Maria Kalesnikava was awarded the Gerhart and Renate Baum Human Rights Prize. Her sister, Tatiana Khomich, received it in Stuttgart on her behalf.
The ceremony was held on February 7 as part of the Eclat music festival. The prize amounts to 10.000 €.
Khomich read the address from her sister to the audience:
“I don't regret my decision, I am not afraid just like thousands of Belarusians. Now we know for sure that freedom is inside you - and neither prisons, nor walls, nor bars can kill it. And freedom is worth fighting for.”
Maria Kalesnikava was awarded the Gerhart and Renate Baum Human Rights Prize. Her sister, Tatiana Khomich, received it in Stuttgart on her behalf.
The ceremony was held on February 7 as part of the Eclat music festival. The prize amounts to 10.000 €.
Khomich read the address from her sister to the audience:
“I don't regret my decision, I am not afraid just like thousands of Belarusians. Now we know for sure that freedom is inside you - and neither prisons, nor walls, nor bars can kill it. And freedom is worth fighting for.”
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The Singapore stock market has alternated between positive and negative finishes through the last five trading days since the end of the two-day winning streak in which it had added more than a dozen points or 0.4 percent. The Straits Times Index now sits just above the 3,060-point plateau and it's likely to see a narrow trading range on Monday.
