EP Plenary session - Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law - The recent humanitarian and human rights situation in Tigray, Ethiopia, notably that of children

EP Plenary session - Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law - The Media freedom crackdown in Myanmar, notably the cases of Htet Htet Khine, Sithu Aung Myint and Nyein Nyein Aye

EP Plenary session - Humanitarian situation after the devastating floods in Pakistan and the climate crisis

EP Plenary session - The EU’s strategic relationship and partnership with the Horn of Africa

EP Plenary session - Impact of new technologies on taxation: crypto and blockchain

EP Plenary session - Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law

EP Plenary session - The situation in the Strait of Taiwan

EP Plenary session - Question time to VPC/HR - The state of play of the war in Ukraine

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During the joint meeting of the Committees on Foreign Affairs (AFET), Development (DEVE) and Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) in Strasbourg, Political group members present the six nominees for the 2017 Sakharov Prize. The 29th Sakharov Prize will be awarded during the plenary session on 13 December. The nominees for 2017 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought are Asia Bibi (Aasiya Noreen), Aura Lolita Chavez Ixcaquic, Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag, Democratic Opposition in Venezuela, Dawit Isaak and Pierre Claver Mbonimpa. They are presented by Anna Elzbieta FOTYGA (ECR, PL), Molly SCOTT CATO (Grenns/EFA, UK), Florent MARCELLESI (Greens/EFA, ES), Marie-Christine VERGIAT (GUE/NGL, FR), Jose Ignacio SALAFRANCA SANCHEZ-NEYRA (EPP, ES), Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA (ALDE, ES), Elena VALENCIANO (S&D, ES), Cecilia WIKSTROM (ALDE, SE) and Fabio Massimo CASTALDO (EFDD, IT).

Sakharov Prize 2017: presentation of the candidates Asia Bibi, Aura Lolita Chavez Ixcaquic, Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ, the Democratic Opposition in Venezuela, Dawit Isaak and Pierre Claver Mbonimpa

During the EP plenary session (11-14 September 2017) in Strasbourg,&nbsp;MEPs debate on the situation in North-Korea. Federica MOGHERINI, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the EC,&nbsp; David McALLISTER (EPP, DE), Nirj DEVA (ECR, UK), Hilde VAUTMANS (ALDE, BE), Javier COUSO PERMUY (GUE/NGL, ES) and Fabio Massimo CASTALDO (EFDD, IT).

Situation in North-Korea: extracts from the debate

During the EP plenary session (3-6 July 2017) in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law, such as the cases of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo and Lee Ming-che, Eritrea, notably the cases of Abune Antonios and Dawit Isaak, and Burundi. Statements by Helga TRÜPEL (Greens/EFA, DE), Soraya POST (S&D, SE), Christos STYLIANIDES, Member of the EC in charge of Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Cecilia WIKSTRÖM (ALDE, SE), Charles TANNOCK (ECR, UK) and Fabio Massimo CASTALDO (EFDD, IT).

Cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law: extracts from the debates

During the EP Plenary session (3-6 April 2017) in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on Russia, the arrest of Alexei Navalny and other protestors, Belarus and Bangladesh, including child marriages. Statements on Russia by Charles TANNOCK (ECR, UK), Soraya POST (S&amp;D, SE), Tunne KELAM (EPP, EE), Authors, and Neven MIMICA, Member of the EC in charge of International Cooperation and Development. Statements on Belarus by Petras AUSTREVICIUS (ALDE, LT), Marie-Christine VERGIAT (GUE/NGL, FR), Authors. Statements on Bangladesh by Fabio Massimo CASTALDO (EFDD, IT), Ulrike LUNACEK (Greens/EFA, AT), Authors, and Neven MIMICA, Member of the EC in charge of International Cooperation and Development..

Cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law: extracts from the debates on Russia, the arrest of Alexei Navalny and other protestors, Belarus and Bangladesh, including child marriages

Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law, during the EP plenary session (12-15December 2016) in Strasbourg. Statements on the cases of the Larung Gar Tibetan Buddhist Academy and of Ilham Tohti by Fabio Massimo CASTALDO (EFDD, IT), Author, Molly SCOTT CATO (Grenns/EFA, UK), and Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS, Member of the EC in charge of Health and Food Safety.
Statements on the situation of the Rohingya minority in Myanmar by Molly SCOTT CATO (Grenns/EFA, UK), Marie-Christine VERGIAT (GUE/NGL, FR), Urmas PAET (ALDE, EE), and Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS, Member of the EC in charge of Health and Food Safety.
Statements on mass graves in Iraq by Charles TANNOCK (ECR, UK), Heidi Anneli HAUTALA (Greens/EFA, FI), Javier COUSO PERMUY (GUE/NGL, ES), and Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS, Member of the EC in charge of Health and Food Safety.

Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law: extracts

During the EP Plenary session (03-06/10) in Strasbourg, MEPs present the candidates&nbsp;to the&nbsp;Sakharov Prize 2016. Statements by Marie-Christine VERGIAT (GUE/NGL, FR), Ska KELLER (Greens/EFA, DE), Fabio Massimo CASTALDO (EFDD, IT), Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI (EPP, PL), Tunne KELAM (EPP, EE), Charles TANNOCK (ECR, UK), Josef WEIDENHOLZER (S&amp;D, AU), Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA (ALDE, ES), Ilhan KYUCHYUK (ALDE, BG).

