Press conference Roberta METSOLA, EP president and the Sakharov prize laureates 2022

First Vice-President Othmar Karas meets with the Laureates of the Sakharov Prize 2022.

Civil society organisations meet with the 2022 Sakharov Prize laureate

At the initiative of the Subcommittee on Human Rights, the European Parliament holds a High-Level Conference on the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Conference will bring together representatives from international and regional human rights organisations, members of national parliaments of EU member states, international and local civil society organisations, Nobel Peace Prize laureates, young voices from around the world as well as MEPs and chairs of Parliament’s committees to address human rights challenges. Extracts from the High Level Conference with the participation of Roberta METSOLA, EP President.

75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: extracts from the High Level Conference with the participation of Roberta METSOLA, EP President

At this year’s youth seminar, invitees from European Parliament Ambassador schools (EPAS) from the 27 Member States and the United Kingdom, together with the group Alumni de l’Académie Notre Europe, were able to listen to inspiring stories from representatives of this year’s laureate, the brave Ukrainian people, and engage in the discussion together with Vice-President Heidi Hautala of the European Parliament. With the participation of Heidi Hautala, Vice-President of the European Parliament, Ivan Fedorov, elected mayor of Melitopol, Oleksandra Matviychuk, human rights lawyer, chairwoman of the Center for Civil Liberties NGO, and Yaroslav Bozhko, the Yellow Ribbon Civil Resistance Movement. Moderator Markus Bonekamp, Head of Visits and Seminars Unit, European Parliament

Panel discussion on the occasion of the award of the 2022 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to the brave people of Ukraine.

On the 14th December 2022, the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of thought is awarded to the "brave people of Ukraine". A ceremony takes place in the European Parliament, in Strasbourg. After the ceremony, Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Sakharov prize laureates hold a press conference. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Press conference by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, and by the Sakharov Prize 2022 laureates

On the 14th December 2022, the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of thought is awarded to the "brave people of Ukraine". A ceremony takes place in the European Parliament, in Strasbourg. Full video of the award being given to the representatives present in the hemicycle: Oleksandra MATVIYCHUK, Human rights lawyer and Chair of the Center for Civil Liberties; Ivan FEDOROV, Mayor of the Ukrainian city of Melitopol; Yaroslav BOZHKO from the Yellow Riboon Civil Resistance Movment; Yulia PAJEVSKA, founder of the medical evacuation unit Angels of Taira; Oleksandr CHEKRYHIN and Stanislav KULYKIVSKI from the State Emergency Service and Vsevolod CHENTSOV, Head of the Mission of Ukraine to the European Union. Family pictures are taken after the ceremony.

Award of the Sakharov Prize 2022: ceremony and hand over of the prize to Oleksandra MATVIYCHUK, Ivan FEDOROV, Yaroslav BOZHKO, Yulia PAJEVSKA, Oleksandr CHEKRYHIN, Stanislav KULYKIVSKI and Vsevolod CHENTSOV

The brave Ukrainian people are awarded the European Parliament’s 2022 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in a ceremony, in Strasbourg. Volodymyr ZELENSKYY addresses the plenary chamber remotely. Oleksandra MATVIYCHUK, Human rights lawyer and Chair of the Center for Civil Liberties; Ivan FEDOROV, Mayor of the Ukrainian city of Melitopol; Yaroslav BOZHKO from the Yellow Riboon Civil Resistance Movment; Yulia PAJEVSKA, founder of the medical evacuation unit Angels of Taira; Oleksandr CHEKRYHIN and Stanislav KULYKIVSKI from the State Emergency Service and Vsevolod CHENTSOV, Head of the Mission of Ukraine to the European Union, receive the prize in the hemicycle. Extracts from the ceremony: statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, address to the plenary by Volodymyr ZELENSKYY, President of Ukraine.

Award of the 2022 Sakharov Prize: extracts from the ceremony

On the 14th December 2022, the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of thought is awarded to the "brave people of Ukraine". A ceremony takes place in the European Parliament, in Strasbourg. Ahead of the ceremony, Roberta METSOLA, EP President, meets with the laureates of the prize. Extracts from the welcome, roundtable and meeting.

Award of the 2022 Sakharov Prize: Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with the Laureates of the Sakharov Prize - welcome and roundtable

The brave Ukrainian people are awarded the European Parliament’s 2022 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in a ceremony, in Strasbourg. Some representatives of the Ukrainian people gathered physically in Strasbourg. Statement by Oleksandra MATVIYCHUK, Human rights lawyer and Chair of the Center for Civil Liberties, who gives an update on the current situation in Ukraine and tells about the role of her NGO since the beginning of the war, which documentes the war crimes in Ukraine. She also thanks the European Parliament for awarding the brave people of Ukraine with the Sakharov Prize and explains that it sends a strong message of unity.

MATVIYCHUK, Oleksandra

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75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: extracts from the High Level Conference with the participation of Roberta METSOLA, EP President

Panel discussion on the occasion of the award of the 2022 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to the brave people of Ukraine.

Press conference by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, and by the Sakharov Prize 2022 laureates

Award of the Sakharov Prize 2022: ceremony and hand over of the prize to Oleksandra MATVIYCHUK, Ivan FEDOROV, Yaroslav BOZHKO, Yulia PAJEVSKA, Oleksandr CHEKRYHIN, Stanislav KULYKIVSKI and Vsevolod CHENTSOV

Award of the 2022 Sakharov Prize: extracts from the ceremony

Award of the 2022 Sakharov Prize: Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with the Laureates of the Sakharov Prize - welcome and roundtable

Award of the 2022 Sakharov Prize: statement by Oleksandra MATVIYCHUK, Human rights lawyer and Chair of the Center for Civil Liberties

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Press conference Roberta METSOLA, EP president and the Sakharov prize laureates 2022

First Vice-President Othmar Karas meets with the Laureates of the Sakharov Prize 2022.

First Vice-President Othmar Karas meets with the Laureates of the Sakharov Prize 2022.

First Vice-President Othmar Karas meets with the Laureates of the Sakharov Prize 2022.

First Vice-President Othmar Karas meets with the Laureates of the Sakharov Prize 2022.

First Vice-President Othmar Karas meets with the Laureates of the Sakharov Prize 2022.

First Vice-President Othmar Karas meets with the Laureates of the Sakharov Prize 2022.

First Vice-President Othmar Karas meets with the Laureates of the Sakharov Prize 2022.

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First Vice-President Othmar Karas meets with the Laureates of the Sakharov Prize 2022.

Civil society organisations meet with the 2022 Sakharov Prize laureate

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