Pier Antonio Panzeri (S&D, IT), Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights made the following statement on the detentions following yesterday's demonstrations in Russia:
"I regret and condemn the fact that yesterday's demonstrations in many cities across Russia were followed by a large number of arrests and detentions, including that of opposition leader Alexey Navalny and a number of journalists."
"States have to honour their commitments to the human rights conventions, which they have ratified", said Subcommittee on Human Rights Chair Antonio Panzeri concerned by the increasing number of cases of reprisals and intimidation against human rights defenders, during a visit to the 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council's on 20 and 21 March 2017.
For full statement see below
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Lieu: Meeting room ASP 3G3, Brussels
The next meeting of the Subcommittee on Human Rights will take place on Wednesday 22 March 2017 from 9.00 - 12.30 and from 3.00 - 6.30 p.m. in room ASP A3G-3.
"Women's day is everyday!", said Hauwa Ibrahim, Nigerian human rights lawyer and 2005 Sakharov Prize laureate to Women's Rights & Gender Equality and Human Rights MEPs. "We are not going to be silent, we are going to stand up for the rights of every human being, particularly women", she added. Full statement below.