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The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, commonly known as the Sakharov
Featured content Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought
Prize, honours individuals and groups of people who have dedicated their lives to
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the defense of human rights and freedom of thought.[2] Named after Russian
Donate to Wikipedia scientist and dissident Andrei Sakharov, the prize was established in December
Wikipedia store 1988 by the European Parliament.[2] A shortlist of nominees is drawn up annually by
the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Development, with the
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winner announced in October.[1] The prize is accompanied by a monetary award of
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50,000.[1] The first prize was awarded jointly to South African Nelson Mandela and
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Russian Anatoly Marchenko. The 1990 award was given to Aung San Suu Kyi, but
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Recent changes she could not receive it until 2013 as a result of her political imprisonment in
Contact page Burma.[3] The prize has also been awarded to organisations, the first being the
The awarding ceremony of the 1990 prize awarded to
Argentine Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo in 1992. Three Sakharov laureates were
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Aung San Suu Kyi inside the Parliament's Strasbourg
subsequently awarded the Nobel Peace Prize: Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi, hemicycle, in 2013
What links here and Malala Yousafzai.[4] Presented by European Parliament
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Upload file Razan Zaitouneh (2011) was kidnapped in 2013 and is still missing.[5] Nasrin Reward(s) 50,000[1]
Special pages Sotoudeh (2012) was released from prison in September 2013,[6] but is still barred First awarded 1988
Permanent link from leaving Iran, along with fellow 2012 laureate Jafar Panahi.[7] The 2017 prize Currently held Democratic opposition in
Page information was awarded to the Democratic Opposition in Venezuela.[8] by Venezuela
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Nelson South [9]
Printable version Anti-apartheid activist and later President of South Africa
Mandela Africa
In other projects 1988 Anatoly
Soviet [9]
Wikimedia Commons Marchenko Soviet dissident, author and human rights activist
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(posthumously)
Languages

Alemannisch
Alexander Slovak politician, attempted to reform the communist regime during the Prague [9]
1989
Dubek Czechoslovakia Spring
Aragons Aung San Suu Opposition politician and a former General Secretary of the National League for
1990 Burma [10]

Kyi Democracy
Bn-lm-g
1991 Adem Demai Yugoslavia Kosovo Albanian Politician and long-term political prisoner [9]

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Mothers of the Association of Argentine mothers whose children disappeared during the Dirty [10]
1992 Argentina
Bosanski Plaza de Mayo War Nelson Mandela was the inaugural
Catal Bosnia and winner
Popular newspaper that defended Bosnia and Herzegovina as aofmulti-ethnic
the prize, together with
1993 Osloboenje [10]
etina Anatoly Marchenko.
Herzegovina state
Cymraeg
1994 Taslima Nasrin Bangladesh Ex-doctor, feminist author [10]
Dansk
Deutsch Politician of Kurdish descent from Southeastern Turkey, who was imprisoned
1995 Leyla Zana Turkey [9]
Eesti for 10 years for being member of PKK.

1996 Wei Jingsheng China An activist in the Chinese democracy movement [10]
Espaol
Esperanto Journalist and writer, an activist of women's rights, human rights and
1997 Salima Ghezali Algeria [10]
Euskara democracy in Algeria

Franais Ibrahim [9]
1998 Yugoslavia Albanian politician, the first President of Kosovo The awarding ceremony of the 1990
Frysk Rugova
Xanana
prize awarded to Aung San Suu Kyi
inside the Parliament's Strasbourg
1999 East Timor Former militant who was the first President of East Timor hemicycle, in 2013. Suu Kyi[11]
Gusmo could not
Hrvatski collect it before as she had been under
2000 Basta Ya! Spain Organisation uniting individuals of various political positions against [12]
Bahasa Indonesia house arrestterrorism
for decades.
Italiano 2001 Nurit Peled- Israel Peace activist [9]

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 Elhanan

Izzat Ghazzawi Palestine Writer, professor
Kurd
Latina Dom Zacarias
Angola Archbishop and peace activist
Latvieu Kamwenho
Ltzebuergesch
2002 Oswaldo Pay Cuba Political activist and dissident [13]
Lietuvi
Magyar Kofi Annan Ghana Members of Ladies in White, a 2005
Nobel Peace Prize recipient and seventh Secretary-General of the United [9]
2003 N/A laureate, demonstrate in Havana,
United Nations Nations Cuba.
(International)
Bahasa Melayu
Belarusian Non-governmental organisation "aiming to ensure freedom of speech and rights
Nederlands 2004 Association of Belarus of receiving and distributing information and promoting professional standards [14]
Journalists of journalism"

