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List of people granted asylum

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This is a list of people granted political asylum for individual and publicly known reasons. They were persecuted because of their actions as individuals, not because they were members of a persecuted group. Individual reasons for persecution can be found in the notes column of the table.

People granted asylum

YearNameCitizenship or Persecuting power or Country refusing protectionCountry which granted asylumOccupationNotes / References
1849[[File:Karl Marx 001.jpg75px]]Karl MarxKingdom of PrussiaUnited KingdomGerman philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist
1929[[File:Trotsky Portrait.jpg75px]]Leon TrotskySoviet UnionTurkeySoviet politician, and the founder and first leader of the Red Army
French Third Republic
Norway
Mexico
1954Peter Norwood DubergUnited StatesSwitzerlandUnited States citizen, United Nations official, employed in Paris at UNESCO
France
1956[[File:József Mindszenty 1974.jpg75px]]József MindszentyHungaryUnited States (embassy)Cardinal of the Catholic Church as the Archbishop of Esztergom in Hungary
Austria
1959[[File:Dalai Lama at WhiteHouse (cropped).jpg75px]]The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin GyatsoTibetIndiaHead monk of the Gelugpa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism (Dalai Lama)
1964–1976[[File:MO 63.2240.2 - Photograph of João Goulart President of the Republic of Brazil (cropped).jpg75px]]João GoulartBrazilUruguay24º President of Brazil, deposed by the [1964 Brazilian coup d'état](1964-brazilian-coup-d-etat).
1964–1979[[File:Brizola.jpg75px]]Leonel BrizolaBrazilUruguayFederal deputy from Guanabara (1963–1964).
United States
1967[[File:Joseph Stalin with daughter Svetlana, 1935.jpg75px]]Svetlana AlliluyevaSoviet UnionUnited StatesWriter and lecturer; daughter of Joseph Stalin
1979Mohammad Reza PahlaviPahlavi dynastyEgyptShah of Iran
Morocco
Bahamas
Mexico
United States
Panama
Egypt
1979–1980[[File:President Anastasio Somoza Debayle of Nicaragua, before State Dinner - NARA - 194723-perspective-tilt-crop (cropped).jpg75px]]Anastasio Somoza DebayleNicaraguaParaguayPresident of Nicaragua Anastasio Somoza Debayle
1984[[File:Assata Shakur FBI.jpg75px]]Assata ShakurUnited StatesCubaUnited States citizen, African-American activist, member of the Black Panther Party (BPP) and Black Liberation Army (BLA).
1985Walter PolovchakSoviet UnionUnited StatesSoviet-born Ukrainian youth who in 1980 then at age 12 was the youngest person to announce that he wanted to leave the Communist world and not return with his parents to what was then Soviet Ukraine. In 1985 after five years of court battles on October 3-his 18th birthday-he was able to stay permanently in the U.S. when he was sworn in as a U.S. citizen.
1986[[File:Choi Eun-hee. (1949).jpg75px]]Choi Eun-heeSouth KoreaSouth Korean actress
Shin Sang-okSouth Korean film producer and director
1992November 1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt participantsVenezuelaPeruMilitary officers
1997Christoph MeiliSwitzerlandUnited StatesNational of Switzerland, bank-security guard and whistleblowers at the Union Bank of Switzerland (now UBS)
1997/8[[File:Nury Turkel headshot 2.jpg75px]]Nury TurkelChinaGraduate student, later Commissioner on the United States Commission on International Religious Freedomurl=https://www.uscirf.gov/news-room/press-releases-statements/uscirf-welcomes-appointment-speaker-nancy-pelosi-nury-turkel-ustitle=USCIRF Welcomes Appointment by Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Nury Turkel to U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedomdate=26 May 2020access-date=22 July 2020website=United States Commission on International Religious Freedom}}
1999–2004, 2007[[File:AlexKonanykhin.jpg75px]]Alex Konanykhin and his wifeRussiaRussian entrepreneur, former banker
2001[[File:Mohamed El Ghanem.jpg75px]]Mohamed El GhanemEgyptSwitzerlandFormer officer of the Egyptian Ministry of Interior, lawyer, Doctor of Law and Professor.
