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Salima Ghezali
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A founding member of Women in Europe and the Maghreb, president of the association for the advancement of women, editor of the women"s magazine NYSSA, which she founded, and editor of the French-language weekly Louisiana Nation, Salima Ghezali is an activist of women"s rights and human rights and democracy in Algeria.
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Algeria
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Sakharov Prize; Olof Palme Prize; Theodor Haecker Price Sakharov Prize
The Sakharov Prize, officially known as the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought and named after Soviet scientist and dissident Andrei Sakharov, was established in December 1988 by the European Parliament as a means to honor individuals and groups of people who have dedicated their lives to the defense of human rights and freedom of thought.The Sakharov Prize, officially known as the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought and named after Soviet scientist and dissident Andrei Sakharov, was established in December 1988 by the European Parliament as a means to honor individuals and groups of people who have dedicated their lives to the defense of human rights and freedom of thought.