The permanent record

Hall of Honour

Every person the public has elected, kept published permanently. Reprisals work through forgetting — so nothing here is ever taken down, except at the request of the person themselves.

The first ballot is running now. No Truth Icon has been elected yet — this page fills from the first working day after voting closes. The entry below shows the format each citation will take. Vote in the opening ballot →
Truth Icon · this month · elected by public vote

[ Name, or agreed description ]

Role · Country · nominated by a member of the public

“Elected in recognition of [what they revealed], and of what it cost them to reveal it. The award is given by the public of the world, and carries no obligation of any kind.”

Votes cast: — · Countries represented: — · Award delivered: — · Nominated for the PnyxAletheia annual prize.

From month to year

Twelve icons, one annual prize


The twelve people elected during a calendar year become the shortlist for PnyxAletheia — the first worldwide prize for truthtellers, conceived in the Nobel tradition and awarded once donor backing is in place.

Each month

The public elects

Open nominations, an open ballot, and a printed award sent anywhere in the world. No committee stands between the nominee and the vote.

Each December

The shortlist closes

The year's twelve icons are carried forward automatically. Nobody applies, nobody lobbies, and no donor may add a name.

Each year

PnyxAletheia is awarded

An honorary council of former truthtellers, jurists and editors selects the laureate from the twelve, and the prize is paid directly and unconditionally.

PnyxAletheia.org

How this record is kept

Four rules of the Hall


Entries are permanent — unless the person asks otherwise
A citation stays published so that a search for their name years later still returns what they did. But the person honoured may have their entry anonymised or removed at any time, by a single message, with no reason required and no record kept.
Names may be withheld
Where publishing a name would put someone in danger, the citation is published with the name withheld and an agreed description in its place. The award itself is still made and still delivered.
Corrections are made openly
If a citation contains an error we correct it and say so on the entry. A false claim made in the name of truth damages every truthteller alive, so we would rather be corrected than be quiet.
Nobody can buy an entry
There is no fee, no sponsored place and no donor influence over who appears here. Any attempt to purchase a place is published as an attempt.
The record starts with you

The first name in this hall has not been chosen yet.

Nominate the person you think should be there, or vote for one of the names already on the ballot.