This infoclip illustrates the visit of to the European Parliament on the 7 October 2020. Mgr Najeeb MICHAEEL, Archbishop of Mosul in Irak, ensured the evacuation of Christians, Syriacs and Chaldeans to Iraqi Kurdistan and safeguarded more than 800 historic manuscripts in 2014 when the Islamic State arrived in Mosul. This infoclip illustrates his visit to the European Parliament on 7 October 2020. He has been nominated for the 2020 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought by the ID Group.

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Infoclip: Sakharov Prize 2020 - Najeeb MICHAEEL, Archbishop of Mosul - Iraq

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Arrival of Najeeb MICHAEEL, Archbishop of Mosul at European Parliament, Brussels

<a>Entrance of Najeeb MICHAEEL, Archbishop of Mosul in Anna Politkovskaya press room, European parliament in Brussels</a>

<a>Views of Anna Politkovskaya press room during the press conference of Najeeb Moussa MICHAEEL, Archbishop of Mosul, European parliament in Brussels (3 shots)</a>

Press conference of Najeeb MICHAEEL, Archbishop of Mosul (4 shots)

SOUNDBITE (French), Najeeb MICHAEEL, Archbishop of Mosul, The cause for which I am here and this Sakharov Prize, in reality, is truly a symbol today to work all together for the same cause, for humanity, for humanity to live with dignity because violence only breeds violence. And today, by saving human beings, we must also save their history, their past.   <p></p>

Najeeb MICHAEEL, Archbishop of Mosul, leaving the press conference (2 shots)