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Latest news - Next DROI Meeting - Subcommittee on Human Rights 14-02-2018 03:42 PM CET The next meeting of the Subcommittee on Human Rights will take place on Tuesday 27 February 2018, from 09.00 - 12.30, meeting room József Antall (4Q1) Representatives of NGOs as well as other organisations are requested to accede to the EU Transparency Register and follow the procedures therein for access to the European Parliament. Further information Watch the meeting live Draft agenda and meeting documents Press statements issued by the DROI Chair Calendar of DROI Meetings 2018 Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Publications - Press Statements : Sudan must release Salih Mahmoud Osman, insist EP Vice-President and DROI Chair - Subcommittee on Human Rights 14-02-2018 03:38 PM CET In light of recent developments in Sudan, Vice-President of the European Parliament, Heidi Hautala and the Chair of the Human Rights Subcommittee, Pier Antonio Panzeri stated: "We strongly condemn the arbitrary arrest by Sudanese forces of Salih Mahmoud Osman, Sakharov Prize Laureate and Vice President of the Darfur Bar Association, as well as arrests of other human rights defenders in Sudan..." Press statement Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Publications - Press Statements : Crimean Tatar leaders denounce human rights violations in Ukraine - Subcommittee on Human Rights 14-02-2018 03:35 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. Press statement Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Publications - Press Statements : Afghanistan: DROI Chair condemns deadly attack against a Save the Children office - Subcommittee on Human Rights 14-02-2018 03:33 PM CET Shocked by the recent attack against a 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 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." Press statement Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Publications - Press Statements : Yemen's Houthi rebels must quash the death sentence against Baha'i prisoner - Subcommittee on Human Rights 14-02-2018 03:32 PM CET Alarmed by the recent death sentence pronounced against Hamed bin Haydara, the Chair of the EP's Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), Mr Pier Antonio Panzeri, made the following statement: "On 2 January 2018, a rebel-controlled criminal court in Sanaa sentenced the Baha'i prisoner Hamid bin Haydara to death for allegedly collaborating with Israel and forging official documents. His execution, the date of which is unknown, is to be carried out in public. The sentence is the result of a fundamentally flawed process. I therefore call on the responsible Houthi leaders to make sure that Mr. Haydara's death sentence is repealed and that he and the other Baha'i prisoners are released." Press statement Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Publications - Press Statements : Ethiopian opposition leader Merera Gudina finally released from prison - Subcommittee on Human Rights 14-02-2018 03:31 PM CET Welcoming Professor Merera Gudina's release, the Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), Mr Pier Antonio Panzeri, made the following statement: "I am delighted about the release of Prof Merera Gudina, chairman of the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), because his arrest had been particularly shocking for the European Parliament. In fact, Professor Merera Gudina had been arrested almost immediately after attending a meeting in the European Parliament on 9 November 2016 where the human rights situation in Ethiopia was discussed.." Press statement Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Publications - Press Statements : EP Chairs call for the immediate release of human rights defender Oyub Titiev - Subcommittee on Human Rights 14-02-2018 03:27 PM CET Alarmed by the detention of Oyub Titiev, Chairs of the Foreign Affairs committee, David McAllister (EPP, DE), and of the Human Rights Subcommittee, Pier Antonio Panzeri (S&D, IT), stated: "We are very concerned at the detention this week of Oyub Titiev, the prominent human rights defender and Director of the Memorial Human Rights Centre in the Chechen Republic and we call on the Russian authorities to immediately ensure his release and to provide him with all the necessary safeguards in the current proceedings." Press statement Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Publications - Urgency Resolutions : JANUARY 2018 - STRASBOURG - Subcommittee on Human Rights 14-02-2018 03:20 PM CET MEPs call for elections in Democratic Republic of Congo, condemn violence in Nigeria and urge China to release human rights activists. Press statement on DRC, Nigeria and Tibet Nigerian government must step up security efforts Democratic Republic of Congo: government must hold elections on 23 December 2018 China must release human rights activists Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Publications - AFET/DROI Reports : JANUARY 2018 - Women, gender equality and climate justice - Subcommittee on Human Rights 14-02-2018 03:19 PM CET Women, gender equality and climate justice Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Publications - AFET/DROI Reports : DECEMBER 2017 - Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2016 - Subcommittee on Human Rights 14-02-2018 03:18 PM CET Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2016 and the EU policy on the matter Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Publications - HR Resolutions : DECEMBER 2017 - STRASBOURG - Subcommittee on Human Rights 14-02-2018 03:15 PM CET Situation in Afghanistan Situation of the Rohingya people Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Publications - Urgency Resolutions : DECEMBER 2017 - STRASBOURG - Subcommittee on Human Rights 14-02-2018 03:14 PM CET MEPs call for the release of Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Van Hoa, the reinstatement of Cambodian opposition lawmakers, and the decriminalisation of miscarriage and abortion in El Salvador. Freedom of expression in Vietnam, notably the case of Nguyen Van Hoa Cambodia: the banning of the opposition El Salvador: the cases of women prosecuted for miscarriage Press statement 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