Belarus

Ales Bialiatski

Belarus

for representing civil society in their home countries, for many years promoting the right to criticise those in power and protect the fundamental rights of citizens, and for their outstanding efforts to document war crimes, human-rights abuses and abuses of power, thereby demonstrating the importance of civil society for peace and democracy

Svetlana Alexievich

Belarus (Soviet Union)

for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time