The Greens write to Nicolas Sarkozy in the hope that Hu Jia and his wife Zeng Jinyan will be able to receive the Sakharov Prize in person

Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Co-President of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament and Sylvain Garel, Co-President of the Greens in the Council of Paris have written to Nicolas Sarkozy.

They ask him to reiterate his request, as President of the European Council, to Chinese authorities to release Hu Jia and to give a passport to his wife Zeng Jinyan, so that they can receive together the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize, in the name of all the silenced voices of China and Tibet, in Strasbourg next December.

In the letter, they add that Hu Jia was made honorary citizen of the City of Paris and that this visit would be the occasion for him to receive this prize as well.

For the past 20 years, the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize honours individuals or groups that fight against oppression, intolerance or injustice.

Read the letter here:

http://www.greens-efa.org/cms/pressreleases/dok/256/256129.sakharov_prize@en.htm