Euroopa Parlamendi Sahharovi nimeline mõttevabaduse auhind antakse 2011.aastal viiele araablasele, et tunnustada ja toetada nende püüdlusi vabadusele ja inimõiguste kaitsmisel. EP president Jerzy Buzek annab auhinna üle 14. detsembri täiskogul, Strasbourgis.
Parlamendi 2011.a. Sahharovi nimelise auhinna saajad on Asmaa Mahfouz (Egiptus), Ahmed al-Zubair Ahmed al-Sanusi (Liibüa), Razan Zaitouneh (Süüria), Ali Farzat (Süüria) ja postuumselt Mohamed Bouazizi (Tuneesia). Need kandidaadid esitasid ühiselt Euroopa Rahvapartei, Sotsiaaldemokraatide, Liberaalide ja Roheliste fraktsioonid.
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