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27 Sep, 4 tweets, 4 min read
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Today we presented our nominees for the 2021 #SakharovPrize: A collective of 11 prominent Afghan Women who have been bravely fighting for equality and full enjoyment of human and fundamental rights in 🇦🇫
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These Afghan women are both human rights defenders and victims of human rights abuses.

By nominating them, we are sending a message to the international community: We must defend the rights and freedoms of women and the whole population of Afghanistan.

💬 @NachoSAmor
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They are women activists, politicians, journalists and teachers who have been fighting for women’s rights, and were themselves part of the political and associative life in 🇦🇫 before the Taliban seized the control.

More about them here 👇

socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/afgha…
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We call on all other EP Groups to unite behind our #SakharovPrize nominees. Here they are 👇

@ShaharzadAkbar
@DrSimasamar
@Metra_Mehran
@MaryAkrami
@PalwashaHasan
@FreshtaKarim
@Hmosadiq
@SarabiHabiba
@Zarifa_Ghafari
@AnisaShaheed1
@sahraakarimi

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