Press Release: Nominees for Sakharov Prize 2014 announced

Seven nominees for the European Parliament’s 2014 Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought, chosen by political groups and groups of MEPs, were presented at a meeting of the Foreign Affairs and Development committees and the Human Rights Subcommittee on 23 September 2014.

The nominees were:

- Mahmoud Al ‘Asali (post mortem) and Louis Raphael Sako, nominated by the ECR group, Anna Záborská and 66 other MEPs

- Mouad Belghouate, Ala Yaacoubi and Alaa Abdel Fattah, nominated by the GUE/NGL group

- CHREDO, Open Doors, Oeuvre d'Orient and Aid to the Church in Need, nominated by Philippe Juvin and 60 other MEPs

- EuroMaidan, represented by Mustafa Nayem, Ruslana Lyzhychko, Yelyzaveta Schepetylnykova and Tetiana Chornovo, nominated by Jacek Saryusz-Wolski and 52 other MEPs

- Ayaan Hirsi Ali, nominated by the EFDD group

- Denis Mukwege, nominated by the S&D and ALDE groups and Barbara Lochbihler

- Leyla Yunus, nominated by The Greens/EFA group and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Marietje Schaake and Ramon Tremosa

• Primary Source

European Parliament: Press Release, 23.09.14: Sakharov Prize 2014: Meet the nominees http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20140919STO66702/

ESO: Background information: Pakistani girl set for top EU human rights award http://www.europeansources.info/record/pakistani-girl-set-for-top-eu-human-rights-award/

EurActiv, 24.09.14: EuroMaidan nominated for Sakharov prize http://www.euractiv.com/sections/global-europe/euromaidan-nominated-sakharov-prize-308666

Euronews, 23.09.14: MEP’s unveil right prize nominees http://www.euronews.com/2014/09/23/mep-s-unveil-right-prize-nominees/

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