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Ukraine accepts Sakharov human rights prize as Zelensky addresses MEPs
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The European Parliament’s prime human rights award was on Wednesday handed to its recipient, the Ukrainian individuals.
A handful of Ukrainian politicians and members of civil society had been current on the European Parliament in Strasbourg to just accept the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joined by videoconference to steer the hemicycle right into a minute of silence in reminiscence of all Ukrainians which have misplaced their lives due to the struggle.
MEPs awarded the prize to the Ukrainian individuals again in October, paying tribute to their every day struggle to guard their nation’s independence and territorial integrity.
“We should act now, not ready for the struggle to finish, to convey to justice all those that unleashed it and to forestall any repetition of aggression. This would be the only safety of freedom, human rights, the rule of regulation and different widespread values, that are embodied specifically by this award by the European Parliament,” he additionally advised MEPs.
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola praised “the inspiring resistance of abnormal residents making the final word sacrifice to delay a column of tanks, senior residents standing as much as face Russian troops with nothing however pleasure as weapons, courageous ladies pressured to provide beginning in underground metro stations.”
“To those individuals, the message from Europe has been clear: we stand with Ukraine, we cannot look away.”
Ivan Fedorov, the Mayor of Melitopol who made the journey to Strasbourg, advised Euronews that Russia’s efforts to affect the individuals of Ukraine failed.
“Russia tried to place Russian propaganda within the heads of residents within the occupied territories and mentioned: Russia is right here eternally. The EU and all European establishments have forgotten you. You’ll by no means be liberated,” Fedorov mentioned.
“And such an award because the Sakharov prize, such consideration that now step-by-step is given to our residents by the European Union, it reveals to our residents that no one has forgotten Ukrainians.”
No competitors
Even earlier than the official finalists had been introduced, Ukraine seemed to be the frontrunner.
Ukraine’s bid had been backed by the three major political teams, the European Individuals’s Celebration (EPP), the Socialists and Democrats (S&D), and Renew Europe, giving it a transparent edge over the opposite two candidates.
For the reason that begin of the invasion, the hemicycle has been a vocal supporter of Ukraine, urging nationwide governments to impose extreme sanctions on the Kremlin and step up weapons deliveries.
In early March, mere days after Russian tanks crossed Ukraine’s borders, Zelenskyy delivered a rousing digital speech earlier than the European Parliament and made the case for his war-torn nation to hitch the bloc.
The Ukrainian president was hailed as a hero and obtained a standing ovation from lawmakers. The parliament’s translator turned emotional whereas deciphering Zelenskyy’s phrases.
Ukraine’s marketing campaign paid off in late June when the nation was granted EU candidate standing.
Nonetheless, Zelenskyy retains pleading with EU leaders to speed up army assist and micro-financial help, as Russian forces enhance their assaults on civilian targets and key infrastructure.
Assange and Colombia
Other than Ukraine, the finalists for this yr’s Sakharov Prize included WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and Colombia’s Fact Fee.
Assange, who was nominated by a gaggle of 41 MEPs, is an Australian activist who faces spying expenses in the USA over a big trove of categorized paperwork that his organisation leaked to the general public greater than a decade in the past. The leaks uncovered proof of struggle crimes, human rights violations and torture.
From London’s Belmarsh jail, Assange is battling an extradition order from the UK to the US. His attorneys say he’s “being prosecuted and punished for his political beliefs” and may very well be sentenced to as much as 175 years behind bars if convicted in America.
The Fact Fee in Colombia, nominated by the Left group, was arrange in 2016 as a part of the peace settlement that dropped at an finish the battle between the nation’s authorities and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
The fee was tasked with reconstructing the six a long time of struggle, establishing the info behind the human rights violations, and giving voice to the victims. The physique’s last report revealed that an estimated 450,000 individuals had been killed between 1985 and 2018.
The Sakharov Prize was arrange in 1988 to honour people and organisations defending human rights and elementary freedoms. The annual award is known as in honour of Soviet physicist and political dissident Andrei Sakharov, an advocate of civil liberties within the former Soviet Union.
