The following are the names of all the 6 shortlisted nominees from a high level of quality nominations received:

Mr. Jean Marc Bikoko of Cameroon is the Executive President of the Centrale Syndicale du Secteur Public (CSP) and works with determination to defend and negotiate the human rights and welfare interests of public sector employees in Cameroon.

Mr. José Antonio Zambrano of Honduras works to defend and promote the rights of the LGBTI community in Honduras which is effectively under siege due to the climate of violent homophobia which persists in the country.

Ms. Parveena Ahangar of India's disputed northern Kashmir Province, is Founder and President of the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP), Srinagar, Kashmir, which was formed in 1996 in response to the disappearance of her 16year old son 6 years previously.

Ms. Reyhan Yalcindag of Turkey works as a lawyer and human rights defender with the Diyarbakir Branch of the Human Rights Association in southeast Turkey (in the Kurdish region).

The Joint Mobile Group of the Russian Federation is a group of human rights defenders who document and investigate human rights abuses in the extremely difficult and dangerous environment of Chechnya.

Mr. Yasre Abdul-Wahab Al-Wazeer of Yemen is a member of the Yemeni Organization for the Defence of Rights and Democratic Freedoms (YODRFD) which campaigns for the protection of the rights of detainees, particularly those related to the Sa’da conflict.