Anatoli MARCHENKO -  (1938-1986) was one of the former Soviet Union's best-known dissidents. He died in Chistopol prison of a three-month-long hunger strike for the release of all Soviet prisoners of conscience.  Sakharov Prize laureate 1988

Opening of the plenary - Minute of Silence for Nelson MANDELA

Plenary session week 50 2013

Martin SCHULZ - EP President at the opening of the plenary - Minute of Silence for Nelson MANDELA

Nelson MANDELA, Leo TINDEMANS, Willy DE CLERCQ, Simone VEIL

Nelson MANDELA visited the European Parliament in June 1990, just months after being released from prison, to receive the 1988 Sakharov Prize. Like a number of other recipients over the years, he was unable to attend the award ceremony in 1988 as he was imprisoned by the apartheid regime.

The 1988 SAKHAROV Prize is awarded to Anatoli MARCHENKO (posthumously) represented by his widow and Nelson Rolihlahla MANDELA represented by his grand son

Larisa BOGORAZ, EP President Lord PLUMB, Mandla MANDELA

EP President Lord PLUMB, Mandla MANDELA, Larisa BOGORAZ

Lunch Prix SAKHAROV  The 1988 SAKHAROV Prize is awarded to Anatoli MARCHENKO (posthumously) represented by his widow and Nelson Rolihlahla MANDELA represented by his grand son

EP President Lord PLUMB, Larisa BOGORAZ, Mandla MANDELA

Speech by Sakharov Prize Winner Nelson MANDELA at the EP in Strasbourg.

Enrique BARON CRESPO, Nelson MANDELA, Winnie MANDELA

Nelson MANDELA visits the European Parliament in June 1990 to receive the 1988 Sakharov Prize, just 4 months after his release from 27 years of imprisonment.

This clip shows the Laureates of the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought since 1988 to 2017.

Clip: Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought (1988 - 2017)

This clip shows the Laureates of the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought since 1988 to 2018.

Clip: Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought (1988 - 2018)

This clip shows the Laureates of the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought since 1988 to 2019.

Clip: Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought (1988 - 2019)

During the plenary session (2-5 July 2018) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Antonio TAJANI, EP President, makes a statement on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's birth, former President of the South Africa and Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought 1988, and a statement on the a recent attack against the Roma people in Ukraine where a 24 years old man was killed and 4 others were injured.

EP plenary session - Introductory remarks by Antonio TAJANI, EP President

Nelson Mandela is one of the world's most revered statesmen. He led the struggle to replace the apartheid regime of South Africa by a multi-racial democracy. Sentenced to life in prison, he spent 27 years in jail before becoming the country's first black President. He played a leading role in the drive for peace.He is laureate of the 1988 Sakharov Prize and of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize®.This video illustrates the relations between Nelson Mandela and the European institutions.

Nelson Mandela and the European institutions

This memoclip presents all the Sakharov Prize laureates from 1988 to 2016

Memoclip: Sakharov Prize laureates - 1988-2016

Nelson MANDELA, leader of the African National Congress and laureate of the 1988 Sakharov Prize, adresses the members of the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, during the plenary session of June 1990. Afterwards, he gives a press conference in the presence of Winnie Mandela, his wife.

Address by Nelson MANDELA, Leader of the African National Congress to the European Parliament, and press conference: extracts

Nelson MANDELA, leader of the African National Congress and laureate of the 1988 Sakharov Prize, adresses the members of the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, during the plenary session of June 1990.

Address by Nelson MANDELA, Leader of the African National Congress, to the European Parliament

Anatoli Marchenko (posthumously, represented by his widow,Larisa BOGORAZ) - 1988, Russia: His widow, Larissa Bogoraz, herself an activist and a Sakharov Prize nominee, received the prize on his behalf, which was awarded to him posthumously in 1988, the year the European Parliament created the Sakharov Prize. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (in absentia, represented by his grand son, Mandla MANDELA) - 1988, South Africa: He was the first, along with Soviet dissident Anatoly Marchenko, to be awarded the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize in 1988. At the time he was still being kept under house arrest by South Africa's apartheid regime, which imprisoned him for 27 years for his fight against racism.

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