Stuttgart Peace Prize
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The Stuttgart Peace Prize (German: Stuttgarter Friedenspreis) is an annual award of 5000 Euros made by the non governmental organization Die AnStifter ("The Instigators") to people or projects involved "in a special way for peace, justice and world solidarity".
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Voting is open to all who have won either the Foundation or the instigators Stuttgart Peace Prize in the year in question, those who have made a donation before the election or are supporting members. Each voter has three votes, and may give a proposal per vote or distribute their votes over existing proposals.[1]
Winners
- 2003: Committee for Basic Liberties and Democracy, Germany.[2]
- 2004: Lama Tarayra - Palestinian pupil, for her work in reconciling Israeli and Palestinian youth[2]
- 2005: Giuliana Sgrena, Italian journalist who was kidnapped in Iraq.[2]
- 2006: Wolfram Hülsemann (Germany) - Director of the NGO Brandenburg Institute for Community Guidance, Democracy and Integration[2]
- 2007: Agustín Aguayo (United States) - combat medic whose application for conscientious objector status was denied forcing him to desert[2]
- 2008: POEMA (Germany/Brazil) - program against poverty and for protection of the environment in the Amazon rainforest.[2]
- 2009: Susan Bardócz and Árpád Pusztai, scientists and critics of genetic engineering.[3][4]
- 2010: Werner Baumgarten - pastor for asylum seekers and refugees.[5]
- 2011: Fatuma Abdulkadir Adan (Kenya) - for combining soccer and emancipation ("We aim to score not to kill.“)[6]
- 2012: Aktion Aufschrei – Stoppt den Waffenhandel! (Action Outcry – Stop the Arms Trade!“, Germany)[7]
- 2013: Enio Mancini and Enrico Pieri - survivors of the Sant’Anna di Stazzema massacre in Tuscany, Italy during World War II, who fight for justice and international understanding.[8]
- 2014: Edward Snowden, former CIA employee and whistleblower who disclosed America's extensive surveillance programme in 2013[9]
- 2015: Giusi Nicolini, Mayor of Lampedusa and Linosa.[10]
- 2016: Jürgen Grässlin, peace activist and armament opponent in Germany, publicist of non-fiction books about arms exports, military and economy policy
- 2017: Aslı Erdoğan, Turkish physicist, journalist and author
- 2018: X González, American anti-weapons activist
- 2019: Sea-Watch, NGO that saves lives in the Mediterranean sea
- 2020: Julian Assange, Australian investigative journalist, political activist and founder and spokesperson of WikiLeaks
- 2021: Maria Kalesnikava, Belarusian political activist
- 2022: Reporters Without Borders Germany, non-governmental organization for freedom of information
- 2023: Seebrücke Baden-Württemberg
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