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Highlights - Crimean Tatar leaders denounce human rights violations in Ukraine - Subcommittee on Human Rights 25-01-2018 01:21 PM CET Crimean Tatar leaders Ilmi Umerov and Akhtem Chiygoz discussed human rights in Ukraine and the impact of EU measures with Human Rights MEPs, on Wednesday 24 January: During a hearing in the Human Rights Subcommittee on 24 January, Chiygoz and Umerov, deputy chairs of the the Mejlis, the Crimean Tatar community's self-governing body that was outlawed by Russian authorities, denounced the situation in Russian-annexed territories, where Ukrainian citizens are subject to politically motivated arrests, sham trials and long sentences by Russian authorities. Further information Press statement - full text Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Highlights - Afghanistan: DROI Chair condemns deadly attack against a Save the Children office - Subcommittee on Human Rights 25-01-2018 12:49 PM CET Shocked by the recent attack against Save the Children office, the Chair of the EP's Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), Mr Pier Antonio Panzeri, made the following statement: "I express my strongest condemnation of this attack on the Save the Children's office in Jalalabad. I am very saddened by this brutal attack which targets an organisation committed to improving the lives and well being of children in Afghanistan and around the world." Further information Press statement - full text Source : © European Union, 2018 - 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