Freed Chinese dissident launches Transatlantic Human Rights Link
16/05/2013
The blind Chinese activist who escaped house arrest and whose freedom in the USA was organised by former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has marked the anniversary by launching a transatlantic project for parliamentarians...
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Mali: International donor support only effective if elections deliver stable government
16/05/2013
Leading ALDE MEP Louis Michel (MR, Belgium), who has been recently nominated as Head of the EU's observer mission for the presidential elections in Mali says that the forthcoming elections are a vital opportunity to start...
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Window of opportunity opens up for Ukraine
15/05/2013
On the day the European Commission has given the green light to the Council for the signature of the Association Agreement with Ukraine, ALDE hosted a "Ukraine day" to discuss the current situation in the country.
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EU must take bold step towards Magnitsky visa ban list
02/05/2013
The Irish Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee has adopted a resolution stating that the Irish Presidency will highlight their concern and that of the international community about the death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky...
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Don't play hockey with Belarusian dictators, say European liberals
24/04/2013
Liberals in the European Parliament strongly oppose to Belarus hosting the Ice Hockey World Cup in 2014. They urge national hockey federations to revoke the decision at its upcoming International Hockey Federation meeting in...
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Libya: Mahmoud Jebril calls for national dialogue to consolidate democratic transition
11/04/2013
This week the ALDE group welcomed Mahmoud Jibril, Libya's interim Prime Minister after the fall of the Gaddafi regime and currently leader of the largest political party in the Libyan Parliament (National Forces Alliance). This...
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Russia: visa-waiver agreement is unacceptable without Magnitsky law
20/03/2013
The EU member states should adopt their own ‘Magnitsky law’ to punish Russian violators of human rights if progress on relaxing visa regulations between the EU and Russia is to be made, according to ALDE Russia spokeswoman...
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Libya's National Forces Alliance - a model for democratic transition for the entire region
17/03/2013
Guy Verhofstadt is in Tripoli, Libya this weekend with two members of the ALDE group bureau on the invitation of Mahmud Gebril to commemorate the first anniversary of the National Forces Alliance party.
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EU cannot stand by and watch Syria implode
13/03/2013
Addressing the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg today, Guy Verhofstadt pleaded for a more activist EU approach to Syria which, if allowed to rumble on, will destroy the country its people and have a...
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EU should develop a strategy for Turkmenistan that will promote freedom and human rights
21/02/2013
Norica Nicolai (PNL, Romania) the European Parliament's rapporteur on Turkmenistan, welcomed the recent release from prison of Sapardurdy Khajiev and Annakurban Amanklychev, unjustly jailed in 2006 for assisting a French film...
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