Alexander LitvinenkoRussiaUnited KingdomFormer officer who served in the Soviet KGB and its Russian successor, the Federal Security Service (FSB)
2002[[File:Pedro Carmona 2002.png83x83px]]Pedro CarmonaVenezuelaColombiaVenezuelan businessman, declared interim President of Venezuela during the [2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt](2002-venezuelan-coup-d-etat-attempt)
2003Akhmed ZakayevRussiaUnited KingdomFormer Deputy Prime Minister and the current Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Boris BerezovskyFormer Russian government official, businessman and mathematician, member of Russian Academy of Sciences
2004Ilyas AkhmadovUnited StatesFormer politician and foreign minister of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
2005[[File:Bobby Fischer 1960 in Leipzig.jpg75px]]Bobby FischerUnited StatesIcelandChess Grandmaster and the 11th World Chess Champion, chess author
2007[[File:John Anthony Robles (3x4).jpg75px]]John RoblesUnited StatesRussiaLeak site owner, English teacher, investigative journalist, writer, US foreign policy critic, publisher.
Puerto Rico
[[File:Irakli Okruashvili.jpg75px]]Irakli OkruashviliGeorgiaFranceGeorgian politician
2008Chere Lyn TomaykoUnited StatesCosta RicaUnited States citizen
Nixon MorenoVenezuelaHoly See
2009[[File:Manuel Rosales, 2008.jpg75px]]Manuel RosalesPeruVenezuelan educator and politiciandate=2009-04-28title=Venezuela recalls envoy in Peruurl=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8021946.stmurl-status=livearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110125240/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8021946.stmarchive-date=10 January 2024access-date=2010-02-01publisher=BBC News}}
2010[[File:Virginia-Vallejo-by-Hernan-Diaz-in1987.jpg75px]]Virginia VallejoColombiaUnited StatesColombian writer, journalist, columnist, media personality, television anchorwoman, and socialite
2011Savva TerentyevRussiaEstoniaRussian blogger and musician
Al-Saadi GaddafiLibyaNigerThird son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi; Libyan former association football player
2012[[File:Julian Assange 3x4.jpg75px]]Julian AssangeAustraliaEcuador (embassy)Australian editor, activist, publisher and journalist
Sweden
United Kingdom
United States
Alexander BarankovBelarusEcuadorBelarusian former policeman or army captaintitle="Платформа" папрасіла Эквадор не выдаваць Баранковаlanguage=Belarusianpublisher=Belsat TVdate=26 June 2012url=http://belsat.eu/be/wiadomosci/a,8916,platforma-paprasila-ekvador-nie-vydavats-barankova.htmlaccess-date=20 August 2012archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203032730/http://belsat.eu/be/wiadomosci/a,8916,platforma-paprasila-ekvador-nie-vydavats-barankova.htmlarchive-date=3 February 2014url-status=dead }}
Safia FarkashLibyaOmanWidow of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and former First Lady of Libya
Muhammad GaddafiEldest son of the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi; chairman of the General Posts and Telecommunications Company
Ayesha GaddafiFifth child and only daughter of former Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi; Libyan mediator and military official, former UN Goodwill Ambassador, and lawyer
Hannibal Muammar GaddafiFifth son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi; first consultant to the Management Committee of the General National Maritime Transport Company (GNMTC) of Libya
2013[[File:Edward Snowden.jpg75px]]Edward SnowdenUnited StatesRussiaUnited States citizen; CIA Officer. Former Booz Allen Hamilton employee worked as a system administrator under an NSA contract.
2014Denise HarveyUnited StatesCanadaUnited States citizen
Suren GazaryanRussiaEstoniaRussian citizen, Green activistGoldman Prize recipient in 2014
Ali Abd JalilMalaysiaSwedenMalaysian citizen, student activistGranted asylum in Sweden after being detained by Royal Malaysia Police and served 22 days in prison for insulting royalty.
