Setting out new evidence showing how Alexei was poisoned, PACE has again called on Russia to launch an independent investigation into the incident
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PACE rapporteurs call for Alexei 's release, pointing out his original (suspended) sentence was in effect fabricated, according to the #ECtHR: "This sentence should never have been applied, and so Mr #Navalny should not have been liable to arrest”
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Congratulations to Maria Kalesnikava, who has just been announced as the winner of the 2021 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize! #HavelPrize
Alexei and 's chief investigator are due to take part in a livestreamed hearing on Tuesday morning, part of 's report into #Navalny's poisoning - watch live in EN, FR and RU from 10.30am CET.
pace.coe.int/en/news/8155/a
The deportation to Russia and "russification" of Ukrainian children shows evidence of genocide, PACE has said.
In a video address to the , Ukraine's First Lady said Russia was deliberately "depriving our children of their families, names, language, roots".
The Committee calls on Russia to launch an "independent and effective" investigation into the poisoning of Alexei , and reach agreement soon with the on a technical visit:
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Congratulations to Saudi women's rights activist , who has just been announced as the winner of the 2020 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize!
Learn more about Loujain's work from her sister Lina:
vimeo.com/531343028
Full details on the PACE site soon...
PACE's Emanuelis and have warned against Julian #Assange's extradition to the US.
By publishing "accurate information on egregious human rights violations", he deserved recognition, not punishment, said Mr Zingeris.
Full statement:
pace.coe.int/en/news/9145/p
PACE invites the Council of Europe’s ministerial body to "use all tools at its disposal" to free Alexei
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PACE is now debating the poisoning of Alexei .
Here's the report by :
pace.coe.int/en/files/29613
Watch the debate LIVE here:
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Or via YouTube, where you can scroll mid-stream or catch the recording:
youtube.com/watch?v=km80bY
Advances of the rights of #LGBTI people are under threat, says PACE - pointing to "extensive and often virulent attacks" on them over several years notably in Hungary, Poland, Russia, Turkey and the UK:
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“I consider Mr to be a political prisoner,” said Ms Ævarsdóttir. “His conviction and sentencing in 2014 were unlawful – this is not my evaluation, but the binding judgment of the European Court of Human Rights. Every act that depends on that conviction is also unlawful.”
“It is a very serious matter for democratic countries to spy on their politicians, or their journalists – and to do so for years. It’s a grave abuse of human rights” - rapporteur , opening today's PACE #spyware hearing.
Watch it again:
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Warm congratulations to from Bosnia and Herzegovina, who has just been elected by the Assembly as the 's new Commissioner for Human Rights! She will serve a six-year term, beginning in April.
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PACE General Rapporteur on protecting #whistleblowers has expressed serious concern at reports that US officials discussed assassinating Julian #Assange: “If these reports are true, I am horrified."
Full statement:
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Coming up today at around 10.30am CET, a PACE hearing on the poisoning of Alexei . Prior to his detention he agreed to take part. Also invited: 's and a Russian Govt representative. Watch LIVE in RU, EN, FR: vodmanager.coe.int/live/?appname=
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Сегодня в 10:30 СЕТ: слушания в #ПАСЕ по отравлению Алексея Навального . До его задержания он дал согласие принять участие. Также приглашены представитель Правительства #РФ и расследователь Христо Грозев. LIVE на русском, англ. и фр.: vodmanager.coe.int/live/?appname=
Congratulations to Tiny Kox (Netherlands, UEL), who has just been elected as the next President of the Parliamentary Assembly!
The sitting has restarted and the new President is saying a few words now. Watch live...
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In a unanimous vote, the Assembly has called on the 's ministerial body to request that Russia "immediately withdraw from the Council of Europe" and if it does not comply, to determine the immediate possible date it would cease to be a member. More details coming...
Russia's so-called referendums in Ukrainian regions are "null and void", says PACE. It also:
➡️ presses for a tribunal to try Russia for the crime of aggression
➡️ labels Russia “a terrorist regime”
➡️ notes calls for UN Security Council reform
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Having heard the address from Ukrainian President @ZelenskyyUa, PACE is now debating Russia's further escalation of the war - and new ways to hold it accountable.
Read the report by Emanuelis @Zingeris:
pace.coe.int/en/files/31311
Livestream:
assembly.coe.int/nw/SessionVide
PACE is demanding strong new laws in the 's 47 countries to protect #whistleblowers - drawing inspiration from a forthcoming EU Directive assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/Ne
The head of the Kosovo* Assembly delegation to PACE, , speaks on the floor of the Assembly in today's debate on the #WesternBalkans. It's a first - the Bureau decided to allow members of the delegation to speak in this debate.
