Strasbourg, 17/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament's Sakharov Prize was this year awarded under very special circumstances to the Chinese dissident and activist, Hu Jia, as the prizewinner is currently in prison. President Hans-Gert Pöttering first of all greeted the prizewinners (or those representing them) of the years 1990 to 2007 including Leyla Zana (whose attendance was not definite until the very last minute) and Elena Bonner, the widow of Andrei Sakharov, who attended...