The primary recipients had been Nelson Mandela and Anatoli Marchenko. Final yr’s prize was awarded to imprisoned Russian opposition chief Alexei Navalny.
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Trudeau called out by steelworker who refuses to shake his hand during blunt exchange: 'Don't believe you'
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got an earful during a photo op from a cash-strapped steelworker who told the leader his policies have left his family scratching to make ends meet.
Footage of the tense exchange in Sault Ste. Marie, a city in Ontario, which was obtained by CTV News, went viral. The unidentified worker spurned Trudeau’s offer of doughnuts to complain about high taxes, medical bills and giveaways to people he deemed “lazy.”
“The 25% tariffs we just brought in is going to help you out … that’s going to keep your job,” Trudeau told the man.
“What about the 40% taxes I am paying? And I don’t have a doctor,” the employee of Algoma Steel shot back.
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Trudeau responded by saying that a multimillion-dollar investment from the Canadian government meant the man would have a job “for many years to come.” The man responded by saying that he expected Trudeau to be voted out.
“That’s what elections are for,” said the Liberal Party leader, who stayed calm and collected during the exchange. “I look forward to everyone exercising the right to vote. … We are going to invest in you and your job.”
“I don’t believe you for a second,” the steelworker shot back.
The man also mentioned that he felt unemployed Canadians got better access to affordable health care than he did after Trudeau referenced an initiative to help hundreds of thousands of Canadians get dental care.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Arlyn McAdorey/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Probably like my neighbor who doesn’t go to work because she’s lazy?” the steelworker asked.
“You know what? Most Canadians try to stick up for each other, and that’s what we’ve got to keep doing,” Trudeau responded before wishing the man good luck. At the end, the laborer appeared to refuse a handshake from Trudeau.
The next federal election in Canada is set to take place on Oct. 20, 2025. Trudeau’s government has been scrutinized amid a cost-of-living crisis affecting the country, though Trudeau has remained optimistic.
“Inflation came down last month, beating out expectations,” the prime minister wrote in a Facebook post on July 17. “But, until Canadians can feel that relief in their wallets, at the grocery store, and on their mortgages, the job’s not done.”
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Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, center, is shown during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, not pictured, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, on Sept. 22, 2023. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to Trudeau’s office for comment.
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Taiwan court orders release of ex-Taipei mayor arrested in corruption probe
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Taiwan People’s Party leader Ko Wen-je freed after court finds insufficient evidence to justify his detention.
A court in Taiwan has ordered the release of a former mayor and presidential candidate who was arrested over his alleged role in a corruption scandal, citing insufficient evidence for his detention.
Taipei District Court on Monday ruled that Ko Wen-je, a former mayor of Taipei and the leader of the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), should go free after finding that prosecutors had failed to make the case for his detention.
The court said prosecutors had not met the standard of there being a “high possibility” Ko had committed a crime.
“It cannot be concluded that the defendant… knowingly violated the law,” the court said in its ruling.
Ko was arrested on Saturday as part of a probe into alleged corruption in the redevelopment of the Core Pacific City shopping centre in the Taiwanese capital.
Ko, who came third in January’s presidential election, told reporters outside court that there was “no evidence” of his involvement in the real estate scandal.
A surgeon by training, Ko entered politics in 2014 when he successfully ran for the mayorship of Taipei as an independent candidate.
Re-elected as mayor of Taipei in 2018, he founded the TPP the following year as a third force to challenge the dominance of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and China-leaning Kuomintang (KMT).
Under the TPP banner, Ko received about one-quarter of the vote in the last presidential election, which was won by the DPP’s William Lai Ching-te.
While the TPP has only eight legislators in Taiwan’s 113-seat parliament, the party has gained outsized influence as both the DPP and KMT lack a ruling majority.
Ko, who draws much of his support from young people, is widely seen as a contender for the next election in 2028, although his popularity has been dented by a separate campaign funds scandal.
On Thursday, Ko said he would take a three-month leave of absence from the TPP leadership to take responsibility for the misreporting of campaign money and the use of election subsidies to set up a personal office space.
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