The political groups in the European Parliament presented their candidates for the 2019 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought (see EUROPE B12331A21) at a joint meeting of the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Development and the Sub-Committee on Human Rights.
Portuguese MEPs Isabel Santos, for the S&D group, and Marisa Matias, for the GUE/NGL group, defended the candidacy of three Brazilians: Chief Raoni, an emblematic figure in the fight against deforestation in the Amazon, Claudelice...