Tomo Križnar

Tomo Križnar is a Slovenian peace activist known for his extraordinary work in bringing the atrocities committed in Sudan to international attention through his documentary films and books. In 2006, while documenting the war in Darfur, Križnar was arrested and sentenced to two years in prison for “publishing false news, espionage and entering Sudan without an entry visa.” The Slovene president worked to get Tomo an eventual pardon, but Križnar was forced to leave behind all his photography equipment and films which had been used to document mass graves.

In 2011, Tomo began smuggling cameras into Sudan for distribution among the local population to help collect evidence of the war crimes perpetrated by the North Sudan military. The footage collected during this period was compiled into the film Eyes and Ears Of God—Video Surveillance of Sudan. The European Union awarded Tomo the Ethicon Blue Planet Award and the European Citizen’s Prize in 2014 and 2015.