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Russian NGO wins EU human rights prize

Activists from Memorial, a Russian NGO defending human rights in post-Soviet states, have won the European Parliament's 2009 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, highlighting the Parliament's growing willingness to confront Moscow. Full Article at EurActive.com

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  1. By awarding this year's prize to Oleg Orlov, Sergei Kovalev and Lyudmila Alexeyeva on behalf of Memorial and all other human rights defenders in Russia, we hope [] to advance our message that civil society activists everywhere must be free to exercise their most basic rights of freedom of thought and fr...
    – Jerzy Buzek SOURCE: EurActive.com 1 month ago
  2. well-deserved and will encourage their excellent work in favour of fundamental freedoms and democracy
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