JOAQUIN ANTONIO CACERES, EL SALVADOR Amnesty International prisoner of conscience working to distribute human rights information.

JANET CHERRY, SOUTH AFRICA Anti-apartheid activist working in literacy education in the black townships.

ARN CHORN-POND, UNITED STATES Survivor of the Cambodian genocide who brings young war survivors together with U.S. teenagers for youth empowerment.

TANYA COKE, UNITED STATES Monitor of America's death row system and advocate to abolish the death penalty.

LOBSANG JINPA, TIBET Human rights monitor documenting Chinese abuses in Tibet and working to preserve the language and culture of Tibetans.

SALIM KARIM, SOUTH AFRICA Black South African doctor active in the cause of equal and improved healthcare.

JUAN PABLO LETELIER, CHILE Human rights activist working to abolish the death penalty and aiding the relatives of the disappeared.

MARIA PAZ RODRIGUEZ, UNITED STATES Activist working to protect the rights of Central American refugees in the United States.

DALEE SAMBO, UNITED STATES Activist working for the rights of Native Americans in Alaska.