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Ukraine 'paying the highest price to return home to European values'

EuroNews · · 294 words · By Sasha Vakulina
European Integration Human rights International Security
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4 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Ukrainian human rights defender Oleksandra Matviichuk received the European Order of Merit in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Oleksandra Matviichuk was awarded the European Order of Merit and that the ceremony was scheduled for the European Parliament's plenary session in Strasbourg in May.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The European Order of Merit is an order of merit awarded by the European Parliament. The order was founded on the 75th Anniversary of the Schuman Declaration in May 2025, the first appointment were in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Order_of_Merit
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mustafa Abduldzhemil Jemilev (Crimean Tatar: Mustafa Abdülcemil Cemilev, Мустафа Абдюльджемиль Джемилев, [mustɑˈfɑ ɑbdyld͡ʒɛˈmil d͡ʒɛˈmilɛw]), also known widely with his adopted descriptive surname Qı…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa_Dzhemilev
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Oleksandra Viacheslavivna Matviichuk (Ukrainian: Олександра В’ячеславівна Матвійчук; born 8 October 1983) is a Ukrainian human rights lawyer and civil society leader based in Kyiv. She heads the non-p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksandra_Matviichuk
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“The head of the Centre for Civil Liberties, which was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, Matviichuk”
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Wikipedia and multiple web sources explicitly state that Oleksandra Matviichuk heads the Centre for Civil Liberties and that the organization received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Center for Civil Liberties (Ukrainian: Центр Громадянських Свобод, romanized: Tsentr Hromadyansʹkykh Svobod) is a Ukrainian human rights organization led by the Ukrainian lawyer Oleksandra Matviic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Civil_Liberties_(hu…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Oleksandra Viacheslavivna Matviichuk (Ukrainian: Олександра В’ячеславівна Матвійчук; born 8 October 1983) is a Ukrainian human rights lawyer and civil society leader based in Kyiv. She heads the non-p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksandra_Matviichuk
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Viasna Human Rights Centre (Belarusian: Праваабарончы цэнтр «Вясна», romanized: Pravaabarončy centr «Viasna») is a human rights organization based in Minsk, Belarus. The organization aims to provi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viasna
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“Matviichuk is among the first European Order of Merit laureates.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Matviichuk is among the first recipients/laureates of the newly established European Order of Merit.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The European Order of Merit is an order of merit awarded by the European Parliament. The order was founded on the 75th Anniversary of the Schuman Declaration in May 2025, the first appointment were in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Order_of_Merit
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mustafa Abduldzhemil Jemilev (Crimean Tatar: Mustafa Abdülcemil Cemilev, Мустафа Абдюльджемиль Джемилев, [mustɑˈfɑ ɑbdyld͡ʒɛˈmil d͡ʒɛˈmilɛw]), also known widely with his adopted descriptive surname Qı…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa_Dzhemilev
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Oleksandra Viacheslavivna Matviichuk (Ukrainian: Олександра В’ячеславівна Матвійчук; born 8 October 1983) is a Ukrainian human rights lawyer and civil society leader based in Kyiv. She heads the non-p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksandra_Matviichuk
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“former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Polish president and Solidarność leader Lech Wałęsa also present.”
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Two independent web search results confirm that Angela Merkel and Lech Wałęsa are among the first laureates of the European Order of Merit and would be awarded at the ceremony in Strasbourg.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Pan-European Picnic (German: Paneuropäisches Picknick; Hungarian: Páneurópai piknik; Slovak: Paneurópsky piknik; Czech: Panevropský piknik) was a peace demonstration held on the Austro-Hungarian b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-European_Picnic
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Brandenburg Gate (German: Brandenburger Tor [ˈbʁandn̩ˌbʊʁɡɐ ˈtoːɐ̯] ) is an 18th-century neoclassical monument in Berlin, Germany. One of the best-known landmarks of the country, it was erected on…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_Gate
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The European Order of Merit is an order of merit awarded by the European Parliament. The order was founded on the 75th Anniversary of the Schuman Declaration in May 2025, the first appointment were in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Order_of_Merit
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