Magnitsky Awards 2017
Winners
Nikolai Gorokhov
LAWYER
Award Winner
Outstanding Contribution to Human Rights Law
Vladimir Kara-Murza
POLITICIAN, AUTHOR AND HISTORIAN
Award Winner
Outstanding Russian Opposition Activist
Dominic Raab
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS AND FIRST SECRETARY OF STATE
Award Winner
Outstanding Campaigning Politician
Valery Borshchev
RUSSIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND CO-CHAIR OF THE MOSCOW HELSINKI GROUP
Award Winner
Outstanding Human Rights Activist
Marcus Kolga
WRITER, FILMMAKER AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST
Award Winner
Outstanding Contribution to the Global Magnitsky Campaign
Khadija Ismayilova
AZERBAIJANI INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST AND RADIO HOST
Award Winner
Outstanding Investigative Journalist
Presenters
Geoffrey Robertson QC
QUEEN’S COUNSEL
Award Presenter
Outstanding Contribution to Human Rights Law
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
FOUNDER, OPEN RUSSIA FOUNDATION
Award Presenter
Outstanding Russian Opposition Activist
Helena Kennedy QC
LAWYER
Award Presenter
Outstanding Campaigning Politician
Thor Halvorssen
PRESIDENT, HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION
Award Presenter
Outstanding Human Rights Activist
James Bezan
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
Award Presenter
Outstanding Contribution to the Global Magnitsky Campaign
Bjørn Engesland
SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE NORWEGIAN HELSINKI COMMITTEE
Award Presenter
Outstanding Investigative Journalist