The Norwegian Helsinki Committee had nominated three of the six laureates: The Newspaper Chernovik of Dagestan, Russia, the journalist Zamin Haji of Yeni Müsavat and Azadliq, Baku, Azerbaijan and The News Portal A1+, Yerevan, Armenia.
The other three laureates were the journalists Natalya Ivanishina of the newspaper Ust-Ilimskaya in Russia, Maryna Koktysh of the newspaper Narodnaya Volya in Belarus, and Natalya Ligachova of the online newspaper Telekritika in Ukraine.