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