Strasbourg, France (dpa) – The European Parliament introduced the opposition leaders of the South American nation Venezuela, María Corina Machado and Edmundo González, with the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought on Tuesday.
Accepting the award within the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, González stated that it was essential to proceed the combat to revive democracy to Venezuela. “The work performed by the worldwide group is ongoing, tireless. However we nonetheless want extra,” González stated, thanking the EU legislative chamber for his or her help.
Machado was not permitted to face within the disputed July presidential elections in Venezuela as she has for years been banned from holding public workplace in her nation. González stood in her stead earlier than fleeing to Spain after a warrant was issued for his arrest. He’s extensively believed to have crushed present President Nicolás Maduro, who refused to face apart.
There have been protests all around the world in response to Maduro’s election, by which detailed outcomes have been by no means introduced.
Finalists for the 2024 human rights award included two Center East peace associations and Azerbaijani anti-corruption activist Gubad Ibadoghlu.
Whereas González was introduced with the award in particular person, Machado’s daughter Ana Corina Sosa attended the ceremony on behalf of her mom.
Final 12 months’s Sakharov Prize was awarded to Iranian-Kurdish girl Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody, and the Iranian girls’s protest motion that adopted her demise.
First awarded in 1988, the prize is called after Soviet nuclear physicist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Andrei Sakharov. (17 December)
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