He has conducted 23 hunger strikes over the years "not in his own favour but in order to defend his compatriots" said José Ignacio Salafranca (EPP, ES).
"Viņš to darīja ne savā labā, bet gan lai aizstāvētu savus tautiešus", norādīja José Ignacio Salafranca (EPP/Spānija).