Sakharov Prize 2023: press conference today at 11.00
EP President Roberta Metsola will hold a press conference with representatives of the Sakharov Prize 2023 laureates on Tuesday 12 December at 11.00 CET in Strasbourg.
WHEN: Tuesday 12 December at 11.00 CET
WHERE: Press conference room Daphne Caruana Galizia, European Parliament in Strasbourg
Representatives of the 2023 Sakharov Prize laureates will be present at the press conference:
- Mrs Afsoon Najafi, Iranian women’s rights defender ;
- Mrs Mersedeh Shahinkar, Iranian women’s rights defender ;
- Mr Saleh Nikbakht, academic, lawyer representing Jina Mahsa Amini’s family.
The award ceremony takes place on Tuesday 12 December at 11.30 in the hemicycle in Strasbourg, after the press conference.
Interpretation of the press conference will be available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Polish and Farsi.
You can follow it live from 11.00 in Parliament’s Daphne Caruana Galizia press room ; via Parliament’s webstreaming or via EbS.
Background
The European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize 2023 was awarded to Jina Mahsa Amini and the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement in Iran. European Parliament President Roberta Metsola announced the 2023 laureate in the Strasbourg plenary chamber on Thursday 19 October 2023.
Contacts:
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Neil CORLETT
Head of the Press Unit -
Elodie LABORIE
Press Officer -
Eoghan WALSH
Press Officer