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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Long expected agreement on patents boosts innovative SMEs in the EU
11/12/2012
After four decades of negotiations and deadlocks, the European Parliament has adopted today a legislative package which sets up a unitary patent valid throughout the EU.
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Human Rights package: a strong signal of EU commitment
25/06/2012
ALDE has welcomed today's adoption of a strategic framework on human rights and the appointment of an EU Special Representative on Human Rights which the group has specifically requested in a letter to Baroness Ashton in May. ...
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Tibet - human rights are not an optional extra
14/06/2012
The European Parliament adopted a resolution today drawing attention to the human rights situation in Tibet. While this issue has been raised before in the framework of the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue further steps are...
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Verhofstadt to travel to Ukraine to see Tymoshenko
22/05/2012
Guy Verhofstadt and Hans van Baalen, ALDE Spokesman on Ukraine will travel to Ukraine this Friday (25 May) for a conference on EU-Ukraine relations. They have also formally requested to be allowed to visit Ms Tymoshenko in...
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Liberals welcome Sakharov prize to individuals behind the Arab Spring
27/10/2011
Today in Strasbourg, the European Parliament awarded the 2011 Sakharov prize for freedom of thought to the "Arab Spring" represented by the deceased Mohamed Bouazizi, from Tunisia, Asmaa Mahfouz from Egypt, Ahmed al- Zubair...
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Russia must protect human rights defenders
05/05/2011
It is with dismay we have learned of the forthcoming criminal trial against Oleg Orlov, head of Memorial and 2009 laureate of the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize. This trial, scheduled for 17 May and initiated by the Chechen...
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Elections for Tibetan Government in exile a stark contrast to Chinese suppression of dissent
21/03/2011
About 85,000 Tibetans around the world voted yesterday for a new leader and members of parliament to take up the resistance against Chinese rule over their Himalayan homeland.
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ALDE Senior MEP in Cairo to assess situation at first hand
17/02/2011
Edward McMillan-Scott (LibDem, UK), Vice-President of the European Parliament responsible for democracy and founder of the European Union’s €160m democracy and human rights instrument, is currently inEgypt’s capital Cairo to...
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MEP calls on EU to defend free speech in wake of Tunisian turmoil
18/01/2011
Congratulating the Tunisian people on their persistence in speaking up for opportunities and freedom in the face of violent oppression, ALDE MEP Marietje Schaake (D66, Netherlands) called on the EU to step up its fight for human...
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