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Alarmed by the reports coming from Kirkuk, the Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights, Mr Pier Antonio Panzeri (S&D, IT) made the following statement:

"Just weeks after Kurds voted overwhelmingly for an independent Kurdistan, Kirkuk has become a territory disputed between the government in Baghdad and the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. The Iraqi army has advanced towards Kirkuk, thousands of Kurds have already fled the city and there are even reports of terrible crimes being committed against the population of Kirkuk and the neighbouring villages..."

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Alarmed by the reports coming from Kirkuk, the Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights, Mr Pier Antonio Panzeri (S&D, IT) made the following statement: "Just weeks after Kurds voted overwhelmingly for an independent Kurdistan, Kirkuk has become a territory disputed between the government in Baghdad and the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. The Iraqi army has advanced towards Kirkuk, thousands of Kurds have already fled the city ..." read more below
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The finalists for this year's Sakharov Prize have been announced. The laureate will be selected on 26 October by the President and the political group leaders.

Aura Lolita Chavez Ixcaquic, the Democratic Opposition in Venezuela, and the Swedish- Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak have been named as this year's finalists for Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought following a vote by the foreign affairs and development committees on 10 October.

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Statement by David McAllister, Chair of AFET on the three Sakharov finalists
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On the exchange of views between the EP's Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Committee on Human Rights, National Minorities and Interethnic relations of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Pier Antonio Panzeri (Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights) and Dariusz Rosati (Chair of the EP's Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Association Committee) stated: "We discussed a wide range of issues affecting the human rights situation and challenges in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories of Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. We expressed our firm condemnation of the illegal annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol and the occupation of some regions of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, in breach of international law and of Russia's commitments and obligations under its membership of international organizations..."

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On the exchange of views between the EP’s Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Committee on Human Rights, National Minorities and Interethnic relations of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Pier Antonio Panzeri (Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights) and Dariusz Rosati (Chair of the EP’s Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Association Committee) stated:
"We discussed a wide range of issues affecting the human rights situation and challenges in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories of Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. We expressed our firm condemnation of the illegal annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol and the occupation of some regions of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, in breach of international law and of Russia's commitments and obligations under its membership of international organizations..."
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The next meeting of the Subcommittee on Human Rights will take place on Wednesday 22 November from 9.00 - 12.30 and 14.30 - 18.30 and on Thursday 23 November from 9.00 - 12.30 in meeting room ASP A3E2

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.
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Calendar of DROI Meetings 2017
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Clause de non-responsabilité : L'interprétation des débats facilite la communication mais ne constitue en aucun cas un enregistrement authentifié des débats. Seuls le discours original ou la traduction écrite révisée du discours original peuvent être considérés authentiques.
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The finalists for this year's Sakharov Prize have been announced. The laureate will be selected on 26 October by the President and the political group leaders. Aura Lolita Chavez Ixcaquic, the Democratic Opposition in Venezuela, and the Swedish- Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak have been named as this year's finalists for Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought following a vote by the foreign affairs and development committees on 10 October. Full press statement below.
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Press release in full
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The finalists for this year's Sakharov Prize have been announced. The laureate will be selected on 26 October by the President and the political group leaders.

Aura Lolita Chavez Ixcaquic, the Democratic Opposition in Venezuela, and the Swedish- Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak have been named as this year's finalists for Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought following a vote by the foreign affairs and development committees on 10 October.

Press statement
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There are six nominees for the 2017 Sakharov Prize : Asia Bibi, Aura Lolita Chavez Ixcaquic, Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag, the Democratic Opposition in Venezuela, Dawit Isaak and Pierre Mbonimpa nominated for Sakharov Prize 2017.

The next steps are:

• 10 October: the foreign affairs and development committees vote on a shortlist of three finalists
• 26 October: the Parliament President and the political group leaders announce the laureate(s)
• 13 December: award ceremony takes place at the Parliament in Strasbourg

Press release on the nominees for 2017
Audiovisual : Presentation of the candidates
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On the occasion of the World and European Day against the Death Penalty, on 10 October, Pier Antonio Panzeri (S&D, IT), Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights stated:

"I would like to reaffirm our strong, united and collective stance against the Death Penalty in all cases and under all circumstances. Capital punishment is not a deterrent against crime and renders miscarriages of justice irreversible..."

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On the occasion of the World and European Day against the Death Penalty, on 10 October, Pier Antonio Panzeri (S&D, IT), Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights stated: "I would like to reaffirm our strong, united and collective stance against the Death Penalty in all cases and under all circumstances. Capital punishment is not a deterrent against crime and renders miscarriages of justice irreversible..." (Full text below)
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Mr Panzeri, the Chair of Subcommittee on Human Rights said, "I welcome these positive developments and consider them as first steps towards respecting the UN human rights conventions on the right to life and the minimum age of 18 for criminal responsibility. I also commend the Philippines government's decision to suspend police officers from their posts on allegations of abuse. This measure is an important step towards ending impunity. An impartial investigation into the involvement of the police in extrajudicial killings and other human rights abuses should be the next step towards bringing to justice any policemen found guilty".
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Mr Panzeri, the Chair of Subcommittee on Human Rights said, "I welcome these positive developments and consider them as first steps towards respecting the UN human rights conventions on the right to life and the minimum age of 18 for criminal responsibility. I also commend the Philippines government’s decision to suspend police officers from their posts on allegations of abuse. This measure is an important step towards ending impunity." (Full statement below)
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Together with experts on the situation of Roma in the Balkans, Members will acquire a more complete and detailed understanding of the exclusion, discrimination and poverty that this minority is exposed to. Between 2008 and 2015, about 370 000 persons from five Balkan states asked for asylum in Germany, many of them Roma fleeing discrimination, persecutions, ethnic tensions and poverty.
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Members will hold an exchange of views on women and gender-based violence in Ethiopia, focusing on the Ogaden region in the southeast part of the country. The ethnic Somali population of Ogaden have been the victim of government abuses since 1992. The first speaker, Juweria Ali is from this region and will present her perspective on this worrying situation.
Members will also hear from Graham Peebles, a journalist and the author of the documentary "Ethiopia's Hidden Shame" and from Samihaa Osman, a refugee from another Ethiopian region, Oromia.
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Together with experts on the situation of Roma in the Balkans, Members will acquire a more complete and detailed understanding of the exclusion, discrimination and poverty that this minority is exposed to. Between 2008 and 2015, about 370 000 persons from five Balkan states asked for asylum in Germany, many of them Roma fleeing discrimination, persecutions, ethnic tensions and poverty.

This hearing is organised in association with the Delegation to the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee, the Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee, the Delegation to the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee, the Delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, and the Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee

Location : PHS 4B001
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