The Intercept earlier cited a source close to the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry and the president’s office as saying that Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno was involved in talks with the UK and was close to finalizing an agreement to hand over the WikiLeaks’ founder to the British government within the next several weeks. JUST IN: Ecuador…
Category: Human Rights
“Endemic” police torture in Azerbaijan
Torture in Azerbaijan by police and other law enforcement agencies is “systemic and endemic,” according to a report from the Council of Europe’s torture prevention body. #CoE #Anti-torture Committee (#CPT) publishes reports on #Azerbaijan which show #torture, #impunity and #corruption endemic, but CPT considers Azerbaijani authorities’ decision to publish indicates resolve to address these problems @coe…
Health of Iranian human rights defender deteriorates
The renowned human rights advocate Narges Mohammadi was transferred from a prison to a hospital due to health problems end June, according to the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). Following the hospitalization, her lawyer Mohammad Behzadi-Rad expressed hope that she would not be taken back to the cell. Arrested in May 2016, Mohammadi (46)…
EU calls Russia to release human rights defenders
The Chechen Republic court confirmed the detention of Oyub Titiev, head of the Memorial Human Rights Centre in Chechnya. Titiev was arrested on questionable drug possession charges on 9 January and has been detained since then. Yesterday, a court in Chechnya confirmed the detention of Oyub Titiev, head of the Memorial Human Rights Centre in Chechnya….
EU-U.S. cooperation on HR continues “whenever possible”
Reacting upon the decision of the United States decision to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council, the European External Action Service issued a statement, regretting the move, and underlining that it “risks undermining the role of the US as a champion and supporter of democracy on the world stage”. https://twitter.com/eu_eeas/status/1009195620920422406 However the EU via a spokesperson…
EU action against sexual violence in conflicts
On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, Federica Mogherini, High Representative/Vice-President, Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Neven Mimica, Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Christos Stylianides, Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, and Věra Jourová, Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, made the following statement:…
MEPs to report on EU freedom of press
MEPs of the Civil Liberties Committee will monitor and report in the coming months on the situation of rule of law in the EU, with a specific focus on corruption and freedom of the press. Rule of law: @ep_justice sets a new monitoring group, headed by @SophieintVeld, to report on corruption and press freedomhttps://t.co/MRtEWGhemX@RobertaMetsola @Weidenholzer…
Hungary searches solution for protecting minority rights in Ukraine
“We are interested in solution, not in a scandal, because we have 150 000 Hungarians in TransCarpathian region”, – said Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó . “We hope that we can come to a solution, that will not violate the rights of the minorities in Ukraine“. Szijjártó shared with Brussels press corps views of Hungarian government on…
EU calls for transparent investigation of Babchenko assassination
“The European Union expresses its sincere condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of journalist Arkady Babchenko, who was killed at his home in Kyiv on 29 May”- the External Action Service reacted in a statement of a spokesperson. EU expresses its sincere condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Arkady Babchenko. Each time…
EP bans Sierra pro-Catalan installation in Strasbourg
The European Parliament banned pro-Catalan exhibition planned to be inaugurated during Strasbourg plenary (28-31 May). The artifacts signed by contemporary Spanish artist Santiago Sierra have been already excluded from participation in a festival in Madrid, however the artist could not expect the similar fate to plagues his ouvre in the institution symbolising European values, namely the freedom of…
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