[[File:Tamara Sujú.jpg95x95px]]Tamara SujúVenezuelaCzech RepublicVenezuelan lawyer and human rights activistdate=25 November 2014title=Tamara Suju recibe asilo político en la República Checalanguage=es-ESagency=El Universalurl=http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/141125/tamara-suju-recibe-asilo-politico-en-la-republica-checaaccess-date=14 April 2017}}
2016[[File:Mohamed Nasheed portrait (2).jpg103x103px]]Mohamed NasheedMaldivesUnited KingdomFormer President of the Maldives
2017Amos YeeSingaporeUnited StatesSingaporean blogger
2018[[File:Gruevski.jpg75px]]Nikola GruevskiMacedoniaHungaryMacedonian citizen, former Prime minister of Macedonia
Rosmit MantillaVenezuelaFranceNational Assembly deputy
2019[[File:Presidentes del Perú y Bolivia inauguran Encuentro Presidencial y III Gabinete Binacional Perú-Bolivia (36962597345) (cropped).jpg75px]]Evo MoralesBoliviaMexicoBolivian citizen, former President of Bolivia
2020Christopher Mark Doyon aka Commander XUnited StatesMexicoUS Citizen, Activist/Author
2021[[File:Nathan Law at US Capitol.jpg75px]]Nathan LawChinaUnited KingdomHong Kong resident, politician and activist
[[File:Tuhin Das.jpg75px]]Tuhin DasBangladeshUnited StatesBengali Writer, ActivistExiled in 2016 for speaking out against Islamic fundamentalism. Granted Asylum in the United States.
2022[[File:Rafael_Correa_in_France_(cropped).jpg75px]]Rafael CorreaEcuadorBelgiumFormer President of Ecuador
2024[[File:Jorge Glas en 2017.jpg75px]]Jorge GlasMexicoFormer Vice President of EcuadorJorge Glas was granted political asylum by Mexico just hours before authorities in Ecuador [raided their embassy](2024-attack-on-the-mexican-embassy-in-ecuador) and took Glas into custody. This event triggered a diplomatic crisis which was condemned by other countries in the Americas.
[[File:Sheikh Hasina in Sep 2023.jpg75px]]Sheikh HasinaBangladeshIndiaFormer Prime Minister of BangladeshHasina resigned and fled to India on 5 August 2024 following Bangladesh's July Revolution and was granted political asylum by the Indian government.
2025[[File:Nadine Heredia en 2012.jpg75px]]Nadine HerediaPeruBrazilFormer First Lady of Peru
[[File:Premier Chávez 1.1 (cropped).jpg75px]]Betssy ChávezMexicoFormer Prime Minister of PeruChávez was granted political asylum by Mexico on November 3, 2025. The Peruvian government responded by severing relations.

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  6. "Parlamentares Gaúchos: João Goulart".
  7. Flávio Ilha. (3 March 2014). "Para tentar voltar ao Brasil, Jango renunciou ao asilo político no Uruguai".
  8. "Parlamentares Gaúchos: João Goulart".
  9. Jorge Ferreira. (2011). "João Goulart". Civilização Brasileira.
  10. (2019). "Leonel Brizola e os últimos anos de exílio". Tempo e Argumento.
  11. Rocha, Glaciliano. (2010-08-22). "Um gaúcho em NY". [[Folha de São Paulo]].
  12. "Black Liberation Army Member, Assata Shakur, Tried on Murder and Assault Charges | Archives & Special Collections".
  13. Thomson, Mike. (5 March 2003). "Kidnapped by North Korea". [[BBC News]].
  14. (2018). "Historieta de Venezuela: De Macuro a Maduro". Gráficas Pedrazas.
  15. Alphonse D'Amato]] (R-NY), signed into Private Law 105-1 by President [[Bill Clinton]] on 29 July 1997; accessed 30 October 2006.
  16. Swiss parliament, Summer session 1997
  17. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201327/http://www.parlament.ch/poly/Suchen_amtl_Bulletin/cn97/ete/389.HTM Question Schlüer]
  18. [http://www.parlament.ch/poly/Suchen_amtl_Bulletin/cn97/ete/391.HTM Response] of [[Swiss Federal Council. Federal Councillor]] [[Flavio Cotti]], who claimed the United States was not granting the Meili family "asylum", but rather a facilitated fast-track immigration. Accessed 30 October 2006.
