Category: Human Rights

MEPs demand release of Falun Gong followers

Strasbourg 18.01.2024 The European Parliament adopted three resolutions on human rights issues in China, Sudan and Tajikistan. The ongoing persecution of Falun Gong in China, notably the case of Mr Ding Yuande: MEPs demand the immediate and unconditional release of Mr Ding Yuande and all Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned. They strongly condemn the persecution of…

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Sakharov Prize: MEPs honour Iranian Jina Mahsa Amini

Strasbourg 12.12.2023 The European Parliament 2023 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought has been awarded to Jina Mahsa Amini and the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran, in a ceremony on 12 December. The laureates were represented by Saleh Nikbakht, academic and acting lawyer of Jina Mahsa Amini’s family; and Afsoon Najafi and Mersedeh Shahinkar,…

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EU: Israel exposes Hamas terrorists crimes

Brussels 06.11.2023 Anna Van Densky The members of the Brussels press corps have participated in the screening of the assembled fragments of the video and photo evidence of the Hamas terrorists’ crimes on October 7. The event took place in the Israel Embassy in Belgium in presence of two Ambassadors, who answered questions of journalists….

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EU top diplomats convene in Luxembourg

“We were in the European Parliament, after [we went] to Washington, from Washington to Cairo and now in Luxembourg we continue discussing about the same issue: the situation in Israel [and] Palestine after the terrorist attacks launched by Hamas against Israel. Today, the Ministers [for Foreign Affairs] will continue elaborating on the decisions, on the analysis done…

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EU supports independent Russian media

Brussels 21.07.2023 “The systematic crackdown against the civil society in Russia continues. State Duma has recently adopted draft law introducing criminal liability for citizens’ participation in activities of any foreign or international non-governmental organisation not registered by the Ministry of Justice. It also further restricts interaction with the so-called “foreign agents”” read the statement by…

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The Hague: International Centre for Russia Crime

Brussels 03.07.2023 Today, the International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine (ICPA) started its operations in the Hague, hosted by the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust). The newly established Centre will be key to investigate Russia’s crime of aggression against Ukraine and facilitate case building for future…

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Borrell on Russia against ICC

Brussels 22.05.2023 “The European Union deplores the criminal proceedings initiated by Russian authorities against the Prosecutor and three Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC)” reads the statement of the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell. 🇷🇺Russia: Statement by the High Representative @JosepBorrellF on threats against the International Criminal Courthttps://t.co/B6E2l0GP0x — European External Action Service –…

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MEPs endorse migration management

Strasbourg 21.04.2023 Plenary agreed on Thursday, April 20, to open talks with EU member states on several migration and asylum policy files. The #compromise was hailed by the #leftist and center-right MEPs as a “historic step forward,” but the conservative@ecrgroup and @IDGroupEP, believed the deal made the original “proposal for an #EU asylum and #migration…

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Borrell on Putin’s ICC arrest warrant

Brussels 19.03.2023 “The European Union has taken note of the decision of the International Criminal Court’s Pre-Trial Chamber II to issue arrest warrants against the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, and Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the Office of the President Maria Lvova-Belova, in connection with alleged crimes of unlawful deportation and unlawful…

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