Three years of ongoing civil war have had serious consequences on the Yemeni population and now the country is starting to see a migrant crisis brewing. Yemen has become a country of transit, and sometimes destination, despite of the ongoing ...
On October 15 2018, MEPs Pascal Durand (Verts/ALE), Yannick Jadot (Verts/ALE), Ernest Urtasun (Verts/ALE) addressed the issue of the French arms exports to Saudi Arabia, in a parliamentary question to HR/VP Federica Mogherini. On October 15 2018, MEPs Pascal Durand ...
On November 6th, 2018 the Chair of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), Pier Antonio Panzeri released a statement on the life sentence handed to Bahraini opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman. Panzeri expressed his deep concerns on the ...
The European Parliament (EP) adopted during the plenary session of the October 4th, a resolution on the situation in Yemen. The UN-brokered negotiations, established to find a political solution, have not yet led to substantial progress, this has led the ...
On August 24 2018, MEP Ángela Vallina (GUE/NGL) addressed the issue of the death penalty and specifically the case of human rights defender Israa al-Ghomgham, in Saudi Arabia, in a parliamentary question to HR/VP Federica Mogherini. The number of executions ...
Habib Ali Mubarak is a 32-year-old Bahraini from Jad Hafes. He was disappeared, tortured, and convicted in an unfair trial, and his wife and infant son were imprisoned and held for eight months following his arrest. He remains in Jau ...
On October 25th 2018, the European Parliament approved a resolution on the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Saudi Arabia has continued to arrest, prosecute and imprison journalists, political activists and human rights defenders. The ...
