The 2018 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought was awarded to Ukrainian filmmaker and writer Oleg Sentsov during a ceremony at the Parliament in Strasbourg. Sentsov...
"Oleg Sentsov is a prisoner of conscience, an honest and innocent man who, after opposing the Russian occupation of Crimea, was sentenced to 20 years in...
The nominees for this year’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought have been presented to MEPs in a joint committee meeting. MEPs from Parliament’s committees on foreign...
The Sakharov Prize has been honouring human rights defenders for the past 30 years. These are the stories of four activists who have dedicated their lives...
Democratic Opposition in Venezuela are this year's Sakharov Prize laureates ©EP/AP Images/Ariana Cubillos Venezuela’s Democratic Opposition are this year's laureates of the European Parliament Sakharov Prize...
Iraqi Yazidi Islamic State survivors and activists Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar receive Parliament’s 2016 Sakharov Prize during a ceremony in Strasbourg on Tuesday 13...
Can Dündar and fellow defenders of freedom of thought and expression in Turkey, the Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzemilev, the Yazidi survivors and public advocates Nadia...