Esra Mungan, Can Dündar Run For Sakharov Prize

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 Cumhuriyet daily’s Editor in Chief Can Dündar and academic Assist. Prof. Dr. Esra Munfgan who had also signed the peace declaration of the academics; “We will not be a party to this crime”, have been nominated from Turkey as candidates for this year’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought run by the European Parliament.

Dündar on his Twitter account has posted that he had been nominated a as a candidate together with Esra Mungan.

Also Rebecca Harms, the president of The Greens–European Free Alliance group in the European parliament has announced Dündar’s and Mungan’s nomination on her Twitter account. 

Sven Giegold, European Parliament Spokesperson from the Greens Party has posted on Twitter that they have nominated Can Dündar and Esra Mungan who were their allies in Turkey for the Sakharov Prize. (EA/DG)

Sakhorov Prize

The Sakharov Prize, officially known as the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought and named after Russian scientist and dissident Andrei Sakharov, was established in December 1988 by the European Parliament as a means to honour individuals and groups of people who have dedicated their lives to the defense of human rights and freedom of thought.

The first prize was awarded jointly to South African Nelson Mandela and Russian Anatoly Marchenko. (YY/DG)

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