UEL Chair Mr Tiny Kox welcomes the release of Mrs Leyla Guven, after a hunger-strike of 79 days in a Turkish prison. Mrs Guven is MP for HDP and was in pre-trial detention since the beginning of 2018. In jail… Continue Reading
After welcoming the change of the title of the debate on the future of the Council of Europe from its initial title: “the Council of Europe – an organisation in crisis” to “reflect a more positive light on the prospects… Continue Reading
While giving his speech at the opening of the exposition ‘Distance’, initiated by the Dutch Helsinki Committee, Chair of UEL, Mr. Tiny Kox (SP.NL, The Netherlands) recalled his contentment with the release of Ilgar Mammadov. Mr. Ilgar Mammadov, leader of… Continue Reading
On Tuesday, June 26, UEL vice-chairwoman Ms. Kavvadia (Syriza, Greece) praised Syria’s neighboring countries for their approach to refugees in the debate on the humanitarian situation of refugees in the countries neighboring Syria. “These countries are giving a lesson to Europe:… Continue Reading
Leaders of five political groups in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe have demanded the immediate release of Mr Selahattin Demirtas, one of the six candidates for the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey in Sunday 24 June… Continue Reading
UEL Chair Tiny Kox, together with the chairs of the Group of the European People’s Party, the Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and the Free Democrats Group at the Parliamentary Assembly of… Continue Reading
“Dr Bernard Sabella from the Palestinian PACE delegation, in response to our solidarity declaration with the Palestinian people, is calling on Europe to do more to achieve progress in the peace process”, said UEL chairperson Tiny Kox.
During the current affairs debate on the Copenhagen Declaration on the functioning of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) which was put on the PACE agenda on request by the UEL Group, UEL Member Hişyar ÖZSOY (HDP, Turkey) read… Continue Reading
On the request of Ms. Rósa Björk BRYNJÓLFSDÓTTIR, Head of the Icelandic delegation, vice-chairperson of PACE and Member of the UEL Group, the Assembly held the debate on Europe’s role in peacemaking initiatives in Syria. Ms. Rósa Björk BRYNJÓLFSDÓTTIR stated… Continue Reading
In the Urgent debate: follow-up to the report of the Independent Investigation Body on the allegations of corruption within the Parliamentary Assembly chairman of the UEL Group delivered the following speech: It is sad to recognize that this esteemed Assembly… Continue Reading