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Sakharov Prize 2009 finalists chosen
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Publisher:  European Parliament
Date Written:  12/10/2009
Year Published:  2009  
Resource Type:  Article

The three finalists for the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought have been announced. The winner will be announced October 22, 2009.

Abstract:  Palestinian gynaecologist Izzeldin Abuelaish, Swedish-Eritrean journalist and political prisoner Dawit Isaak and Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Oleg Orlov and Sergei Kovalev on behalf of Memorial and all other human rights defenders in Russia are the three finalists for this year's Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought, the European Parliament's award for human rights and democracy campaigners. The winner will be chosen 22 October.

The three were chosen on Tuesday evening at a joint meeting of the Forei...
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