192. Reiterates the need to give greater visibility to the Sakharov Prize of Freedom of Thought annually awarded by the EP; regrets that a proper follow-up is not being carried out on the well-being of the candidates and laureates, nor on the situations in their countries; calls also on the Council and the Commission to give visibility to this prize, among other things by including it in the annual report on Human Rights; calls, furthermore, on the Council and the Commission to stay in touch with the Sakharov Prize candidates and laureates to ensure continuous dialogue and monitoring of the situation of human rights in their respectiv ...[+++]e countries and to offer protection to those being acutely persecuted;

Reporters Without Borders, winner of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 2005;

It also sets out to instil a feeling of fear into our societies and into us all, thereby seriously detracting from our individual freedoms: freedom of thought, freedom to come and go, and freedom to play a democratic part in political life.

The Commission believes that the timing of the first review of implementation of The Hague Programme is an opportune moment to reactivate and stimulate consideration on how to better shape the decision-making in the EU and ensure better evaluation and implementation of Freedom, Security and Justice legislation.

- respect Human Rights and fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression, association, thought, conscience and religion.

3 (Fundamental freedoms). Commitment by each partner to take practical steps to ensure the effective exercise of fundamental freedoms, on the basis of the undertakings entered into by the partners in the previous two paragraphs, including freedom of expression, freedom of association for peaceful purposes and freedom of thought, conscience and religion.