Last year, Parliament awarded the prize to Russian opposition politician and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny. It is named in honour of Soviet physicist and political dissident Andrei Sakharov and the prize money is 50 000 euros. It was set up in 1988 to honour individuals and organisations defending human rights and fundamental freedoms. The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought is awarded each year by the European Parliament. Read more about the other Sakharov Prize finalists in 2022 here. The awarding of the Sakharov Prize will take place on 14 December in Strasbourg. The nomination highlights the efforts of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy together with the role of individuals, representatives of civil society initiatives, and state and public institutions, including the State Emergency Services of Ukraine, Yulia Pajevska, founder of the evacuation medical unit Angels of Taira, Oleksandra Matviychuk, human rights lawyer and chairwoman of the organisation Center for Civil Liberties, the Yellow Ribbon Civil Resistance Movement, and Ivan Fedorov, the mayor of the Ukrainian city of Melitopol, which is currently under Russian occupation. They are not only fighting to protect their homes, sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, but they are also defending freedom, democracy, the rule of law and European values on the battlefields “against a brutal regime that seeks to undermine our democracy, weaken and divide our Union”, say MEPs. Peoples Press (Port Arthur, Texas) Peoples Press (Port Neches, Texas) Peoples Press, an online newspaper from Mauritius Donegal Peoples Press, County. Russia’s unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine is inflicting enormous costs on the Ukrainian people. I know that the brave people of Ukraine will not give up and neither will we", she said. Press is a computer scientist and computational biologist with broad interests in the physical and biological sciences. For all those who stand up and fight for what they believe in. For those who have lost relatives and friends. “This award is for those Ukrainians fighting on the ground. Beskrivelse PeoplesPress A/S er aktiv indenfor Udgivelse af bøger (581100). European Parliament President Roberta Metsola announced the 2022 laureate in the Strasbourg plenary chamber on Wednesday afternoon, following a decision by Parliament’s Conference of Presidents (the President and political group leaders).
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