AFET, D-UA and Euronest Joint statement:
Following the European Parliament's decision to award this year's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Oleg Sentsov, Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs David McALLISTER, Chair of delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee Dariusz ROSATI, Chair of the Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly Rebecca HARMS and AFET rapporteur on Ukraine Michael GAHLER, stated:
Following the European Parliament's decision to award this year's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Oleg Sentsov, Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs David McALLISTER, Chair of delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee Dariusz ROSATI, Chair of the Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly Rebecca HARMS and AFET rapporteur on Ukraine Michael GAHLER, stated:
We warmly welcome the decision of the European Parliament to award this year's Sakharov Prize to Oleg Sentsov.
Through his determination to remain a free man despite an unlawful process and inhumane conditions of imprisonment, Oleg Sentsov is an incarnation of freedom of thoughts and a symbol of the struggle against Russian oppression. [...]Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP
