Unsurprisingly, the Belarusian democratic opposition – supported by the EPP, S&D, Renew Europe and ECR groups – won the European Parliament’s 2020 Sakharov Prize.
The prize was specifically awarded: - to the Coordinating Council, for “an initiative launched by courageous women”, opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Nobel Prize winner Svetlana Aleksievich, musician and activist Maria Kolesnikova and political activists Volha Kavalkova and Veranika Tsapkala; - and representatives...