Carl von Ossietzky
German journalist and pacifist. As chief editor of the magazine Die Weltbühne, he published a series of exposés in the late 1920s, detailing Germany's violation of the Treaty of Versailles by rebuildi…
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Poll: Nobel Peace Prize Winners in Prison
Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize for her fight against the oppression of women in her country. She is currently in prison due to her activism.
Mohammadi is the fifth Peace laureate in history to get the prize while in prison or house arrest.
About which of these winners would you like to see a biopic narrating their life and their struggle?
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Narges Mohammadi
Iranian human rights activist, she was arrested in 2016 after running a human rights campaign to abolish the death penalty in her country and she has also fought against the oppression of women in Ira… -
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Aung San Suu Kyi
Burmese politician, diplomat and author who helped raise international support for Myanmar opposition while her country was under a military junta. She left prison and served as State Counsellor of M… -
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Liu Xiaobo
Chinese literary critic and philosopher described as China's most prominent dissident and the country's most famous political prisoner, he died in custody in 2017 while serving an 11 year sentence fo… -
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Ales Bialiatski
Belarussian pro-democracy campaigner, he founded the non-governmental organization Human Rights Center Viasna. He was detained following protests in 2020 against the reelection of Belarusian President…
