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Call for Medical Parole to the Sakharov Winner
09/04/2010 – 11:59
The Chairwoman of the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights expresses deep concern over the information concerning health of detained human rights advocate Hu Jia, winner of 2008 European Parliament Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
On the Crimean Tatars
19/03/2010 – 17:05
On 17th March Mr. Leonidas Donskis MEP convened a hearing with Mr. Mustafa Dzhemilev, former Soviet dissident and Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, in collaboration with the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) concerning the Crimean Tatars’ view of the current situation in Ukraina. Below is the intervention by Chairwoman Hautala [...]
EU trade in torture tools
18/03/2010 – 20:43
EU legislation against the trade in implements which can inflict torture or be used for executions has not been adequately enforced by the Member States, the EP Human Rights Subcommittee maintained on Thursday. Tougher supervision of existing rules plus a thorough review of the legislation are needed, said MEPs.
New Turkey Group in the Parliament
18/03/2010 – 12:26
Brussels, 18.03.2010
During the last session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs from the EPP, S&D, ALDE, Greens/EFA and the ECR founded the informal group “Friends of Turkey“. Forty-seven MEPs have already joined.
Alojz Peterle (EPP) was elected chairman of the group and Fatih Aydogan, assistant of Ismail Ertug (S&D), has been elected the secretary.
The main [...]
Letter to the Ambassador of Venezuela
17/03/2010 – 11:07
Chairwoman Heidi Hautala wrote to the Ambassador of Venezuela regarding the human rights situation in Venezuela.
Russia-Georgia media freedom
12/03/2010 – 12:12
18.30-21.00, 17 March 2010: Debate on censorship: Eutelsat’s refusal to broadcast TV channel Pervyi Kavkazskyi and film screening: ‘Russian lessons’, a documentary on the Georgia-Russia conflict of 2008
Tibet: investigation needed
10/03/2010 – 18:23
EU must demand international investigation into suppression of Tibet protests
Turkey must protect the Iranian human rights defenders in Istanbul
04/03/2010 – 16:32
Chairwoman Hautala sent today a letter, below, to the Turkish authorities together with Hélène Flautre, Chair of the Turkey Delegation; Ms Barbara Lochbihler, Chair of the Iran Delegation and Ms Monica Frassoni, Spokesperson of the European Green Party
Hautala calls for EU to promote rights of disabled people
23/02/2010 – 20:55
On 22 February the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights, led by Chairwoman Heidi Hautala, held a historic debate concerning EU ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The ratification is major development in the protection of human rights in Europe because this is the first ever core UN human rights [...]
Remembering March 2008 in Tibet: International investigation needed
12/02/2010 – 15:05
Chairwoman of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights Heidi Hautala visits Dharamsala, the seat of the exiled Tibetan government, between 13th-15th February. Hautala, who has been working 20 years with the Tibetan cause has an audience with the Dalai Lama on 13th February.
Pankkitietovirta USA:lle tyrmättiiin - Hautala tyytyväinen
11/02/2010 – 14:40
Euroopan parlamentti on tänään äänin 378 - 196 päättänyt torjua ns. SWIFT-sopimuksen, joka sallii Yhdysvaltain viranomaisille pääsyn eurooppalaisten maksutietoihin terrorisminvastaisen taistelun varjolla. Europarlamentaarikko Heidi Hautala (vihr.) kiittää parlamentin rohkeutta.
Hautala welcomes Kadyrov’s decision to drop libel suit against Orlov
10/02/2010 – 17:08
Today we received news that the Chechen president, Ramzan Kadyrov has decided to abandon libel suits against human rights activists Oleg Orlov, Ludmila Alekseyeva and the journalists of the opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta.
Cross-party MEPs express concern on Eutelsat refusal
10/02/2010 – 16:36
We, the undersigned, are gravely concerned about news that Eutelsat, the leading European satellite operator - partly funded by French public funds - has, under pressure from Russia, refused to broadcast the Georgian channel in Russian language, Perviy Kavkazskiy.
