The opposition in Venezuela and the country's political prisoners have won the European Union's top human rights award, the Sakharov prize.
The president of the European Union Parliament , Antonio Tajani, said many people in Venezuela had been deprived of their fundamental freedoms.
He called the president a "dictator" and said: "We cannot remain silent."
The freedom of thought prize is awarded annually in memory of Andrei Sakharov, a Soviet scientist and dissident.
Venezuela is mired in a deep political and economic crisis which has left the South American country deeply polarised between supporters of the socialist government headed by President Nicolas Maduro, and its opponents.
More than 120 people were killed in protest-related violence during a spate of anti-government demonstrations earlier this year.
The €50,000-prize ($58,000; £45,000) will be awarded on 13 December in Strasbourg.
Last year's prize was awarded to two Yazidi women who escaped sexual enslavement by so-called Islamic State (IS) in Iraq.
Member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, Beatriz Becerra, congratulated the prize-winners.
The recipients of the Sakharov receive a monetary prize of 50,000 euros ($59,000).
The two other nominees for the prize were Guatemalan human rights activist Aura Lolita Chavez Izcaquic and journalist Dawit Isaak, imprisoned without trial in Eritrea since 2001.
