The candidates for the 2024 Sakharov Prize, the highest tribute paid by the EU to human rights work, are:

– María Corina Machado as the leader of the democratic forces in Venezuela and President-elect Edmundo González Urrutia, representing all Venezuelans inside and outside the country fighting for the re-institution of freedom and democracy, Venezuela, nominated by the EPP group ;

– “Women wage peace” and “Women of the sun” and their co-founders Yael Admi and Reem Hajajreh, Israel/Palestine, nominated by the S&D group;

– Elon Musk, United States, nominated by the Patriots for Europe group;

– Edmundo González Urrutia, Venezuela, nominated by the ECR group;

– Women Wage Peace & Women of the Sun, Israel/Palestine, nominated by the Renew Europe group;

– Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu, Azerbaijan, nominated by The Greens/EFA group;

– Journalists in Palestine (Hamza & Wael Al-Dahdouh, Plestia Alaqad, Shireen Abu Akleh and Ain Media in honour of Yasser Murtaja & Roshdi Sarraj), Palestine, nominated…