Savchenko nominated for the EP "for freedom of thought" Sakharov
Alexander Shishlo. Ukrainian girl Nadezhda Savchenko included in the list for the award of the European Parliament "for freedom of thought" Sakharov prize for 2015, said Last news on Thursday authorized the press service of European Parliament.
"Savchenko is one of the members of the list of Nominees," he said.
according to the SC of the Russian Federation, during the hostilities in the district of Lugansk in June 2014, Savchenko, knowing the coordinates of the location of the group of Russian correspondents VGTRK and other civilians, handed them over to the Ukrainian troops. In the end, artillery strikes two correspondents lost his life.
in addition, the Ukrainian pilot charged with illegal crossing of border of Russia and Ukraine. Savchenko, who all charges fundamentally rejects, threatens till 25 years of imprisonment. Now it is placed in SIZO-3 in Novocherkassk, Rostov region. The time of her arrest was extended until September 30.
Premium EP "for freedom of thought" Sakharov is awarded to individuals and organizations that have made a special contribution to the protection of human rights. Nominees for the award are nominated Deputy factions of the EP or group of people's deputies, who are required to gather in support of their candidate More than 40 signatures. The first laureates of the European Parliament Sakharov in 1988 became Nelson Mandela and dissident of the USSR Anatoly Marchenko, who died in the early winter of 1986 in a Soviet prison.
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