Full verbatim:
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In a unanimous resolution adopted tonight, PACE calls on the Russian Federation to release some 478 political prisoners, including Alexei , Alexei Pichugin and .
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Congratulations to Ioannis Ktistakis, who has just been elected a judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Greece! Full details of the vote to come on the site shortly... #ECHR
The Assembly, in a resolution on media freedom, declares that the detention and prosecution of founder Julian #Assange "sets a dangerous precedent for journalists" and calls for his prompt release. The full resolution: assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xr
PACE has unanimously demanded the setting up of an international criminal tribunal in The Hague to prosecute Russian and Belarusian political and military leaders who “planned, prepared, initiated or executed” Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine 🇺🇦
#StandWithUkraine
The Assembly, ending an all-day debate, votes for unity in supporting Ukraine and "maximum pressure" on Russia to cease its aggression:
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“We call upon the Russian authorities to release Mr Navalny immediately,” concluded the two rapporteurs.
Some acts committed by Russia against Ukrainian civilians, including killings, forcible transfers and the “russification” of Ukrainian children, could fall under the definition of #genocide, the Assembly said in yesterday's resolution. More:
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Alexey : Council of Europe leaders urge Russia to respect its human rights obligations
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How far have Türkiye and Spain implemented the recommendations in the Assembly's 2021 resolution on "Should politicians be prosecuted for statements made in the exercise of their mandate"?
Read the follow-up report by , just made public:
assembly.coe.int/LifeRay/JUR/Pd
PACE General Rapporteur @ALouisDeputee13 condemns the recent campaign against civil society in #Belarus: "The authorities clearly want to eliminate any opposition to the current government. This is unacceptable in [...] a country at the heart of Europe."
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"We are Europeans - and we want our country back" - Sviatlana , leader of the Belarus opposition, is addressing the Assembly now, as part of a high-level panel on democratic security...
Watch live:
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As the #Assange extradition hearing opens, Media Freedom General Rapporteur reiterates PACE’s position that the founder should not be extradited but should be promptly released, as his prosecution “sets a dangerous precedent for journalists”.
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The @CoE Assembly, in a resolution on media freedom, declares that the detention and prosecution of @wikileaks founder Julian #Assange "sets a dangerous precedent for journalists" and calls for his prompt release. The full resolution: assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xr
Assange extradition fight: PACE's has welcomed the leave for appeal to the UK Supreme Court granted by the High Court
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In a resolution, PACE has called on the International Olympic Committee to maintain its position and ban all Russian and Belarusian athletes from taking part in the #Paris2024 Olympics and Paralympics, and other major sporting events, "as long as the war of aggression continues".
Congratulations to Despina Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis, who has just been elected as the Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly! She is the first woman to hold the post in PACE's 72-year history. Full details of the vote on the site shortly...
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Referring to the situation in Spain, the committee urged the authorities to consider pardoning or otherwise release from prison the #Catalan politicians convicted for their role in the organisation of the unconstitutional referendum and related peaceful mass demonstrations.
PACE committee Chair has called for the immediate release of Russian opposition figure , held in Russia for denouncing the shelling of civilians:
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Mr Kara-Murza spoke to the Committee in Paris earlier this month...
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“In contrast to their determination to imprison Mr , the Russian authorities refuse to open an investigation into his attempted murder” added PACE's , recalling that #Navalny is due to speak at a PACE hearing at 10.30am CET tomorrow:
PACE Armenia monitors and Boriana Åberg have expressed concern at reports of alleged war crimes or inhuman treatment perpetrated by Azerbaijan’s armed forces:
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., rapporteur de l’Assemblée du , soutient l’asile pour Edward , et demande à l’Europe de créer une procédure d’asile pour les lanceurs d’alerte. Débat plénière de l’APCE prévu le 1 octobre. assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/Ne
Congratulations to imprisoned Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza, who has just been awarded the 2022 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize!
The 60,000-euro prize honours outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights worldwide.
#TheirCourageOurRights
WATCH NOW: a fluent and upbeat Edward , speaking by video, tells a Strasbourg event on protecting #whistleblowers: "I'm still quite optimistic. Telling the truth can be an act of self-harm... but people do it anyway!" Full video here: tv.coe.int/COE/video.php?
PACE urges use of "#Magnitsky laws" and universal jurisdiction to bring human rights abusers to justice in #Belarus
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Watch the Assembly's debate again:
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And who said what:
pace.coe.int/en/verbatim/20
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is due to address an extraordinary session of the Parliamentary Assembly via video at midday CET today.
