Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and Committee on Development (DEVE) vote, in a closed meeting, to shortlist the three finalists for the 2018 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, in the European Parliament in Brussels. Eight nominees were presented by MEPs on 27 September. The final winner will be announced on 25 October. Statement by David McALLISTER (EPP, DE), AFET Chair

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Vote on a shortlist of 3 candidates for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2018: statement by David McALLISTER (EPP, DE), AFET Chair

<p>Atmosphere shots at the joint AFET/DEVE/DROI EP Committees meeting. MEPs arriving. List of candidates, close up.</p>  <p>Installation of ballot boxes for the vote (7 shots)</p>

Full ballot boxes are taken out of the meeting room to count the votes (2 shots)

SOUNDBITE (English), David McALLISTER (EPP, DE), Chair of AFET EP Committee, So we have the final result for the shortlist in alphabetical order: these are the NGOs protecting human rights and saving lives of migrants across the Mediterranean Sea, Mr. Oleg Sentsov and  Nasser Zefzafi. These are the three candidates, they have been chosen as nominees for the Sakharov Prize. Their names will now be communicated to the Conference of Presidents which of the 25th of October will take a final decision.