Human Rights Centre "Memorial" (clockwise) Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Oleg Orlov and Sergei Kovalev. ©Belga/Chirikov/Krivok The European Parliament's 2009 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought has been awarded to Russian civil rights defence organization Memorial, and their three representatives Oleg Orlov, Sergei Kovalev and Lyudmila Alexeyeva, as well as all other human rights defenders in Russia.
Saharova balvu 2009 saņem organizācija „Memoriāls”