The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe - 306 parliamentarians from 46
@CoE
nations speaking for 730 million Europeans on human rights and democracy
Julian Assange speaks in public for the first time since his release at a
@PACE_LegalHR
hearing tomorrow at 8.30am CEST.
Watch live in broadcast quality in several languages:
Or on YouTube, with mid-stream scrolling and replay:
A PACE committee has expressed deep concern at the harsh treatment of Julian
#Assange
, warned of its chilling effect - and called on the US to investigate and prosecute the alleged war crimes and human rights violations he exposed.
Debate due 2 October.
Russian opposition leader Vladimir
@karamurza
was awarded the
#HavelPrize
in 2022, when he was in a Russian jail.
Today he returned to PACE - a free man - and accepted the award, in person this time...
Watch his compelling speech:
PACE Georgia monitors Claude Kern and
@editeestrela
, and the of head of the Assembly's election observer team
@iulibulai
, have expressed deep concern as
@Transparency_GE
in the country is forced to end its election operation.
Full statement:
“I am only here today because of you!” - Mr Vladimir Kara-Murza in the Council of Europe today. Thank you for a moving and inspiring statement.
@coe
@PACE_News
The 2024
#HavelPrize
- honouring those courageous individuals around the world who defend human rights - is about to be awarded at a ceremony in Strasbourg.
Watch this short film on the three shortlisted candidates...
The ceremony to award the 2024
#HavelPrize
is getting under way now, beginning with a special address by 2022 winner
@vkaramurza
, recently released from prison in Russia...
Watch LIVE:
More on the three shortlisted candidates:
📢The Execution Coordinators Network (ExCN) was launched in June 2024 to enable
@coe
member states to support each other in executing
@ECHR_CEDH
judgments, and to strengthen the dialogue between all stakeholders and the national coordinators.
Learn more➡️
"Free and legitimate elections are essential to safeguard Georgia’s place in Europe", says
@iulibulai
, the head of a PACE delegation which has just ended a two-day "pre-electoral" visit to the Georgian capital.
Read his full statement:
"He's not a President. He’s a usurper, a dictator, a murderer."
@PACE_President
Theodoros Rousopoulos, in the first of a new
#podcast
series, talks with Russian opposition leader
@vkaramurza
about Putin, prison life, and Russia's democratic future.
New practical guide to help Belarusians in exile in Europe published by
@PACE_Migration
. Hopefully, it will have some positive impact on the lives of Belarusians who were forced to flee their country and who are fighting for a democratic
#Belarus
.
What can legislators and policy-makers do to help Belarusians in exile in Europe in practical terms?
Read "The Luxembourg Solutions", a new guide, in English, French and Belarusian, just published by PACE...
Julian Assange is to attend a PACE committee hearing next week in Strasbourg on his detention and conviction and their chilling effect on human rights, ahead of a plenary debate on this topic the next day.
Both events will be livestreamed.
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