John Train, who was professionally involved with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, proposed “Civil Courage” to name the virtue that Solzhenitsyn exemplified. In 1987, Train established the Civil Courage Prize to honor brave individuals who pursue justice for their societies. Recipients are chosen by the Train Foundation’s Board of Trustees.
We have honored 24 brave individuals for pursuing a more just society:
Gonzalo Himiob Santomé of Venezuela
Vladimir Kara-Murza of Russia
Pierre Claver Mbonimpa of Burundi
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently of Syria
Claudia Paz Y Paz of Guatemala
Yassmin Barrios of Guatemala
Nicola Gratteri of Italy
Dr. Denis Mukwege of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Yu Jie of China
Lydia Cacho Ribeiro of Mexico
Triveni Acharya of India
Reverend Canon Andrew White of Iraq
Aminatou Haidar of Western Sahara
Ali Salem of Egypt
Rev. Phillip Buck of North Korea
Rafael Marques de Morais if Angola
Min Ko Naing of Myanmar
Anna Politkovskaya of Russia
Emadeddin Baghi of Iran
Lovemore Madhuku of Zimbabwe
Shahnaz Bukhari of Pakistan
Vladimiro Roca Antunez of Cuba
Paul Kamara of Sierra Leon
Natasa Kandic of Yugoslavia