable wisdom and leadership Inducted on Jan. 14, 2011 |
The Freedom Fighters of Egypt __________________________ For defending their human rights in the face of an autocratic regime Inducted on Jan. 28, 2011 |
The Brave Opposition in Libya __________________________ For defending their human rights in the face of an autocratic regime Inducted on Feb. 22, 2011 |
The Pro-Democracy Demonstrators in Syria, Yemen, Bahrein and all other Arab countries __________________________ For defending their human rights in the face of an autocratic regime Inducted on March 31, 2011 |
GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL __________________________ For her grace and steadfastness when defending fiscal discipline against an international coalition of anti-austerity campaigners Inducted on Feb. 17, 2012 |
SPANISH PRIME MINISTER MARIANO RAJOY __________________________ For the courage, tenacity and wisdom with which he pursues his reform agenda during Spain's debt crisis of 2012 Inducted on May 1, 2012 |
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela __________________________ For being the inspirational leader that he was Inducted on Dec. 11, 2013 |
Malala Yousafzai __________________________ For the courage and sacrifice she shows defending idea of reason and liberty Inducted on Dec. 11, 2013 |
The Journalists of the Ukraine who endure police brutality while covering the local, pro-western demonstrations __________________________ For the courage and sacrifice they show in their job Inducted on Dec. 11, 2013 |