MEPs on the European Parliament’s Committees on Foreign Affairs and Development voted on Thursday 13 October to select the finalists for the 2022 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. These are the “courageous people of Ukraine”, represented by its President, elected leaders and civil society (proposed by the EPP, S&D, Renew Europe and ECR), Julian Assange, one of the activists behind the WikiLeaks organisation (nominated by a group of MEPs) and the Colombian Truth Commission, which...