“The UEL Group in PACE considers the recent visit of Turkish President Erdogan to occupied Varosha in northern Cyprus a direct violation of UN Security Council Resolutions 550 and 789 and the recent Conclusions of the European Council,” says UEL… Continue Reading
The Group of the Unified European Left in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, in cooperation with GUE-NGL at the European Parliament, convened a remote conference on the increasing tension in Eastern Mediterranean, where the international security situation… Continue Reading
Upon the request of Mr Tiny Kox on behalf of the UEL group, the Standing Committee of the PACE decided to have an urgent debate on Turkey and asked the rapporteurs of the Committee on Honouring of Obligations and Commitments… Continue Reading
The rapporteurs of the Council of Europe, who monitor the compliance by Turkey with human rights, have just urged the Turkish government not to abuse the corona crisis. Rapporteurs Hammarberg (SOC, Sweden) and Howell (EC, UK) say they are shocked… Continue Reading
UEL chairperson Mr. Tiny Kox (SP, The Netherlands) and Secretary General Mrs. Anna Kolotova participated in the 4th ordinary Congress of HDP on 23 February held in Ankara. On behalf of the European Left, Mr. Kox expressed solidarity with the… Continue Reading
The Group leader of UEL has addressed the Turkish Minister for foreign affairs in writing. Mr. Kox called on the Minister, Mr. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, who is also PACE’s honorary president, to avoid a military operation as it goes counter international… Continue Reading
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
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
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