Knight_of_Freedom_Award

Knight of Freedom Award
Knight of Freedom Award
Awarded for	the promotion of freedom, justice and democracy
Country	Poland
Presented by	Casimir Pulaski Foundation
First awarded	2005
Website	pulaski.pl/en/knight-of-freedom-award/

Knight of Freedom Award

Polish international award

The Knight of Freedom Award (Polish: Rycerz Wolności) is a Polish international award conferred annually to "outstanding figures, who promote the values represented by General Casimir Pulaski: freedom, justice, and democracy".

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Year	Laureate(s)	Citizenship(s)	Citation(s)	Source(s)
2023	NATO	International	to the most successful military alliance in world history that nobody has dared to attack.	^[4]
2022	Olena Zelenska	Ukraine	to over forty million individuals, who bravely defend their country, values and freedom in the face of cruel war.	^[5]
2021	Alexei Navalny	Russia	for his extraordinary efforts to promote democratic values in Russia, long-standing dedication in bringing values such as freedom, justice, respect to the law, and accountability to the Russian state system.	^[6]
2020	Thorbjørn Jagland	Norway	for his continuous commitment to the European integration project, active engagement in fostering international dialogue and a tireless effort to promote democracy, rule of law and human rights in Europe and beyond.	^[7]
2019	Dalia Grybauskaitė	Lithuania	for her considerable efforts undertaken in the fight for the security and defense of Lithuania, the Baltic states and Poland as well as for her hard stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine	^[8]
2018	Anders Fogh Rasmussen	Denmark	for his activities related to enhancing European integration and promoting European values	^[9]
2017	Mary Robinson	Ireland	for her uncompromising fight for human rights and universal values	^[10]
2016	Toomas Ilves	Estonia	for his activity to promote democratic and pro-European values in the country and all over the world	^[11]^[12]
2016	Mikhail Khodorkovsky	Russia	for the uncompromising efforts to build the rule of law, civil society and the promotion of European values in Russian society	^[13]^[14]
2015	Carl Bildt	Sweden	for his contribution to the EU's Eastern Partnership initiative, whose goal is to bring pro-European values to the partner countries and help in carrying out reforms	^[15]
2015	Radosław Sikorski	Poland	for initiating the process of creating the concept of the Eastern Partnership in the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy of the EU, the aim of which is to bring pro-European values and help in carrying out reforms in the partner states	^[16]
2014	Mikheil Saakashvili	Georgia	for strengthening the democracy, rule of law, and development of civil society in Georgia	^[17]
2013	Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga	Latvia	for the promotion of democratic values throughout the world, fighting for equality of women, as well as efforts for social justice	^[18]
2012	Richard Lugar	United States	for his actions and support of the Polish accession process to NATO structures	^[19]
2011	Bernard Kouchner	France	for his contribution in promoting humanitarian values through the organization "Doctors Without Borders" and input in the promotion of the freedom, justice and democracy worldwide	^[20]
2010	Javier Solana	Spain	for his commitment to a peaceful solution of the political conflict related to the presidential elections in Ukraine in 2004	^[21]
2009	Valdas Adamkus	Lithuania	for his contribution to conduct re-elections in Ukraine, as well as for his involvement in the Orange Revolution	^[22]
2009	Aleksander Kwaśniewski	Poland	for his merits in favour of a peaceful end to the Orange Revolution	^[23]^[24]
2008	Lech Wałęsa	Poland	for his contribution to the democratic transition of Poland	^[25]
2007	Alaksandar Milinkievič	Belarus	for his work and commitment to democratic elections in Belarus, as well as for his contribution to the promotion of the freedom, justice and democracy worldwide	^[26]
2006	Władysław Bartoszewski	Poland	for his involvement in opposition activities, in particular, the "Solidarity" movement, as well as his contribution to the improvement of Polish-German relations	^[27]
2005	Norman Davies	United Kingdom	for his involvement in promoting Poland throughout his books, which are well-known and recognized worldwide	^[28]

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