This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The award ceremony for this year’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, conferred upon Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny, will be held on 15 December at noon. Mr Navalny is currently imprisoned in Russia and can therefore not attend the award ceremony in the […]Sakharov Prize 2021: interviews with Alexei Navalny’s representatives
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The award ceremony for this year’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, conferred upon Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny, will be held on 15 December at noon. Mr Navalny is currently imprisoned in Russia and can therefore not attend the award ceremony in the […]The 2020 Sakharov Prize awarded to the democratic opposition in Belarus
October 22, 2020 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The democratic opposition in Belarus has been awarded the 2020 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. European Parliament President David Sassoli announced the laureates in the Brussels plenary chamber at noon on Thursday, following an earlier decision by the Conference of Presidents (President and […]Daughter of 2019 Sakharov Prize winner Ilham Tohti receives prize on his behalf
December 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Ilham Tohti’s daughter accepted the 2019 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought on Wednesday on behalf of her jailed father. Tohti, a Uyghur scholar fighting for the rights of China’s Muslim Uyghur minority, has been in prison since 2014 on separatism-related charges. “Ilham Tohti, […]Snowden is the “EU nomination” for this year’s Oscars
September 30, 2013 by 4 Comments
After last June’s revelations about the PRISM scandal you can actually feel it that the air in world politics has less oxygen. The leaders of the major world powers, EU, USA and Russia faced severe respiratory issues during this period. Obama is still suffering from severe panic attacks, Putin broke the window to get some […]
