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Sakharov Prize 2020
October 29 , 2020
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- The European Union has awarded its top human rights prize to the Belarus opposition movement and its leader, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.
- It was given for their challenge to President Alexander Lukashenko’s long, hard-line reign.
- Mr. Lukashenko won his sixth term in office in a presidential election widely seen as rigged.
- Sakharov Prize honours individuals and groups of people who have dedicated their lives to the defence of human rights and freedom of thought.
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