Chairman of UEL, Tiny Kox wants Secretary General, Thorbjørn Jagland and Human Rights’ Commissioner, Nils Muižnieks, to join efforts to allow the participation in the upcoming regional elections in the Basque Country in Spain, of Mr. Otegi, leader of EH BILDU, who is… Continue Reading
UEL Chair Tiny Kox is shocked by again a new terrorist attack in Turkey: “This time the attack targetted a wedding of HDP Party members in Sahinbey, district of Gaziantep and murdered 50 citizens, whereas more than 100 were wounded.… Continue Reading
The UEL Group welcomes the decision on July 14 of the Court of Appeal of Ivano-Frankivsk region which has found journalist and blogger Ruslan Kotsaba not guilty of high treason to be released from custody. Kotsaba, who spent 1,5… Continue Reading
Former political prisoners from Azerbaijan, amongst who Vaclav Havel Human Rights Price winner Anar Mammadli and well known human rights activist Rasul Jafarov, met in Strasbourg with UEL Chair Tiny Kox, to promote with him a new campaign to get… Continue Reading
After the outcome of the British referendum, UEL Chair Tiny Kox, has issued the following statement: Now the British citizens have decided to leave the European Union, this important part of the European co-operation architecture will urgently have to rethink… Continue Reading
UEL Chair Tiny Kox welcomes the presence of Ukrainian MP Nadia Savchenko in the plenary meeting of the Assembly in Strasbourg, which was possible after her release from Russian imprisonment, after she was pardoned by the President of the Russian… Continue Reading
While meeting with the new Chair of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers in Tallinn today, UEL Chair Tiny Kox welcomed the release of Ukrainian MP and member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Nadia Savchenko.… Continue Reading
UEL Chairman, Mr. Kox congratulated yesterday the former vice-chairman, Mr. Petrenco and his comrades with his final release on which the UEL Group has been insisting throughout months. For a member State of the Council of Europe it is not… Continue Reading
The deal between the European Union and Turkey about the returning of refugees is in contradiction with human rights and international law. This has been stated by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in the adopted resolution. UEL… Continue Reading
The UEL Group is deeply saddened by the tragedies in Brussels. Once again, another terrorist attack has taken the lives of innocent people. UEL Chair Tiny Kox (Netherlands) offers his condolences to relatives and friends of the victims in Brussels… Continue Reading