Topic: Andrei Sakharov

Jimmy Carter was a dark horse Democratic presidential candidate with little national recognition when he beat Republican incumbent Gerald Ford in 1976.

The European Parliament announced on Thursday it was naming the late Jina Mahsa Amini and Iran's Women, Life, Freedom Movement with the 2023 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

Jina Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old woman who died last year in Iranian police custody following her arrest for allegedly not wearing her hijab properly, was announced as a finalist for the EU's top human rights prize.

During his presidency, Jimmy Carter insisted nations provide basic freedoms for their people. His foreign policy, emphasizing human rights, was a key instrument in dismantling the power of the Soviet Union.

The European Parliament awarded the people of Ukraine the 2022 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought on Wednesday.

Detained Belarusian democracy activist Ales Bialiatski was one of three winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize for his determined effort to promote peaceful development and change in his country.

A Moscow court has ordered the dissolution of the Memorial Human Rights Center for the "justification of extremism and terrorism" one day after its Supreme Court revoked the legal status of its partner organization.

Russia's best-known human rights organization faces extinction after the country's Supreme Court ordered Tuesday that it be shut down.

Alexei Navalny was awarded the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought on Wednesday in recognition of his human rights work as the leader of the opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The European Parliament announced Thursday that the Sakharov Prize for human rights and freedom of thought will be awarded to the democratic opposition in Belarus in December.