BRUSSELS—The European Parliament announced Dr. Denis Mukwege from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as the winner of this year’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
Martin Schulz, president of the European Parliament, said at the announcement on Tuesday that the vote for Mukwege was unanimous.
Mukwege is a 59-year-old gynecologist who founded the Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, DRC in 1998 to treat victims of sexual violence. At the time, war was raging in the country and sexual assault was widespread. Today, though the war has ended, there is still armed conflict in parts of the country, and Mukwege continues …read more
Source: The Epoch Times
