On Monday 2 October, the European Parliament presented the six nominees for the Sakharov Prize for Human Rights 2017 during a joint meeting of the foreign affairs and development committees, along with the sub-committee for human rights (see EUROPE 11863).
Anna Elżbieta Fotyga supported the nomination of Pakistani woman Asia Bibi, which was proposed Foyga's group, the ECR. Asia Bibi is the first woman in the world to have been condemned to death under Pakistani blasphemy law....