UEL welcomes released political prisoners Vladimir Kara-Murza and Julian Assange in the Council of Europe
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UEL welcomes release Leyla Guven
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
President UEL calls for fair trial for Selahattin Demirtaş
Today, Mr. Kox, chairman of the UEL Group, addressed his PACE colleagues, chairpersons from the political groups and leaders of the national delegations in a letter calling for a fair trial for and release of Mr. Selahattin Demirtaş, co-chairperson of HDP. “May I therefore… Continue Reading
Freedom for political prisoners in Azerbaijan
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