  19. (26 May 2020). "USCIRF Welcomes Appointment by Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Nury Turkel to U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom".
  20. (26 May 2020). "Nury Turkel, Commissioner".
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  25. (19 January 2008). "Bobby Fischer, Troubled Genius of Chess, Dies at 64". The New York Times.
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  28. (26 July 2008). "Wanted US woman freed in Costa Rica". USA Today.
  29. (17 September 2007). "The Vatican grants asylum to Nixon Moreno".
  30. (2009-04-28). "Venezuela recalls envoy in Peru". BBC News.
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  33. [http://www.mmrree.gob.ec/2012/com042.asp Declaración del Gobierno de la República del Ecuador sobre la solicitud de asilo de Julian Assange]. {{in lang. es ({{webarchive. link. (17 August 2012 ))
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  35. (25 June 2024). "WikiLeaks' Assange pleads guilty in deal with US that secures his freedom, ends legal fight". Associated Press.
  36. (26 June 2012). ""Платформа" папрасіла Эквадор не выдаваць Баранкова". [[Belsat TV]].
  37. (15 August 2012). "Corte analiza la extradición de bielorruso". [[List of newspapers in Ecuador.
  38. Küffner, Stephan. (16 July 2012). "Assange's Special Asylum: Why Ecuador Isn't Nice to Anyone Else". [[Time (magazine).
  39. (1 August 2013). "Statement on Snowden's Successful Russian Asylum Bid". WikiLeaks.
  40. Macias, Amanda. (22 September 2022). "Putin grants Russian citizenship to former NSA contractor turned whistleblower Edward Snowden".
  41. "Florida sex offender granted asylum in Canada". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
  42. (15 May 2014). "Florida sex-offender who had relations with 16-year-old granted refugee status in Canada". National Post.
  43. (19 May 2014). "Was Canada right to grant asylum to a U.S. sex offender?". Yahoo! News.
  44. (29 May 2014). "Goldman Prize Recipient Suren Gazaryan".
  45. (9 December 2014). "Malaysia activist whose passport was revoked says he has been issued asylum card by Sweden". The Straits Times.
  46. (25 November 2014). "Tamara Suju recibe asilo político en la República Checa".
  47. Wintour, Patrick. (23 May 2016). "Ex-president of the Maldives granted asylum in UK". [[The Guardian]].
  48. hermes. (2020-10-18). "Amos Yee faces deportation if convicted of child porn charges".
  49. (20 November 2018). "Report: Hungary grants asylum to former Macedonian leader". [[The Washington Post]].
  50. (2018-06-05). "Rosmit Mantilla, asilado en Francia, compartió su historia tras pasar dos años en El Helicoide".
  51. (12 November 2019). "Report: Bolivia crisis: Evo Morales accepts political asylum in Mexico". BBC News.
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  54. Nate Anderson. (2021-06-16). "Ten-year hacktivist fugitive Commander X arrested in Mexico".
  55. Davidson, Helen. (9 April 2021). "China blasts UK for granting asylum to Hong Kong activist Nathan Law". The Guardian.
  56. (15 February 2017). "Tuhin Das: Poet, Activist and Writer in Exile".
  57. O'Driscoll, Bill. (21 June 2022). "Dissident Bangladeshi writer explores homesickness, and Pittsburgh, in new poetry collection".
  58. (22 April 2022). "Ecuador begins effort to extradite Rafael Correa from Belgium".
  59. (28 April 2022). "Ecuador ex-president Correa says Belgian asylum attests to innocence".
  60. Acosta, Sebastián. (2025-04-15). "Nadine Heredia ingresó esta mañana a la embajada de Brasil para solicitar asilo, informó Cancillería". [[RPP Noticias]].
  61. Oré Arroyo, Carlos. (2025-04-16). "Nadine Heredia llegó Brasil EN VIVO: ex primera dama solicitó asilo y recibió salvoconducto del gobierno de Dina Boluarte". [[Infobae]].
  62. (2025-11-08). "Gobierno pedirá cambiar la Convención de Caracas tras el asilo de México a Betssy Chávez". [[Forbes]].
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