20 worthy winners in Stavanger.
Not Just Another Walk of Fame
Neslon Mandela
On foot across the Himalayas
Dalai Lama
The inconvenient truth
Al Gore
Liberation leader under permanent house arrest
Aung San Suu Kyi
Leading the way for the Paris targets
Rajendra Pachauri
Radio channel contributed to democracy in Nigeria
Wole Soyinka
The limping democracy advocate
Kim Dae-jung
First Muslim woman to win the prize
Shirin Ebadi
Death witness turned peace activist
Betty Williams
From secretary to Peace Prize winner
Mairead Corrigan Maguire
Bank manager for the footmen
Muhammed Yunus
With laughter as a weapon
Desmond Tutu
Eneste fredsprisvinner fra Stavanger
Christian Lous Lange
The street activist who became president
Jose Ramos Horta
First African woman to receive the Peace Prize
Wangari Maathai
Spent five years on mine ban
Jody Williams
The only committee leader from Stavanger
Gunnar Berge
Peace advocates since 1891
International Peace Bureau (Jonathan Granoff)
Double gold for the peace doctors
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (Ime John)
The pacifists’ peace prize from Stavanger
American Friends Service Committee (Mary Ellen McNish)
The pensioner's fight for the condemned
Amnesty International (Jon Trana)
Voice of the voiceless.
Many millions of people gained access to news and a single voice during difficult times in their home country when they had no other channels to turn to. Several of these channels started in Stavanger.
Based in Stavanger
So far, 20 Nobel Peace Prize winners have had their footprints cast in the ground in downtown Stavanger for their outstanding work toward a better life. The fight for human rights and freedom of speech is far from over. The work continues, and so does the laying of new footprints in Stavanger’s city center.
Speakers Corner and Walk of pain is a project initiated by Rune Hersvik and Mats Lande, Frode Isachsen, and Amnesty International Norge in collaboration with the Municipality of Stavanger.