Europe’s largest satellite operator bows to pressure from Kremlin
05/02/2010 – 17:41
Press conference on Wed 10th of February at 10.30 in room LOW N-1/201 (Strasbourg)
Under pressure from Russia, Eutelsat, the leading European satellite operator, has refused to transmit Perviy Kavkazskiy, the newly established Georgian satellite television channel in Russian language.
SWIFT: EU-valiokunta puolustaa kansalaisten tietosuojaa
05/02/2010 – 01:40
Ratkaiseva äänestys ensi viikolla
Euroopan parlamentin oikeus- ja sisäasioiden valiokunnan kokous oli torstai-iltapäivällä ääriään myöten täynnä median edustajia.
Chairwoman condemns arrest of Oleg Orlov
01/02/2010 – 16:14
On 31 January group of human rights and democracy activists were holding their monthly demonstration in Triumfalnaya Square in central Moscow in support of their constitutional right to freedom of assembly, when police officers broke up the protest, and arrested several people, including Oleg Orlov, Chair of human rights organisation Memorial, the winner of the [...]
Gatajevit: “EU-oikeusmurha edelleen vaarana”
27/01/2010 – 12:00
Euroopan parlamentin ihmisoikeusalivaliokunnan puheenjohtaja Heidi Hautala on tyytyväinen Helsingin käräjäoikeuden 25.1.2010 päätökseen
Vihreät SWIFT-sopimuksesta
21/01/2010 – 18:20
Europarlamentin vihreän ryhmän tiedote: EU-US bank data transfers, EU Parliament calls on Council to suspend SWIFT agreement
Diamandouros was the right choice for transparency
20/01/2010 – 19:59
The European Parliament today voted (1) to grant Nikiforos Diamandourous a further term as EU Ombudsman,
Detention of Iranian human rights defender
14/01/2010 – 20:36
Chairwoman Hautala calls for a release of Emadeddin Baghi, a prominent human rights defender and founder of the Association for the Defence of Prisoners’ Rights and the Society of the Right to Life Guardians in Iran.
ECHR ruling on Gillan and Quinton
13/01/2010 – 21:54
Chairwoman Hautala welcomed the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights on 12 January in the case of Gillan and Quinton V the United Kingdom where the Court ruled that section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 violates the right to respect for private life guaranteed by Article 8 of the Convention on Human [...]
Human rights dialogue Cuba-EU
13/01/2010 – 21:51
Chairwoman Hautala took part in seminar organized by Lech Walesa Institute, concerning the Future of the Eu’s policy towards Cuba on 13 January. In her speech she noted that it is certainly not a new issue to discuss the future of EU’s policy toward Cuba.
Chairwoman condemns arrest of Alexeyeva
13/01/2010 – 15:07
On 31 December group of human rights and democracy activists were holding their monthly demonstration in Triumfalnaya Square in central Moscow in support of their constitutional right to freedom of assembly, when hundreds of police officers broke up the protest, and arrested several people, including Lyudmila Alexeyeva, the winner of the 2009 European Parliament Sakharov [...]
Hautala condemns Shaikh execution
12/01/2010 – 12:37
Chairwoman Hautala would like to join Jerzy Buzek, the President of European Parliament, in expressing deep concern over the recent human rights violations in China.
Women’s rights are human rights!
21/12/2009 – 14:39
Statement on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of CEDAW
- Women’s rights have made a lot of progress during the last 30 years, but we still have a long way to go to achieve equality in the enjoyment of all human rights, says Heidi Hautala, chair of the European Parliament Sub-Committee on Human Rights, on [...]
European Parliament defends public access to EU documents
17/12/2009 – 17:03
Today, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on access to EU documents, reiterating that European institutions should keep moving towards greater transparency and urging the Commission to widen the scope of the current regulation to all EU institutions, as well as update the rules on internal documents. The EU Parliament resolution criticised Council and Commission [...]
