World News | Ukraine Dominates Shortlist for EU Human Rights Prize
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Ukrainian entries dominated Thursday's shortlist to win to European Union's top human rights prize.
Brussels, Oct 13 (AP) Ukrainian entries dominated Thursday's shortlist to win to European Union's top human rights prize.
The Christian Democrat, Socialist and Liberal groups, the three biggest within the European parliament, all nominated the people of Ukraine as their choice to win the Sakharov Prize this year for their resistance to the Russian invasion.
On top of that, the conservative ECR group specifically named Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as their favorite for his endurance and defence of his people.
The overwhelming support for the Ukraine cause reduced other nominees to outsiders, including Brazil environmental activist Sonia Guajajara and imprisoned WikiLeaks activist Julian Assange.
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If Ukraine wins, it would be the second straight year that the EU would send a political message to the Kremlin with the Sakharov Prize, after imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny won it last year.
The winner of the prize will be announced Wednesday and the 50,000-euro prize will be awarded during the December 14 session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. (AP)
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