News Center- The EU Parliament has announced the nominees of the EU’s 2023 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, annually awarded to individuals and organizations defending human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Jina Mahsa Amini, who was killed in custody by Iran’s so-called “morality police” on September 16, 2022 and the women of Iran the women of Iran were nominated for the prize by the European People's Party (EPP). Afghan education activists Marzia Amiri, Parasto Hakim, and Matiullah Wesa, Afghanistan, were nominated for the prize by 59 MEPs.

The vote on the three finalists will take place on October 12 and the award ceremony will take place during plenary sitting in Strasbourg on December 13.

The annual Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought has been awarded to individuals and organizations defending human rights and fundamental freedoms since 1988. It is named in honor of Soviet physicist and political dissident Andrei Sakharov.