Tag: Sakharov Prize

A deserving recipient of the 2013 Sakharov prize would be the American whistleblower Edward Snowden, writes Stefan Svallfors. By exposing the US Prism spying program, Snowden made it possible for us to say ‘No – this is not a development and a society we want’, he argues.

The Nobel Peace Prize Committee announces its 2012 laureate today (12 October), with prize watchers favoring east European dissidents, the European Union itself or religious leaders working on Muslim-Christian reconciliation.

Belarus is a laboratory of oppression and dictatorship on European territory, says MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who nominated Belarussian opposition activist Ales Bialiatski for the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize.

Russian punk band Pussy Riot, whose three female musicians were sentenced to two years in prison after staging an anti-Vladimir Putin protest in a Moscow cathedral, are among the candidates for the European Parliament’s annual Sakharov Prize, EurActiv has learned.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko is attempting to spread fear across the opposition movement by accusing it of the 11 April bomb attack in Minsk, says dissident figure and Sakharov Prize laureate Alexander Milinkevich. In an exclusive interview with EurActiv Poland, Milinkevich urges the EU to ensure that its aid to the country reaches pro-democracy activists on the ground.