Sharansky, Natan

Natan Sharansky, former Soviet dissident, political prisoner, and human rights icon, has spent his life championing democracy and freedom. In 1977, he was arrested by the KGB for his activism and his support for Soviet Jew' demands to emigrate to Israel and imprisoned for nine years. He is the author of "Fear No Evil" and "The Case for Democracy," Sharansky has served as a senior minister in the Israeli government, and now heads The Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies.