Imprisoned Ukrainian Film Director Wins Human Rights Award

The European Parliament has awarded the Sakharov prize for human rights to a jailed Ukrainian filmmaker, Oleg Sentsov. He was a vociferous opponent of Moscow's annexation of his native Crimea in March 2014 and is serving a 20 year prison sentence in Russia on terrorism charges.

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Picture: A portrait of Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov with hashtag 'Freesentsov' and text 'Oleg Sentsov-prisoner of Kremlin' is seen in a shop's window in the centre of Kiev. Credit: Pavlo Conchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images.