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lham Tohti's daughter accepted the 2019 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought on Wednesday on behalf of her jailed father. Tohti, a Uyghur scholar fighting for the rights of China’s Muslim Uyghur minority, has been in prison since 2014 on separatism-related charges. “Ilham Tohti, with his activism, managed to give a voice to the Uyghurs. [...] He has been working for 20 years to promote dialogue and mutual understanding between them and other Chinese people,” EP President David Sassoli said.
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Ce mercredi, la fille d'Ilham Tohti a reçu le Prix Sakharov pour la liberté de l'esprit 2019 au nom de son père emprisonné en Chine.
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The Subcommittee on Human Rights will hold an exchange of views with Dunja Mijatović, Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe, at an extraordinary meeting on Thursday 16 January 2020, 9.00 - 10.00, Room: Louise Weiss (N1.3) in Strasbourg.

The next ordinary meeting of the Subcommittee on Human Rights will take place on Wednesday 22 January from 09.00 to 12.30 and 14.30 to 18.30 and on Thursday 23 January from 09.00 to 12.30.

Representatives of NGOs as well as other organisations are requested to accede to the EU Transparency Register and follow the procedures therein for access to the European Parliament.
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Follow-up to urgency resolutions (DROI-EEAS) July 2019 to date
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Statement by European Parliament Vice-President Heidi Hautala and Subcommittee on Human Rights Chair Maria Arena on the situation of 2015 Sakharov Prize laureate Raif Badawi. "As the European Parliament awards its annual Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, we are deeply concerned about the situation of Raif Badawi, our 2015 laureate from Saudi Arabia...." Text in full below
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The Monthly Highlights publication provides an overview, at a glance, of the on-going work of the policy departments, including a selection of the latest and forthcoming publications, and a list of future events.
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Conclusion of the Free Trade Agreement EU - Viet Nam - opinion
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Investment Protection Agreement - EU - Viet Nam - opinion
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Human rights and democracy in the world and the EU's policy on the matter - annual report 2018
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Statement by the Chair of the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights, Maria Arena, on International Human Rights Day on 10 December.

"2019 was marked by waves of protests, often expressed peacefully, in Algeria, Chile, Hong Kong, Iraq, Lebanon and Sudan. These movements show how relevant the Universal Declaration of Human Rights still is decades after its adoption by the UN General Assembly on 10 December 1948..."

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Follow-up to urgency resolutions
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Recent actions by the Russian Federation against Lithuanian judges, prosecutors and investigators involved in investigating the tragic events on 13 January 1991 in Vilnius
Situation in Bolivia
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Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs express their deep concern over the unremitting attacks on democracy and shrinking space for civil society worldwide, in a resolution adopted on Wednesday.

In their annual resolution assessing the situation for human rights in the world, Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs denounce the ongoing pushback against multilateralism and the rule-based international order that continues to pose a serious challenge to human rights.

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Turkish military operation in northeast Syria and its consequences
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Imprisonment of human rights defenders and freedom of religion in Algeria
Cuba, the case of Jose Daniel Ferrer
Haiti
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