The Oscar winner, Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón, called for the release of Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, who is detained in Russia. This was reported by the PEN America center on Facebook.
Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón joined us with an appeal to release the Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov,” the statement said. The center also posted a photo of Cuarón, to whose jacket the badge with inscription F”reeSentsov” is attached.
Recently, Alfonso Cuarón received the Oscars award in the category “Best Director” for the movie “Roma”.
Oleg Sentsov was sentenced in Russia for 20 years of imprisonment on charges of preparing a terrorist attack in the annexed Crimea. He does not recognize his fault.
In 2018, the director kept a hunger strike for 145 days with the requirement to release all Ukrainian political prisoners and became the winner of the Andrei Sakharov Human Rights Award. Famous world figures of culture and art, as well as the United Nations, the United States, and the European Union call for the liberation of the Ukrainian director.
