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EU's Top Rights Honour, Sakharov Prize, Awarded To Iran's Mahsa Amini
The European Union on Thursday awarded its top rights honour, the Sakharov Prize, to Mahsa Amini, the Iranian Kurdish woman who died in Iranian custody a year ago, and the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement her death triggered.
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Jailed Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny Wins European Union's Sakharov Rights Award
The European Parliament on Wednesday awarded the Sakharov Prize for human rights to jailed Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who last year survived a poisoning attack he blames on the Kremlin, sources said.
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'Hoped We Would Be Killed, Not Raped': ISIS Slave, Now Free, Returns Home
Nadia Murad made an emotional return on Thursday to the Yazidi village in northern Iraq where she was captured and sold as a slave by ISIS three years ago.
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European Union Parliament Awards Sakharov Prize To Yazidi Women
The European Parliament has awarded its Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought and expression to Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar, two women from Iraq's Yazidi community who suffered attack and persecution by ISIS.
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Saudi Blogger's Wife Accepts European Union Sakharov Prize For Jailed Husband
The wife of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi today accepted the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize on behalf of her husband, urging Arab countries to tolerate differing views.
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Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi Could Be Pardoned: Swiss Official
A procedure for obtaining a pardon from Saudi Arabia's king is under way for jailed blogger Raif Badawi, whose flogging sentence created worldwide outrage, a senior Swiss official said Saturday.
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Wife of Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi Says Sakharov Prize 'Message of Hope'
The wife of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi said Thursday his winning of the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize was a "message of hope and courage."
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Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi, a Fighter for Free Speech
Jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, named winner of the Sakharov prize today, is known as a fighter for free speech sentenced to 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam.
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Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi Wins EU Sakharov Rights Prize
Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who was sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in pon for insulting Islam, was awarded the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize today.
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Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai receives EU Sakharov rights prize
Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai was handed the EU's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize on Wednesday in recognition of her crusade for the right of all children, girls and boys, to an education.
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Malala Yousafzai, Edward Snowden named for EU's Sakharov prize
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen shot by the Taliban for championing girls' education, and US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden have been nominated for the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize.
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Edward Snowden named for European Union's Sakharov prize
Green and left-wing lawmakers today nominated US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden for the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize.
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EU's Top Rights Honour, Sakharov Prize, Awarded To Iran's Mahsa Amini
The European Union on Thursday awarded its top rights honour, the Sakharov Prize, to Mahsa Amini, the Iranian Kurdish woman who died in Iranian custody a year ago, and the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement her death triggered.
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Jailed Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny Wins European Union's Sakharov Rights Award
The European Parliament on Wednesday awarded the Sakharov Prize for human rights to jailed Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who last year survived a poisoning attack he blames on the Kremlin, sources said.
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'Hoped We Would Be Killed, Not Raped': ISIS Slave, Now Free, Returns Home
Nadia Murad made an emotional return on Thursday to the Yazidi village in northern Iraq where she was captured and sold as a slave by ISIS three years ago.
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European Union Parliament Awards Sakharov Prize To Yazidi Women
The European Parliament has awarded its Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought and expression to Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar, two women from Iraq's Yazidi community who suffered attack and persecution by ISIS.
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Saudi Blogger's Wife Accepts European Union Sakharov Prize For Jailed Husband
The wife of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi today accepted the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize on behalf of her husband, urging Arab countries to tolerate differing views.
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Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi Could Be Pardoned: Swiss Official
A procedure for obtaining a pardon from Saudi Arabia's king is under way for jailed blogger Raif Badawi, whose flogging sentence created worldwide outrage, a senior Swiss official said Saturday.
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Wife of Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi Says Sakharov Prize 'Message of Hope'
The wife of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi said Thursday his winning of the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize was a "message of hope and courage."
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Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi, a Fighter for Free Speech
Jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, named winner of the Sakharov prize today, is known as a fighter for free speech sentenced to 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam.
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Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi Wins EU Sakharov Rights Prize
Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who was sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in pon for insulting Islam, was awarded the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize today.
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Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai receives EU Sakharov rights prize
Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai was handed the EU's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize on Wednesday in recognition of her crusade for the right of all children, girls and boys, to an education.
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Malala Yousafzai, Edward Snowden named for EU's Sakharov prize
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen shot by the Taliban for championing girls' education, and US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden have been nominated for the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize.
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Edward Snowden named for European Union's Sakharov prize
Green and left-wing lawmakers today nominated US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden for the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize.
