This year's "Ayşe Nur Zarakolu Freedom of Thought and Expression Award" goes to imprisoned journalists Kadri Gürsel, Mehmet Altan, Ahmet Altan and İnan Kızılkaya, as well as Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-Chair Figen Yüksekdağ on behalf of arrested HDP MPs and to Sinan Zarakolu on behalf of Belge Publishing House, to İHD Mersin Office Chair Ali Tanrıverdi as well as to Confederation of Public Employees Trade Unions on behalf of the discharged academics and to the deceased journalist Nujiyan Erhan who was shot to death in Şengal.
Bu sene 15’incisi verilecek olan ödüllere mahpus gazeteciler Kadri Gürsel, Mehmet Altan, Ahmet Altan ve İnan Kızılkaya’ya, HDP’li tutuklu vekiller adına HDP Eş Genel Başkanı Figen Yüksekdağ’a, Belge Yayınları adına Sinan Zarakolu’na, Mersin İHD Şube Başkanı Ali Tanrıverdi’ne, KHK ile ihraç edilen emekçiler adına KESK Şubeler Platformu’na ve Şengal’de vurularak öldürülen gazeteci Nujiyan Erhan’a layık görüldü.