The European Parliament supports human rights through the annual Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, established in 1988.

The prize is awarded to individuals who have made an exceptional contribution to the fight for human rights across the globe, drawing attention to human rights violations as well as supporting the laureates and their cause.

The winner is announced in October, and the award ceremony takes place in November/December at the plenary sitting in Strasbourg.

Oleg Sentsov is the 2018 laureate of Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize 2018

European Youth Event (EYE 2021) - Workshops

Sakharov Prize 2018  - Interview with Prize laureate Oleg SENTSOV

Press conference by David SASSOLI, EP President and by Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize 2018 laureate

EP Plenary - Address by Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize Laureate 2018

Plenary session - Address by Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize Laureate 2018

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize Laureate 2018

Address by Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize Laureate 2018

EP Plenary session - Formal sitting - Address by Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize laureate 2018

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize Laureate 2018 - Signature of the Distinguished Visitors book

AFET - DEVE - DROI committee meeting. Exchange of views with Oleg SENTSOV, the 2018 Sakharov Prize laureate.

Sakharov Prize 2019 - Interview

EP Plenary session
- Award of the Sakharov Prize 2018 (Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize 2018)

Highlights of the European Youth Event 2021 (EYE 2021) which takes place in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. EYE2021 is the culmination of the European Parliament’s youth consultation process for the Conference on the Future of Europe. Starting in May 2021, in collaboration with pan-European youth organisations, young people’s ideas on the future of Europe will be collected on the youthideas.eu platform. EYE2021 participants will explore these ideas in ideation workshops during the event. After a public voting process during EYE2021, the ideas will be consolidated into a report, presented to the Members of the Conference and fed into the political debate of the Conference.

European Youth Event (EYE 2021): Highlights

David SASSOLI, EP President, and Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize 2018 laureate, hold a joint press conference in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Oleg Sentsov, Ukrainian filmmaker, who was released from prison on 7 September, received his prize in person from David SASSOLI, EP President.

Press conference by David SASSOLI, EP President, and Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize 2018 laureate

Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize laureate 2018, addresses the plenary in a formal sitting in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Ambiance shots of the arrivals and presentation by David SASSOLI, EP President.

Formal sitting: address by Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize laureate 2018: ambiance shots of the arrivals and presentation by David SASSOLI, EP President

Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize laureate 2018, addresses the plenary and receives his Prize in a formal sitting in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

2018 Sakharov Prize: extracts from the address by Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize laureate 2018 and from the award ceremony

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize laureate 2018, in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Arrival and handshake

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize laureate 2018: arrival and handshake

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Formal sitting: address by Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize laureate 2018 - Oleg SENTSOV video

Before Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize laureate 2018, addresses the plenary in a formal sitting in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, David SASSOLI, EP President, makes a statement

Formal sitting: address by Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize laureate 2018 - Statement by David SASSOLI, EP President

After the address by Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize laureate 2018, in the plenary in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, David SASSOLI, EP President gives the award to Oleg Sentsov during a ceremony.

Formal sitting: award of the Sakharov Prize to Oleg SENTSOV, Laureate 2018 by David SASSOLI, EP President

Oleg SENTSOV, 2018 laureate of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought gives an interview, on the occasion of his venue in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Oleg SENTSOV is a Ukrainian filmmaker, who was released from prison on 7 September.

Interview of Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize laureate 2018: extracts

Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize laureate 2018, addresses the plenary in a formal sitting in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The following transcription is the result of an automatic process. Check Against delivery.

Formal sitting: address by Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize laureate 2018

The Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) and the Committee on Development (DEVE) hold an exchange of views with Oleg SENTSOV, 2018 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, in the EUropean Parliament in Strasbourg. Oleg Sentsov is a Ukrainian film director who had been sentenced to 20 years in prison for "plotting terrorist acts" against the Russian "de facto" rule in Crimea. After spending more than five years behind bars, he was released from prison in September this year as part of a major prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine. Statements by Tomas TOBÉ (EPP, SE), David McALLISTER (EPP, DE) and Oleg SENTSOV, 2018 Sakharov Prize Laureate.

Exchange of views with Oleg SENTSOV, 2018 Sakharov Prize laureate: extracts of AFET/DEVE/DROI committees joint meeting

Oleg Sentsov is the 2018 laureate of Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

EP Rewind: Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize 2018

Oleg SENTSOV was interviewed in Kiev (Ukraine) on the 19 November 2019. He speaks on the Sakharov Prize, his current and future activities, his call for the liberation of the remaining political prisoners in Russia,...

Interview by Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize 2018: extracts

Natalia Kaplan, cousin of the 2018 Sakharov Prize Laureate Oleg Sentsov, shares her views about the situation of Sentsov, in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

Award of the Sakharov Prize 2018 to Oleg SENTSOV, Ukrainian Film Director and Political prisoner: interview of Natalia KAPLAN, Oleg Sentsov's cousin

Award of the Sakharov Prize 20018 to Oleg SENTSOV, Ukrainian Film Director and Political prisoner: - award ceremony in the presence of Natalia KAPLAN, Sentsov's cousin and Dmitri DINZE, Sentsov's lawyer.  The following transcription is the result of an automatic process. Check Against delivery.

Award of the Sakharov Prize 20018 to Oleg SENTSOV, Ukrainian Film Director and Political prisoner. Statement by Natalia KAPLAN, cousin of Oleg Sentsov (12:20 - 12:34)

During the plenary session (10-13/12/18) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Antonio TAJANI, EP President, awards the Sakharov Prize 2018 to Oleg SENTSOV, Ukrainian Film Director and Political prisoner.

Award of the Sakharov Prize 2018 to Oleg SENTSOV, Ukrainian Film Director and Political prisoner: extracts from the ceremony

During the joint meeing of Committees on Development (DEVE), Foreign Affairs (AFET) and Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) in association with the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee and the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, MEPs exchange of views with the representatives of the 2018 Sakharov Prize laureate, Oleg SENTSOV, in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Statements by David McALLISTER, Natalia KAPLAN, cousin of Oleg Sentsov, Dariusz ROSATI (EPP, PL), Rebecca HARMS (Greens/EFA, DE) and Mirja VEHKAPERÂ (ALDE, FI).

Exchange of views with the representatives of the 2018 Sakharov Prize laureates: extracts from the joint meeting

Live replay of EP Plenary session - Announcement of the Sakharov Prize winner 2018 by Antonio TAJANI, EP President Winner: Oleg SENTSOV

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