US whistleblower Edward Snowden is among the seven nominees for the European Parliament's Sakharov prize for freedom of thought.
Nominated by Greens and leftists in the European Parliament, Snowden is a former contractor for the Central Intelligence Agency who fled to Russia after revealing a mass surveillance scheme run by the US government.
The 29-year old, charged in the US for espionage and theft, has become an irritant in US-Russian relations and a cause celebre for internet ...
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