On Thursday 6 October, the European Parliament unveiled the shortlist of five nominees for the Sakharov Human Rights Prize 2016.
The Greens/EFA, EFDD and GUE Groups nominated Turkish journalist Can Dündar, condemned to five years and ten months in prison for divulging state secrets. He is a true symbol of what journalists in Turkey are undergoing and the growing threats to freedom of the press, said French MEP Marie-Christine Vergiat on behalf of the GUE. For the Greens, Ska Keller of...