Sakharov Prize: European Parliament Honours Detained Journalists and Those in Conflict Zones
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In the delivery of the Sakharov Prize, Roberta Metsola ensures that the European Parliament will be placed on the front line of the defence of freedom of press and thought "until the era of dictators is over".
Msia Amaghlobeli from Georgia and Andrzej Poczobut from Belarus have criticized their governments and ended up in prison. Now she honors the European Parliament with the Sakharov Prize and pays tribute to her commitment to freedom of expression.
The recognition of journalists Poczobut and Amablogleli, detained in Minsk and Tbilisi (ANSA)
They warn that "the strength behind the horrors in Belarus, Ukraine and Georgia" follows their path "to the heart of Europe"
The Sakharov Prize this year goes to two journalists from Georgia and Belarus. They are the "embodiment of bravery," said Parliament President Metsola.
The European Parliament will award this year's Sakharov Prize for Human Rights to two journalists imprisoned in Belarus and Georgia on Tuesday (from 12.00 a.m.) in Strasbourg. Georgian Msia Amaghlobeli and Polish-Belarussian journalist Andrzej Poczobut are honoured. The prize is endowed with 50,000 euros.Amaghlobeli runs the independent media Batumelebi and Netgaseti, through which she promotes research into the use of public money and abuse of …
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