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Free Your Mind is an award granted by MTV during its shows in order to award actions or promotion towards social ethics such as human right protection, political and civil law enforcement or environmental protection. The awards are given to non-governmental organizations as well as individuals. The granted award is also provided financial assistance and campaign promotion on MTV's channels.
| Year | Recipient | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Amnesty International | For preventing and end grave abuses of human rights and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated. |
| 1995 | Greenpeace [1] | For their campaign against underground nuclear testing. |
| 1996 | The Buddies and Carers of Europe | For support their HIV-positive friends. |
| 1997 | Landmine Survivors Network | For helping survivors to recover from war, rebuild their communities, and break cycles of violence. |
| 1998 | B92 | For the journalism and fighting for human rights. |
| 1999 | Bono | For his world peace work. |
| 2000 | Otpor! | For their role in the successful overthrow of Slobodan Milošević in October 2000. |
| 2001 | Treatment Action Campaign | For doing extraordinary work around HIV/AIDS in South Africa. |
| 2002 | FARE | For countering racism and xenophobia in European football. |
| 2003 | Aung San Suu Kyi | For leading the Burmese democracy movement. |
| 2004 | La Strada | For the organization's dedication to the fight against the trafficking of women and girls in Europe. |
| 2005 | Bob Geldof | For his charity work organizing the Live 8 concerts. |
| 2007 | Anton Abele | For his work against street violence following Riccardo Campogiani's death. |
| 2009 | Mikhail Gorbachev [2] | For his involvement in the fall of the Berlin Wall. |
| 2010 | Shakira | For her continuing dedication to improve access to education for all children around the world. |
| Year | Recipient | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | AusAID | For the efforts of over 400 AusAID funded Australian aid workers to tsunami-affected countries. |
| 2006 | Peter Garrett |
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2004 | Vladimir Posner |
| 2005 | Valery Gazzaev |
| 2006 | Crew of the sailfish "Kruzenshtern" |
| Year | Recipient | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Matei-Agathon Dan | For the Romanian seaside in 2002. |
| 2004 | McCann Erickson | For change the situation of Roma communities in Romania through an information and awareness campaign. |
| 2006 | United Nations | For the work of the UNDP project "Support to Training of Public Managers through Romanian Government Special Scholarships”. |
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