2007 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought

Salih Mahmoud Osman, a human rights attorney working with the Sudan Organisation Against Torture, has for over two decades provided free legal representation for the many victims of Sudan’s civil war and human rights abuses. As violence in the Darfur region has worsened he has been active in the cataloguing of war crimes and the protection of the over 2 million displaced Sudanese. 11 December 2007: Award of Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Salih Mahmoud Osman by the European Parliament. Watch this video in your own language: www.europarl.europa.eu

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