Ladies in White Cuba Opposition movement, relatives of jailed dissidents [15]
Norsk
Polski Reporters
Portugus N/A [15]
2005 Without France-based non-governmental organisation advocating freedom of the press
Romn (International)
Borders Doctor Denis Mukwege, recipient of

Hauwa Ibrahim Nigeria Human rights lawyer the prize in 2014 [15]
Scots
Shqip Alaksandar Politician chosen by United Democratic Forces of Belarus as the joint candidate
2006 Belarus [16]
Slovenina
Milinkievi of the opposition in the presidential elections of 2006

Suomi Salih
Svenska 2007 Mahmoud Sudan Human rights lawyer [10]

Osman
Trke
2008 Hu Jia China Activist and dissident [17]

2009 Memorial Russia International civil rights and historical society [18]

Ting Vit
2010
Guillermo
Cuba Doctor, journalist and political dissident [19]

Farias
Edit links 2011 Asmaa Five representatives of the Arab people, in recognition and support of their [20]
Egypt
Mahfouz drive for freedom and human rights.

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 Ahmed al- Libya Writer Raif Badawi, recipient of the
Senussi prize in 2015

Razan
Zaitouneh Syria
Ali Farzat
Mohamed
Bouazizi Tunisia
(posthumously)
Jafar Panahi
2012 Nasrin Iran Iranian activists, Sotoudeh is a lawyer and Panahi is a film director. [21][22]

Sotoudeh
Malala [23]
2013 Pakistan Campaigner for women's rights and education
Yousafzai
Democratic
Denis [24]
2014 Republic of the Gynecologist treating victims of gang rape
Mukwege
Congo
Saudi Saudi Arabian writer and activist and the creator of the website Free Saudi [25]
2015 Raif Badawi
Arabia Liberals
Nadia Murad
Basee Yazidi human rights activists and former abductees of the Islamic State of Iraq
2016 Iraq [26]
Lamiya Aji and the Levant
Bashar
2017 Democratic Venezuela The country's national assembly (Julio Borges) and all political prisoners as [27]

Opposition in listed by Foro Penal Venezolano represented by Leopoldo Lpez, Antonio

Venezuela Ledezma, Daniel Ceballos, Yon Goicoechea, Lorent Saleh, Alfredo Ramos and
Andrea Gonzlez. European Parliament President Antonio Tajani stated that
the award reaffirmed the EU's "unwavering support to the democratically-
elected national assembly of Venezuela" going on to call for "the peaceful

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 transition to democracy that the Venezuelan people are desperately calling
for".[27] The award was seen as rewarding the "courage of student activists and
protesters in face of repression by Nicolas Maduro's government".[28]

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Sakharov prize 23 years on" . Financial Times. Archived from 12. ^ "Basque group wins peace prize" . BBC News. 26 October
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History" . The New York Times. Archived from the original on 13 2002. Archived from the original on 7 May 2004. Retrieved
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reconciliation" . European Parliament. 28 October 2008. 18. ^ "Russia rights group wins EU prize" . BBC News. 22 October
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22 October 2010.

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 19. ^ "Cuba dissident Farinas awarded Sakharov Prize by EU" . BBC 24. ^ "DR Congo doctor Denis Mukwege wins Sakharov prize" . BBC
News. 21 October 2010. Archived from the original on 22 October News. 21 October 2014. Archived from the original on 22 October
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Parliament. Archived from the original on 23 October 2011. Guardian. Brussels. Associated Press in. Archived from the
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21. ^ Dehghan, Saeed Kamali (26 October 2012). "Nasrin Sotoudeh 26. ^ "Sakharov prize: Yazidi women win EU freedom prize" . BBC
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Sakharov Prize" (PDF). European Parliament. Archived (PDF) 2017. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved
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2012. 28. ^ "Venezuela's opposition awarded Sakharov Prize for championing
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freedom of thought" . CNN. Archived from the original on 15 from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
October 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.

External links [ edit ]

"Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought" . European Parliament. 1 December 2013. Retrieved Freedom of speech
21 October 2016. portal

"Sakharov Prize Network" . European Parliament. 1 December 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
"20 years of the Sakharov Prize: rewarding courage, self-sacrifice" . European Parliament. 1 December 2008. Retrieved 22 October
2010.

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