It takes courage to act, even when the cost is unimaginably high. Journalists Andrzej Poczobut from Belarus and Mzia Amaglobeli from Georgia are the 2025 laureates of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, but they could not attend the ceremony today to receive the award in person. Instead, they are imprisoned simply for doing their jobs: speaking out against injustice and persecution. The European Parliament awards the prize every year in recognition of those that stand up against