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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12377

27 November 2019
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Sakharov prize
Oleg Sentsov finally receives his 2018 award in person
Strasbourg, 26/11/2019 (Agence Europe)

Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov received his 2018 Sakharov Prize in person on Tuesday 26 November.

Released from Russian prison during a prisoner exchange on 7 September last (see EUROPE B12323A13), the filmmaker, sentenced to 20 years in camp and released after 5 years, was finally able to receive his prize, which had been awarded in absentia to his family last December (see EUROPE B12158A11).

I accept this award, but not for myself”, he acknowledged in a very political speech to...

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