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The first prison sentence for opposing the war on religious grounds was issued in Russia
A 63-year-old Russian Orthodox Christian has become the first person to be sentenced to prison for expressing his opposition to Russia’s war…
“Free Uzbekistan” Report to the 23rd Conference of the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons
By Hasanboy Burhanov, founder of the political opposition movement Erkin O’zbekiston (Free Uzbekistan). A report in English, distributed to the participants of…
European Ombudsman publishes annual report for 2022
The Ombudsman has published her annual report for 2022 with transparency and accountability issues representing the largest percentage of complaints (32%). The…
Schengen – the small village that changed Europe
The Schengen Agreement known today was signed in a small village in the south-eastern part of Luxembourg – a place steeped in…
Will the Spanish presidency of the Council of the EU be suspended?
This is the question some activists are asking themselves in Spain The presidency of the Council of the European Union (Consillium) is…
First decision revising the statute of Former Members
The Bureau's decision on Former Members revises the existing rules, dating from 1999, on the access rights
Luxembourg’s Prime Minister: Do not fall for the siren call of populism
Luxembourg's Prime Minister urged MEPs to defend the fundamental principles of freedom and respect on which the EU is based in the…
France prosecutes PKK members accused of extortion and terrorism
France has put on trial 11 alleged high-ranking members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), accused of extortion, terrorist financing and propaganda…
Erdogan: Putin may visit Turkey for the opening of the nuclear plant
Azerbaijan will supply natural gas to Hungary, via Bulgaria Russian President Vladimir Putin may visit Turkey for the opening ceremony of the…