The European Parliament has awarded its highest human rights accolade, the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, to Denis Mukwege, a Congolese gynecological surgeon who has treated thousands of women and risked his life in a campaign to end the use of mass rape as a weapon of war.
New York Times: Denis Mukwege, Congolese gynecologist, is awarded Sakharov prize
Dr. Denis Mukwege, founder of Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, speaks after receiving the HIllary Rodham Clinton Award for Advancing Women in Peace and Security at Georgetown University Feb. 25, 2014 in Washington, DC.