Details and livestream in six languages:
pace.coe.int/en/pages/sessi
Or scroll in original langs on YouTube:
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. states are being urged to use universal jurisdiction and “Magnitsky laws” to prosecute those who carried out human rights abuses in #Belarus during the recent government crackdown
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1/ Happy birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights, signed #OnThisDay 70 years ago! Today, the #ECHR binds 47 nations, obliging them to respect the basic rights of everyone they deal with. In this #thread, we look at the Assembly’s key role in its drafting. #ECHR70
Yazidi human rights activist , the 2016 Vaclav Havel Prize winner, addresses the ...
Lachin corridor: "A humanitarian response alone is not sufficient, a political solution is needed" says PACE
Politicians should not face prosecution for statements made in the exercise of their political mandates, as long as they respect certain limits, says Committee.
Warm congratulations to Marija Pejčinović Burić, who has just been elected by the Assembly as Secretary General of the Council of Europe for a five-year term!
The 's ministerial body was today handed the text of a possible protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHR which would give each of us a legally-binding right to a "safe, clean, healthy and sustainable" environment. Read the draft here:
pace.coe.int/en/files/29501
Here's full video of President 's speech to the Assembly this morning, plus Q&A with members:
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And the debate which followed on Russia's escalation of the war:
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Details of the resolution coming soon...
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A highlight of the #PACEAutumn2022 session now... Ukrainian President @ZelenskyyUa addresses PACE and takes members' questions.
Livestream in 7 languages:
assembly.coe.int/nw/SessionVide
YouTube live (scrollable mid-stream):
youtube.com/watch?v=ZAXaTH
And on FB:
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.'s report on the detention of Alexei , prepared on behalf of the Committee, is now online...
pace.coe.int/en/files/29161
Watch the Assembly's urgent debate, due on Thursday morning.
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Here's the recording - in original languages - of this morning's PACE hearing on the poisoning of Alexei , with Navalny's chief of staff , 's and PACE rapporteur :
youtu.be/X1DuaX7arRg
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"Tomorrow's hearing will discuss mounting evidence that Russian state agents were directly involved. If nothing else, RU officials should be desperate to know how an illegal nerve agent, developed in secret state laboratories, came to be used against one of their fellow citizens"
Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska is about to address the Assembly as it debates the forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia.
Watch LIVE in six languages:
pace.coe.int/en/sessions/li
PACE is showing its solidarity with jailed Russian opposition leader and other political prisoners - all of whom have been awarded the #HavelPrize - at a special event at 12.30pm on Monday, the opening day of the #PACEspring2023 session. More:
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The Committee has backed “the immediate cessation of the unlawful and illegitimate obstruction of the #Lachin corridor” and calls on #Azerbaijan to implement recent decisions of the and .
Full statement adopted yesterday:
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As PACE debates the detention of Alexei
- starting in a moment - here's more on the hearing into his poisoning held earlier this month with his chief of staff , investigator and the 's :
Congratulations to İzmir in Turkey 🇹🇷, which has just been awarded the 2022 Europe Prize! 🇪🇺
The Prize goes to the town - chosen from a shortlist of six - which is judged to be the most active in promoting the European ideal.
More on the win...
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Nagorno-Karabakh: Tiny Kox urges dialogue between Azerbaijan and Armenia, and calls for a fact-finding mission to Azerbaijan
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PACE is holding an all-day debate on the consequences of Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
Around 20h, it will vote on this draft opinion, which proposes that the 's ministerial body should request that Russia "withdraw from the Council of Europe":
pace.coe.int/en/files/29855
Ukrainian President , who was due to address the Assembly at midday today, was unable to speak due to "very urgent, unforeseen circumstances" - but it's hoped that Ukrainian Prime Minister will be able to speak via video-link at 16h CET today...
Congratulations to Mykola Gnatovskyy, who has just been elected as a judge on the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Ukraine! #ECHR
Details of the vote to come in a moment...
More on the procedure:
pace.coe.int/en/pages/commi
Table of elections:
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. on visas: "To travel in dignity, to be welcomed and trusted, would be the most tangible proof of our return to Europe"
"Absolutely unacceptable" - PACE's media freedom General Rapporteur has called on the #Belarus authorities to immediately release 's #RamanPratasevich.
Full statement:
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WATCH LIVE: The #PACEAutumn2019 plenary in Strasbourg is resuming now with an important debate on improving the protection of #whistleblowers. is presenting his proposals now... pace.coe.int/Sessions/201910
The consequences of Russia's aggression against Ukraine will be the only substantive topic on the agenda at an "extraordinary" hybrid meeting of the Assembly on 14-15 March. PACE will also hear from Secretary General .
