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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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UEL Group demands immediate release of fellow colleagues from the Turkish HDP-party

Posted on January 17, 2018 by The UEL Group

“Our fellow colleagues of the UEL-group from the Turkish HDP party have again been condemned to scandalous prison sentences. No democracy is ever possible without an opposition, but our colleagues from the HDP-party are prevented from doing their work as… Continue Reading →

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President UEL calls for fair trial for Selahattin Demirtaş

Posted on December 7, 2017 by The UEL Group

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 →

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The UEL Group urges for the rights of elected Members of Parliament of Turkey to be respected

Posted on August 26, 2017 by Anna K

Today, the chairman of the UEL Group, Mr. Kox has addressed in a letter the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Mr. İsmail Kahraman and urged the latter to respect the rights of its elected MPs who are… Continue Reading →

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