Le Prix retourne à ses racines. Les défenseurs russes des droits de l'homme Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Sergei Kovalyov et Oleg Orlov emportent le Prix chez eux au nom de l'organisation Memorial.

Le JT: Memorial remporte le Prix Sakharov

The Sakharov Prize 2009   is going back to its roots.

20 years on, the prize honouring   Russian dissident, Andrei Sakharov,

was awarded by MEPS   to Russian NGO, Memorial.

Created by Sakharov himself in 1988   to promote human rights

Human rights abuses exist in all   post-soviet areas.

An NGO, Memorial   is part of this group.

It monitors, witnesses and expresses   itself via the media,

Human rights defenders often pay   the price of change with their lives.

Natalja Estemirowa, a Russian journalist   and Memorial member

She worked on sensitive   human rights issues.

We hope that Russia will   finish the investigation into her death,

and will bring to justice   those responsible for this awful crime.

This year two other contenders were up   for the prize:

Dr Izzeldin Abuelaish, a Palestinian   obstetrician who fights for peace,

and Dawit Isaak, a Swedish journalist   originally from Eritrea,

The official Sakharov prize-giving   ceremony for Memorial

will take place during   the December plenary.