US EditionJailed journalists in Belarus, Georgia win EU’s 2025 Sakharov human rights prize
- On October 22, the European Parliament's Conference of Presidents announced Andrzej Poczobut and Mzia Amaghlobeli as the 2025 Sakharov Prize winners.
- Both journalists are jailed on charges tied to their work, and the Sakharov Prize, created in 1988 for human-rights defenders, honors their activism, the European Parliament said.
- Convicted in Belarus, Andrzej Poczobut was sentenced to eight years for harming national security and is serving in the Novopolotsk penal colony.
- The prize includes a 50,000 euro endowment and will be presented on December 16 in Strasbourg, with Tsikhanouskaya saying it 'sends a strong message to all political prisoners.'
- Chosen by senior EU lawmakers from candidates nominated by European Parliament political groups, past laureates include Nelson Mandela and Malala Yousafzai, with the prize often provoking backlash from repressive regimes.
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This year, the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize goes to the two journalists Andrzej Poczobut and Msia Amaghlobeli detained in Belarus and Georgia. EU Parliament President Roberta Metsola called for her release and said that her courageous work makes her a symbol of peace and democracy. Commentators show satisfaction with the decision.
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This year's Sakharov Prize, the European Union's top human rights award, will go to Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut and Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, European Parliament President Metsola announced. Both journalists are currently in prison. "They are imprisoned on trumped-up charges simply for doing their work and speaking out against injustice," said Metsola. "The courage of these journalists to speak out against injustice, even b…
Jailed Journalists Win EU's Top Human Rights Award
by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Europe Bureau Chief BRUSSELS/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – The European Union’s legislature has awarded its top human rights honor, the 2025 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, to two imprisoned journalists — Andrzej Poczobut of Belarus and Mzia Amaghlobeli of Georgia — for what it called their “courage in defending press freedom under authoritarian pressure.” European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said the pai…
Democracy: Prize winners Mzia Amaglobeli and Andrzej Poczobut have become “symbols of the fight for freedom and democracy,” according to the European…
Jailed Georgian, Belarussian journalists win EU's Sakharov prize
The European Parliament granted imprisoned journalists Andrzej Poczobut and Mzia Amaglobeli with its 2025 "Freedom of Thought" prize as the two politicly prisoners sit in isolation for speaking up.
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