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On 21st October the Vice President of the European Parliament Heidi Hautala announced the decision by the European Parliament's Conference of Presidents to award Alexei Navalny with the 2021 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
Alexei Navalny is a Russian opposition leader, lawyer and anti-corruption activist, who became known for organising anti-government demonstrations and establishing himself as the strongest opposition candidate to the ruling party in Russia. Navalny was arrested several times, and in 2013, the Russia-based organisation Memorial, the 2009 Sakharov Prize laureate, recognised Navalny as a political prisoner. Alexei Navalny is currently imprisoned in a high-security penal colony.
The three finalists of the 2021 edition are:
- A group of Afghan women fighting for equality and human rights in their country;
- Former interim president of Bolivia Jeanine Áñez;
- Russian opposition politician and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny.
The decision on the 2021 Sakharov Prize laureate will be taken on the 21st of October during the Conference of Presidents, and later announced by the President of the European Parliament in the plenary chamber of the Parliament.
More information on about the finalists can be accessed below.
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