Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought

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European Parliament prize human rights award

The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought is a prestigious human rights award given by the European Parliament to individuals and groups who have made exceptional contributions to defending human rights and fundamental freedoms.

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Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought canonical 14
Sakharov Prize 5
Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf European Parliament prize ⓘ
human rights award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ
surface form: Sakharov Prize
awardedBy European Parliament ⓘ
awardedFor freedom of thought ⓘ
human rights advocacy ⓘ
country European Union ⓘ
criterion exceptional contribution to defending fundamental freedoms ⓘ
exceptional contribution to defending human rights ⓘ
eligibility groups ⓘ
individuals ⓘ
organizations ⓘ
field fundamental freedoms ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
firstAwarded 1988 ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
governingBody European Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament
hasAwardType honorary title ⓘ
monetary award ⓘ
hasCategory European Parliament ⓘ
European human rights awards ⓘ
awards established in 1988 ⓘ
hasComponent award ceremony at the European Parliament ⓘ
hasLanguage all official languages of the European Union ⓘ
hasMotto for freedom of thought ⓘ
inception 1988 ⓘ
locationOfAwarding Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Brussels

Strasbourg ⓘ
mediaCoverage international ⓘ
namedAfter Andrei Sakharov ⓘ
namedForNotability Andrei Sakharov ⓘ
surface form: Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov
namedForOccupation Andrei Sakharov ⓘ
surface form: physicist Andrei Sakharov
notableRecipient Alexei Navalny ⓘ
Aung San Suu Kyi ⓘ
Democratic opposition in Venezuela ⓘ
Malala Yousafzai ⓘ
Nelson Mandela ⓘ
Reporters Without Borders ⓘ
Ukrainian people ⓘ
organizer European Parliament ⓘ
purpose to honor individuals and groups defending human rights ⓘ
to recognize defense of freedom of thought ⓘ
regionServed worldwide ⓘ
selectionBy Members of the European Parliament ⓘ
selectionProcess nomination and voting by political groups and MEPs ⓘ
sponsor European Parliament ⓘ
status active ⓘ

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Malala Yousafzai → awardReceived → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ
Xanana Gusmão → awardReceived → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ
Min Ko Naing → awardReceived → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ
Nelson Mandela → awardReceived → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ
Memorial (human rights group) → awardReceived → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ
subject surface form: Memorial
Kofi Annan → awardReceived → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ
Alexei Navalny → awardReceived → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ
Alexei Navalny → awardReceived → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sakharov Prize
Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought → alsoKnownAs → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sakharov Prize
Mary Therese Winifred Bourke → awardReceived → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sakharov Prize
Aung San Suu Kyi → awardReceived → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ
The Price of Inequality → awardsReceived → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sakharov Prize for Journalism as an Act of Conscience (for Stiglitz’s related work)
Andrei Sakharov → awardReceived → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought (eponym)
Lev Okun → awardReceived → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sakharov Prize
International Memorial → awarded → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ
Ales Bialiatski → awardReceived → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ
Ales Bialiatski → awardReceived → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award
Svetlana Gannushkina → awardReceived → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought (nomination)
Razan Zaitouneh → awardReceived → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ
Ibrahim Rugova → awardReceived → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ
Viasna Human Rights Centre → awarded → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought (as part of the democratic opposition of Belarus, 2020)
Zacarias Gusmão → awardReceived → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ
Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo → awardReceived → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ
subject surface form: Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo
Lyudmila Alexeyeva → awardReceived → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sakharov Prize
Anar Mammadli → awardReceived → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award
Rasul Jafarov → awardReceived → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award