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13 Sep, 2013

PressTV – US whistleblower Edward Snowden nominated for Sakharov Prize

Former NSA (National Security Agency) contractor Edward Snowden, who exposed the US’s worldwide espionage activities, has been nominated for the European Parliament’s prestigious Sakharov Prize.

Members of the European Parliament announced Wednesday that they would officially nominate the whistleblower for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

The European MPs said Snowden risked his freedom to help protect that of other people and deserves to be honored for exposing “systematic infringements of civil liberties by US secret services”.

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