The Norwegian Authors Union Freedom of Expression Award (Ytringsfrihetsprisen) is an annual prize given by the Norwegian Authors Union. It is not to be confused with the Freedom of Expression Prize of the Fritt Ord organization. The prize is awarded to a writer, journalist, author or editor who has made outstanding efforts to promote freedom of expression and tolerance in the very broadest sense. The nominations are made by an International Committee and a National Board of Members.
The Freedom of Expression Award was a gift from the Ministry of Culture to the Norwegian Authors' Union, on the occasion of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of its founding since 1993.
Awarded
1994 Izzat Ghazzawi, Palestine 1995 İsmail Beşikçi, Turkey 1996 Joar Tranøy, Norway 1997 Yasar Kemal, Nigeria 1998 Axel Jensen, Norway 1999 Yehude Simon Munaro, Peru 2000 Željko Kopanja, Bosnia 2001 Amos Oz, Israel 2002 Anna Politkovskaya, Russia 2003 Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesia 2004 Ragıp Zarakolu, Turkey 2005 Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin, Ethiopia 2006 Simin Behbahani, Iran 2007 Tsering Woeser, Tibet 2008 Normando Hernández González, Cuba 2009 Dawit Isaak, Eritrea 2010 Ma Thida, Burma 2011 Ales Bialiatski, Russia 2012 Wera Sæther, Norway 2013 Muharrem Erbey, Turkey 2014 Nguyen Xuan Nghia, Vietnam 2015 Prize awarded but winner wasn't published. 2016 Jael Uribe, Dominican Republic 2017 Asli Erdoğan 2018 Sumaya Jirde Ali 2019 Dareen Tatour
References
External links List of awarded People December 2020