• Mexican President Vicente Fox releases Rodolfo Montiel Flores (Mexico, 2000) following a visit to his prison cell by Goldman Prize jurors and recipients, and a Goldman Prize editorial page ad in the New York Times calling on Fox to bring the case to justice.

• The Russian Supreme Court clears Alexander Nikitin (Russia, 1997) of all charges of treason stemming from his reporting on the toxic legacy of Russia’s aging nuclear submarine fleet. Nikitin attends the Prize ceremony as a guest.