David SASSOLI, EP President, pays tribute to Arnauld Joaquín Morazán Erazo, part of the Guapinol environemental group who has been assassinated last week, during the annoucement of the Sakharov Prize 2020, in the European Parliament in Brussels.

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SASSOLI, David Maria (S&D, IT, S&D, IT)

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Tribute by David SASSOLI, EP President to Arnauld Joaquín Morazán Erazo, part of the Guapinol environemental group who has been assassinated last week

SOUNDBITE (Original), David SASSOLI, EP President, I should also like to just say a few words on the death of one of the finalists in this year's prize. Mr. Arnauld Joaqu&iacute;n Moraz&aacute;n Erazo, leader of the Guapinol group in Honduras, the group that is fighting the mining in Honduras.

SOUNDBITE (Original), David SASSOLI, EP President, Now, this is a very important undertaking and it is imperative that an investigation be launched immediately and that it be credible and independent.

SOUNDBITE (Original), David SASSOLI, EP President, And that those who are the perpetrators of this crime be brought to justice in Belarus, in Honduras, in Iraq, in any other place around the world.

SOUNDBITE (Original), David SASSOLI, EP President, No one can be persecuted for having expressed his or her own opinion. This is the message that we send today from the European Parliament. Thank you very much. And I thank you for your attention.