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Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award

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First awarded
  
1980

Official website
  
nhc.no/en/our_work/sakharov_freedom_award/

The Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award, officially known as the Sakharov Freedom Award and named after Soviet scientist and dissident Andrei Sakharov, was established in 1980 by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee with the support and consent of Andrei Sakharov himself, to help people that because of their opinions, beliefs and conscience are persecuted or imprisoned. The fund's assets are to be used for direct support to those persecuted in their home country, mainly by granting the Sakharov Freedom Award.

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Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award Wikipedia


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