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Latest news - Next AFET Meeting - Committee on Foreign Affairs 07-12-2017 11:53 AM CET The next AFET meeting is scheduled to take place as follows: Monday, 11 December 2017, 19:30 - 21:00, Strasbourg, LOW N1.4. Further information Information for visitors Draft agendas Source : © European Union, 2017 - EP Highlights - Sakharov laureates to be presented in AFET/DEVE/DROI - Committee on Foreign Affairs 07-12-2017 11:46 AM CET On 11 December, the Foreign Affairs Committee, together with its Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Committee on Development, will meet this year's Sakharov Prize laureates, the democratic opposition and political prisoners in Venezuela. The Venezuelan opposition will be represented by Antonio Ledezma, who recently escaped from his house arrest in Venezuela, and relatives of a number of political prisoners. The Sakharov finalist Lolita Chavez as well as Bethlehem Isaak - daughter of the second finalist Dawit Isaak - will also participate in the meeting. The award ceremony will take place in the plenary on 13 December. The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought is awarded each year by the European Parliament to honour individuals and organisations defending human rights and fundamental freedoms. Further information Watch the meeting Source : © European Union, 2017 - EP QUESTIONS? STAY CONNECTED  Contact Us |   This email was sent on behalf of the European Parliament · Bât. Altiero Spinelli · 60 rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60 · B-1047 - Bruxelles/Brussels  · Belgium · Phone: +32(0)2 28 42111