Members of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs and Development Policy Committee chose the three finalists for the 2024 Sakharov Prize in a secret vote on Thursday, the European Parliament said. On his website. The Conference of Presidents – President of the European Parliament Roberta Mizzola and leaders of the representative groups – will select the winners on Thursday 24 October. The winners will be announced at the subsequent plenary session in Strasbourg.
The competition for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought is taking place between the European People's Party and the European Council, on the initiative of Maria Corina Machado, leader of the Venezuelan democratic forces, and presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, who, according to information, represents “all Venezuelans who struggle to restore freedom and democracy in the country in inside and outside.” The Israeli and Palestinian peace organizations “Women Make Peace” and “Women of the Sun” were organized with the support of socialists and liberals, in addition to Dr. Gubad Ebadoglu is an academic and anti-corruption activist in Azerbaijan.
Elon Musk, nominated by European patriots in the ranks of Fidesz and the European sovereign states created with May Haganek, withdrew from the struggle for the Sakharov Prize.
American billionaire nomination – as we wrote – He was criticized from several quarters. German Green Party representative Viola von Cramon said, “This is what happens when enemies of democracy sit in parliament.”
The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought – named after the Soviet physicist and political dissident Andrei Sakharov – is the European Union's highest human rights award. Since 1988, the European Parliament has awarded it every year to individuals or organizations in recognition of the work done to protect human and fundamental rights, in particular freedom of expression, protection of minority rights, respect for international law, development of democracy and protection of minority rights. Of the rule of law. In 2023, the award went to Gina Mahsa Amini and the Iranian Women, Life, Freedom movement.
