The European Parliament awarded Navalny the Sakharov Prize, BBC reports The European Parliament awarded Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny the Andrei Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought - this is the main human rights award of the European Union. The European People's Party, the largest faction, announced that Navalny was the winner of the prize...

The European Parliament has awarded the annual Sakharov Prize to Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison and a thousand lashes on charges of insulting Islam. The President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz announced the name of the winner of the award, which is awarded for achievements in the field of ...

Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was killed in February in the center of Moscow, was posthumously included in the shortlist of the European Parliament for the Prize for Freedom of Thought. The Andrei Sakharov Prize is awarded to outstanding individuals leading the fight against intolerance, fanaticism and oppression in various countries around the world. In three...