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Navalny and Jeanine Anez on EU's Sakharov human rights prize shortlist
A group of Afghan women are also on the shortlist to win to European Union’s top human rights prize.
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Belarus opposition activists nominated for EU human rights prize
The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, first inaugurated in 1988, honours people or groups who defend human rights around the globe.
Aung San Suu Kyi suspended from the Sakharov Prize Community
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Uyghur activist Ilham Tohti wins 2019 Sakharov Prize
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