(ANSA) - BOLOGNA, 11 JAN - "Such misfortune not having had the chance to meet each other but in the few tweets we exchanged he knows how much I appreciated him and his efforts. May his soul rest in eternal peace".
So Patrick Zaki on Twitter at the news of David Sassoli's death.
Today, he wrote, "a great journalist, politician and diplomat who worked to serve the people" leaves.
"He had pursued my case for two years with real passion and interest - recalls Zaki - He had never lost an opportunity to talk about me and to ask for immediate release not only for me but for every prisoner of conscience".
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