11/09/2013 (Agence Europe) - European Left believes Snowden deserves prize for defenders of freedom. On Wednesday 11 September, the Greens/EFA and GUE/NGL groups at the European Parliament proposed nominating Edward Snowden, the American behind the revelations of global electronic surveillance carried out by the United States, for the Sakharov Prize 2013. In August, Snowden was granted temporary asylum in Russia. (MB/transl.fl)