Sakharov Prize 2016: Presentation of candidates

During the EP Plenary session (03-06/10) in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on the situation in Syria. Statements by Ivan KORCOK, President-in-office of the Council, Cristian Dan PREDA (EPP, RO), Giovanni PITTELLA (S&amp;D, IT), Charles TANNOCK (ECR, UK), Guy VERHOFSTADT (ALDE, BE), Rebecca HARMS (Greens/EFA, DE), Fabio Massimo CASTALDO (EFDD, IT).

Situation in Syria: extracts from the debate

Exchange of views with His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama, at the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), during the EP plenary session (12-15/09/2016) in Strasbourg. Statements by His Holiness the XIVth DALAI LAMA, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN (ALDE, NL), and Fabio Massimo CASTALDO (EFDD, IT).

Exchange of views with His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama: extracts from the meeting of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

Meeting of the Committee on International Trade&nbsp;on the Conclusion of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union (CETA), in the EP in Brussels. Statements by Artis PABRIKS (EPP, LV), Rapporteur, David MARTIN (S&amp;D, UK), David CAMPBELL BANNERMAN (ECR, UK), Marietje SCHAAKE (ALDE, NL), Anne-Marie MINEUR (GUE/NGL, NL), Yannick JADOT (Greens/EFA, FR), and Fabio Massimo CASTALDO (EFDD, IT).

Conclusion of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union (CETA): extracts from the report by Artis PABRIKS (EPP, LV) at the Committee on International Trade

Meeting of the Committee on Foreign Affairs with Mohammad Javad ZARIF Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in the EP in Brussels. Statements by Mohammad Javad ZARIF Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Richard Stuart HOWITT (S&amp;D, UK), Tunne KELAM (EPP, EE), Charles TANNOCK (ECR, UK), Fabio Massimo CASTALDO (EFDD, IT), and Ulrike LUNACEK (Greens/EFA, AT)

Exchange of views with Mohammad Javad ZARIF Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran: extracts from the meeting of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

During the EP plenary session in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on the Situation in Turkey. Statements by Nicolas SCHMIT, President of the Council, Cristian Dan PREDA (EPP, RO), Victor BOSTINARU (S&amp;D, RO), Charles TANNOCK (ECR, UK), Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF (ALDE, DE), Bodil VALERO (Greens/EFA, SE), and Fabio Massimo CASTALDO (EFDD, IT)

Situation in Turkey: extracts from the debate

During the EP plenary session in Strasbourg, MEPs ebate on the Conclusions of the informal European Council(23/09). Statements by Manfred WEBER (EPP, DE), Giovanni PITTELLA (S&amp;D, IT), Ryszard LEGUTKO (ECR, PL), Guy VERHOFSTADT (ALDE, BE), Philippe LAMBERTS (Greens/EFA, BE) and Fabio Massimo CASTALDO (EFDD, IT)

Conclusions of the informal European Council (23/09): MEPs debate

During the EP plenary session in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on Iran nuclear agreement. Statements by Cristian Dan PREDA (EPP, RO), Richard Stuart HOWITT (S&amp;D, UK), Charles TANNOCK (ECR, UK), Marietje SCHAAKE (ALDE, NL), Cornelia ERNST (GUE/NGL, DE), Alyn SMITH (Greens/EFA, UK) and Fabio Massimo CASTALDO (EFDD, IT)

Iran nuclear agreement: extracts from the debate

Debate during the plenary session of July in Strasbourg on the Programme of the activities of the Luxemburgish Presidency. Statements by Frank ENGEL (EPP, LU), Giovanni PITTELLA (S&D, IT), Mark DEMESMAEKER (ECR, BE), Charles GOERENS (ALDE, LU), Neoclis SYLIKIOTIS (GUE/NGL, CY), Claude TURMES (Greens/EFA, LU), Fabio Massimo CASTALDO (EFDD, IT) and Marine LE PEN (ENF, FR).

Programme of the activities of the Luxemburgish Presidency: extracts from the MEPs debate

Debate on death penalty in Indonesia during the EP pleanry session in Strasbourg. Statements by Neven MIMICA, Member of the EC in charge of International Cooperation and Development, Arnaud DANJEAN (EPP, FR), Edouard MARTIN (S&D, FR), Mark DEMESMAEKER (ECR, BE), Marietje SCHAAKE (ALDE, NL), Marie-Christine VERGIAT (GUE/NGL, FR) and Fabio Massimo CASTALDO (EFDD, IT)

Death penalty in Indonesia: extracts from the debate

Debate on the killing of students in Kenya by Islamic terror group Al-Shabaab during the EP plenary session in Strasbourg. Statements by Neven MIMICA, Member of the EC in charge of International cooperation and Development, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO (EPP, ES), Elena VALENCIANO (S&D, ES), Angel DZHAMBAZKI (ECR, BG), Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ (GUE/NGL, ES), Fabio Massimo CASTALDO (EFDD, IT), György HÖLVÉNYI (EPP, HU) and Kashetu KYENGE (S&D, IT)

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