On Thursday, the Conference of Presidents (EP President Metsola and political group leaders) will decide on the winner of the 2024 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. The three shortlisted candidates are:  María Corina Machado, as leader of the democratic forces in Venezuela and President-elect Edmundo González Urrutia; Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu, academic and anti-corruption activist in Azerbaijan; (Alternative: Elon Musk, USA); and "Women Wage Peace" and "Women of the Sun", Israel/Palestine.

Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought 2024 (T)

Announcement of the Sakharov Prize 2024 laureate

EP Plenary session  - Announcement of the winner of 2024 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, announces the Sakharov Prize 2024 laureate: María Corina Machado, as leader of the democratic forces in Venezuela and President-elect Edmundo González Urrutia, representing all Venezuelans inside and outside the country fighting to restore freedom and democracy. The other two finalists were, in alphabetical order: Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu, academic and anti-corruption activist in Azerbaijan and "Women Wage Peace" and "Women of the Sun", Israel/Palestine. Named after Soviet physicist and political dissident Andrei Sakharov, who agreed to his name being used, the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought is the EU’s highest human rights award. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Roberta Metsola, EP President, announces the winner of this year’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in the hemicycle shortly after the decision by Parliament’s Conference of Presidents (EP President Metsola and political group leaders). The winner of the 2024 Prize are María Corina Machado as the leader of the democratic forces in Venezuela and President-elect Edmundo González Urrutia, representing all Venezuelans fighting for the reinstitution of freedom and democracy from both inside and outside the country. Metsola also highlighted that the European Parliament stands behind the other finalists, Women Wage Peace & Women of the Sun from Israel/Palestine, and Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu from Azerbaijan.

María Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia awarded 2024 Sakharov Prize: roundtable at the Conference of Presidents and extracts from the announcement of the laureate

María Corina Machado, leader of Venezuela's democratic forces, and President-elect Edmundo González Urrutia, nominated by the EPP group, are finalists for the 2024 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, awarded by the European Parliament. This news item shows extracts from María Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia during the Elections campaign, Venezuela protestants and police violence, and Edmundo González after his asylum in Spain. ©AFPTV. Mandatory onscreen credit: “AFPTV”. The material is offered for editorial use only, for the purpose of providing information and/or education on the Sakharov Prize 2024. No use after December 31st, 2024. No archive. User is prohibited from stripping the AFPTV material from the program initially produced to create a new program. No sublicensing to third-parties. For any other uses, please contact AFP – www.afp.com

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