The European Parliament on Wednesday awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to the “brave” people of Ukraine, currently under Russian attack.
quoted in releaseParliament Speaker Roberta Metsola said the award “is for Ukrainians who are fighting on the ground. For those who have been forced to flee. For those who have lost family and friends. For all those who stand up and fight for what they believe.” “.
“I know that the brave people of Ukraine will not give up and neither will we”, says the European leader, praising the Ukrainian action “against the brutal regime that seeks to undermine our democracy, weaken and divide our Union”.
The distinction especially highlights “the efforts of the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky”, but also the action of other “individuals, representatives of civil society initiatives and state and public institutions”, namely “the State Emergency Services (SES) of Ukraine; Yulia Pajevska, founder of the medevac unit “Ángeles de Taira” (“Angels of Taira”); Oleksandra Matviychuk, human rights activist and lawyer; the Yellow Ribbon Civil Resistance Movement (“The Yellow Ribbon Civil Resistance Movement”). Ribbon”); and Ivan Fedorov, the mayor of the city of Melitopol, which is currently occupied by Russian forces.”
The delivery of the distinction takes place on December 14 in Strasbourg. The other finalists were the Colombian Truth Commission and WikiLeaks activist Julian Assange.
Source: TSF
