Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award

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Since 2006, the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy confers the Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award on an individual or organization that has made major contributions through peaceful means to the development of democracy in Asia or human rights in Asia. [1] Every year the award is conferred in December in Taipei during a special ceremony.

Winners

YearNameEffort
2006 Reporters Without Borders [2] Leading international press freedom organization
2007 Dr. Cynthia Maung [3] Founder of the Mae Tao Clinic on the Thai-Burma border
2008 Dr. Sima Samar [4] Chairperson of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission and founder of the Shuhada Organization.
2009 Kim Seong Min [5] Founder and director of Free North Korea Radio
2010 Rescue Foundation [6] Anti-human trafficking organization
2011 Boat People SOS [7] Combating human trafficking, protecting refugees and developing civil societies
2012 ECPAT International Opposing trafficking and sexual exploitation of children
2013 Karen Human Rights Group [8] Documenting human rights abuses in Burma
2014Centre for Human Rights and Development [9] Defending human rights in Sri Lanka
2015Sunita Danuwar [10] Supporting victims of human trafficking in Nepal
2016 Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances [11] Working to resolve the problem of forced disappearances in Asia
2017Bersih 2.0 [12] Regional organization working on the reform of transparent and fair election
2018 Gusdurian Network Indonesia (GNI) [13] Defending victims of conflicts that arise from religious differences and suppression of minority groups
2019Diplomacy Training Program [14] Promoting human rights in the Asia-Pacific region through training and capacity building
2020Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions [15] Provide assistance and support to National Human Rights Institutions
2021Humaira Rasuli [16] Afghan human rights lawyer and the co-founder of the Women for Justice Organization
2022Fortify RightsResearch on human rights and support for human rights defenders in Southeast Asia
2023Amihan Abueva [17] Promoting children’s rights and welfare in Asia
2024Odhikar [18] Defending human rights and democracy in Bangladesh

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