The Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Committee on Development hosted the presentation of the nine nominations for the 2023 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, the highest tribute paid by the EU to human rights work. Each nominee must have the support of at least 40 MEPs, and each individual Member can support only one nominee.

The nine nominations for the 2023 Sakharov Prize are:

– Jina Mahsa Amini and the women of Iran nominated by the European People’s Party (EPP);

– The fight for women’s rights in Iran, namely Zhina Mahsa Amini and the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement, nominated by the Socialists and Democrats (S&D);

– Mahsa Amini and the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement, Iran, nominated by Renew Europe Renew);

– Afghan education activists: Marzia Amiri, Parasto Hakim, and Matiullah Wesa, Afghanistan, nominated by 59 MEPs;

– The pro-European people of Georgia and Nino Lomjaria, former Public Defender of Georgia, nominated by the European…