On Tuesday 19 February 2019, during its monthly meeting, the Subcommittee on Human Rights has organised an exchange of views on the human rights situation in the Arab Peninsula in association with the Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula. ...
On Monday 18 February and Tuesday 19 February, the Subcommittee on Human Rights held its monthly meeting at the European Parliament. Many issues were addressed during these two days, such as a presentation of a study on misuse of Interpol’s ...
On the 7th of January 2019, MEP Demetris Papadakis (S&D) addressed the issue to the starvation case of 85000 children under the age of five who probably died from acute malnutrition during the current war in Yemen. On the 7th ...
On the 14th of February, the EU Parliament in Strasbourg has adopted a resolution on women’s rights defenders in Saudi Arabia (2019/2564(RSP), proposed by Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Ignazio Corrao, Rosa D’Amato on behalf of the EFDD Group. This resolution has ...
On the 12th of February the news of a Saudi private meeting with EU officials, and MEPs overshadowed the revolutionary political step achieved by the EU Commission in Strasbourg the very next day. The European institution approved and updated its ...
Today marks the 8th anniversary of the “Day of Rage”, the beginning of the Bahraini uprising. The Bahrainis organised and led peaceful protests against the ruling Al Khalifa family to demand deep social reforms. Security forces responded with violence by ...
On the 25th of September 2018, MEPs Jordi Solé (Verts/ALE) and Josep-Maria Terricabras (Verts/ALE) addressed the issue of arms exports to Saudi Arabia by the Spanish government to the Commission and VP/HR Federica Mogherini On the 25th of September 2018, MEPs ...
