Chairwoman Hautala has received with great alarm the news of yet another search at the Viasna Human Rights Centre in Minsk and a brief arrest of the Centre’s President, Mr Ales Bialitski, on 17th of January. The Centre was raided previously on 20th of December
Chairwoman Hautala sent today a letter to the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia, His Excellency Mr Abdallah Y. Al Mouallimi, expressing her concerns over the case of Dr Saud al-Hashimi, who is alleged to have been subjected to torture in the Dhahban prison in Saudi Arabia.
Chairwoman Hautala has received with great disappointment the news of sentencing of Iranian human rights lawyer, Ms Nasrin Sotoudeh to 11 years of imprisonment. Ms Sotoudeh is also prohibited from practicin law.
Heidi Hautala addressed “Human Rights and Freedom of Research” seminar in House of Science and Letters in Finland on 14th of January. In her opening remarks she emphasised the need to ensure access to information and ability to analyse data without fear of repercussions.
Chairwoman Hautala has reminded High Representative, Ms Ashton and President of Commission, Mr Barroso of the importance of raising human rights issues during the visit of President Karimov of Uzbekistan to Brussels, on 24th of January.
Chairwoman Hautala today invited Indonesian authorities to discuss with the Subcommittee the investigation into the torture video, the safety of Mr Buchtar Tabuni in detention and the circumstances leading to the death of Mr Yusuf Sapakoly while in prison.
Please find a direct link to the press conference held in the European Parliament today at 15:30 on human rights situation in Belarus:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/wps-europarl-internet/frd/vod/player?eventCode=20110112-1530-SPECIAL&language=en&byLeftMenu=researchotherevents&category=SPECIAL&format=wmv#anchor1
The Committee on Foreign Affairs, on 12 January 2011, in association with the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) and the Delegations for Relations with Belarus and to the EURONEST Parliamentary Assembly, held today a substantial political discussion on the situation in Belarus following the brutal repression of the peaceful demonstrations of last 19 December and [...]
Chairwoman Hautala addressed on 11.1. the launch of the photo exhibition “Disability and Emergencies” focusing on the situation of people with disabilities in Haiti after the 12.1.2010 earthquake.
In his reply, Ambassador of India has assured Chairwoman Hautala that the case of Mr Mian Abdul Qayoom, President of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association, shall be handled with due process of law. Ms Hautala wrote to the Ambassador on 10.01.2011 expressing her concern over the situation of Mr Qayoom.
“I have just learnt that Mr Nemtsov, along with others, was sentenced to serve a term in prison, apparently, “for resisting police”. There are reliable accounts that this charge is routinely, and, possibly, falsely used against peaceful protesters, along with the “violation of public order” charge. I call for the immediate release of all peaceful [...]
Chairwoman condemns the guilty verdict of Mikhail Khordorkovsky of embezzlement by Moscow’s Khamovnichesky district court on 30th of December.
MEPs sent a letter on 17th of December 2010 to Latin American Governments calling them to not help in the cover up of the illegal activities of the Colombian Intelligence Services, DAS.
Chairwoman Hautala, together with Chairman of the Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly and the Chairman of the Delegation for relations with Belarus, strongly condemned the violent crackdown in Minsk following the Presidential elections on 19th of December.
Chairwoman Hautala sent today together with Mr Jacek Protasiewicz, Chair of European Parliament Delegation for Relations with Belarus, a letter to the Ambassador of Belarus concerning the aftermath of the 19th December elections and the situation of one of the candidates, Mr Vladimir Neklyaev in particular.
Chairwoman Hautala together with MEP Helen Flautre sent a letter to European Commissioner for Enlangement, Mr Stefan Fule, about the case of prominent peace activist and feminist, Ms Pinar Selek in Turkey.
Despite heavy pressuring by the Russian Duma and other officials, European Parliament today called on the Council, in the absence of positive movements from the Russian authorities to cooperate and investigate the case of Sergei Magnitsky and bring those responsible to justice, to consider imposing an EU entry ban for Russian officials involved in this [...]
European Parliament held on 15th of December the annual debate the EU human rights policy review with the EU High Representative, Ms Catherine Ashton.
Chairwoman Hautala opened the second Gypsy Spirit Czech Republic Ceremonial on 10th of December.
Speaking in Oslo, where they were attending the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony on Friday 10th of December, the European Parliament Vice-President for Democracy and Human Rights, Mr. Edward McMillan-Scott and Chairwoman Hautala praised the unity shown by the EU nations, all of whom were represented.
Commenting on tomorrow’s Nobel Peace Price ceremony,
Heidi Hautala, Chair of the Human Rights Sub-Committee and Reinhard Bütikofer, Vice President of the Green Group, said:
“We see the Nobel Peace Price ceremony taking place in Oslo on 10 December as an important and necessary signal of support to defenders of human rights in China and throughout the [...]
Heidi Hautala wrote with Edward McMillan Scott and Eva Lichtenberger a letter to the ambassador of China to the European Union about the case of Mr. Dhondup Wangchen, a Tibetan prisoner.
Hautala was interviewed for the EP website on human rights.
Hautala commented: “It is sad that people who put themselves on the line often are placed, on a variety of excuses, to criminal liability, or are inflicted with administrative sanctions to hamper their activity.
Dear Ms. Five and Mr. Jagland, Your Honor,
We are writing to congratulate the Nobel Committee for its decision to award the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo. This was a wise and courageous decision, and we applaud the Nobel Committee for taking it.
December 1 marked the 22nd Worlds Aids Day. Subcommittee on Human Rights discussed on 30th of November human rights violation against the 33 million people living with HIV around the world and the EU response to the global pandemic.
Subcommittee on Human rights discussed EU-Russia relations and human rights in Russia on 30th of November.
Chairwoman addressed the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe’s Human Rights Award ceremony on 26 November to congratulate the 2010 laureates, David Pena and Karla Micheel Salas, Mexican lawyers.
Chairwoman Hautala calls ASEAN to ensure effective investigation of the killig of Mr Estrope Bayles in Philippines, on 14th of June.
Chairwoman Hautala calls for the Central African Republic (CAR) to bar Mr Omar Al-Bashir, Sudanese President from entering or to arrest him upon his arrival to the territory of the country. According to various sources Mr Al-Bashir has been invited to the 50th anniversary ceremony of the independence of CAR on 1st of December.
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