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On the urgent affairs debate on Turkey

Posted on October 26, 2020 by Anna K

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 →

news ECtHR, PACE Monitoring, PACEvoices, Turkey

UEL Chair welcomes statement not to abuse COVID-crisis in Turkey

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Anna K

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 →

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UEL chair Tiny Kox addresses HDP Congress in Ankara

Posted on February 23, 2020 by Anna K

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 →

news Kurdish question, Turkey

UEL chair Kox urges to act in order to prevent the threat of military action in Northern Syria

Posted on October 9, 2019 by Anna K

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 →

news Council of Europe, peace, Syria, Turkey

UEL welcomes release Leyla Guven

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Anna K

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 →

news PACE Monitoring, political prisoners, Turkey

Demands from all over Europe: Release Selahattin Demirtas!

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Anna K

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 →

news Turkey

UEL calls for immediate release of Selahattin Demirtas

Posted on June 15, 2018 by The UEL Group

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 →

news Turkey

UEL draws the attention on position of imprisoned former HDP Chair

Posted on April 27, 2018 by The UEL Group

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 →

news Turkey

UEL vice chair Anneta Kavvadia expresses solidarity with HDP

Posted on February 19, 2018 by The UEL Group

UEL Vice-chairperson Ms. Kavvadia (SYRIZA, Greece), attending the 3rd Congress of HDP in Ankara, has expressed the Group’s solidarity with the 3rd largest party in the Parliament of Turkey, which suffers under harsh repression of Turkish authorities. The police hindrance… Continue Reading →

activities members, news Turkey

UEL calls for immediate ending of the Turkish military intervention in Syria

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Anna K

The Group of the Unified European Left has put a current affairs debate on the Turkish military intervention in Syria on the PACE agenda of the January session. Today, Mr. Kox, opened the debate in which he pointed out that “instead of contributing… Continue Reading →

activities members, news Syria, Turkey

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