Full draft agenda:
pace.coe.int/en/files/29835
Full support for the 's #NoHateNoFear initiative from all three #HavelPrize nominees today in Strasbourg...
But first up is a major debate on protecting #whistleblowers across Europe, a timely topic. PACE's is calling on states to create #asylum procedures for whistleblowers. Read his report: assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xr. Or watch live 10h CET: pace.coe.int/Sessions/201910
Murat Arslan, a currently detained Turkish defender of judicial independence, is the winner of the 2017 Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize
Selahattin Demirtaş must be freed from prison and free to exercise his political rights again without further delay, said PACE rapporteurs , and Cilevičs in reaction to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights.
PACE has hailed the "resilience, courage and determination" of exiled Belarusians, and urged practical support for them after a plenary debate today.
Belarus's democratic opposition leader Sviatlana also spoke.
More:
pace.coe.int/en/news/9148/p
"Another year and still no justice for Daphne", says rapporteur , marking the third anniversary of the Maltese journalist's death
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Warm congratulations to the town of Ivano-Frankivsk in Ukraine, just named as winner of the 2018 Europe Prize!
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Congratulations to Moscow’s Gulag History Museum, which has won the 2021 Council of Europe Museum Prize! Judges praised it for tackling difficult issues with “rare honesty”pace.coe.int/en/news/8194/t
#OnThisDay 70 years ago, the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe – later to become “Parliamentary” Assembly – held its inaugural sitting in Strasbourg. Amid great excitement, it was hailed as the first step to a true “parliament for Europe”. #CoE70 #PACEhistory
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This afternoon, at 4pm CET, PACE holds a current affairs debate on the arrest and detention earlier this month of Alexei .
You can watch the debate LIVE in six languages - including Russian - here:
assembly.coe.int/nw/SessionVide
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As Maria Kalesnikava is currently in prison in #Belarus, her sister received the #HavelPrize on her behalf at today's ceremony in Strasbourg.
In solidarity with Ukrainians, PACE's Culture Committee is calling for a total sporting ban on Russian and Belarusian teams, clubs and individuals - and extending it to all events in the fields of science, education and media, across all 46 states:
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“Dictatorships of the world are afraid of the truth, and that inner freedom that makes people stand up to the worst monsters" - , wife of imprisoned Russian political prisoner , speaking today at the . Her full speech:
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PACE has listed a series of “serious concerns” over the investigation into the murder of Maltese journalist #DaphneCaruanaGalizia, and demanded the setting up of an independent public inquiry into her death within three months. Full resolution: assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xr
PACE Rapporteur calls on Spain and Turkey to include politicians in early prison releases prompted by #coronavirus pace.coe.int/en/news/7837/r
PACE calls on member and observer states to set up an ad hoc international tribunal in Strasbourg to prosecute the crime of "aggression" against Ukraine
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The assassination of #DaphneCaruanaGalizia and the rule of law in #Malta: the committee has just approved Mr Omtzigt’s report! Full text coming shortly...
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Meeting in Paris this morning, the @PACE_LegalHR Committee has begun discussing @PieterOmtzigt’s report on #DaphneCaruanaGalizia’s assassination and the rule of law in #Malta: ensuring that the whole truth emerges...
Congratulations again to Moscow's Gulag History Museum, which was awarded the 2021 Museum Prize at a special ceremony in Strasbourg last night!
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Missed this afternoon's debate at PACE on the arrest and detention of Alexei ?
Watch it again here in English:
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Or read the automatic transcription of what was said here, in due course:
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The hearing is under way! The Chair announces that - due to his detention - Mr is unable to take part, but he should be replaced by his chief of staff . There will be no representative of the Russian authorities, he adds.
Stella Kyriakides from Cyprus is elected as President of the Parliamentary Assembly. She will serve until January 2018. assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/Ne
At the opening of its Summer Session, PACE again stands for a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the war in Ukraine...
#StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦
Politicians and journalists from Greece, Poland and Spain and who have been targeted by the #Pegasus or similar spyware are to give testimony at a PACE public hearing in Paris next week, live-streamed in English:
pace.coe.int/en/news/8912/p
The European Convention on Human Rights was signed #OnThisDay exactly 70 years ago!
The Assembly, which played a major role in initiating and shaping the Convention, and has been a guardian of its values ever since, is marking the occasion in several ways...
#ECHR70 #ECHR
100 specially-designed flak jackets gifted by the “Women@PACE” group to women in the have arrived in #Kyiv and are now in use, the initiative's main organiser Laima told a meeting of the group today.
