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    Greens/EFA round-up 19-22 October 2009

    Priorities for the Greens included the Council and Commission statements on climate change and developing countries as well as the vote on resolution on freedom of information in Europe and in Italy and on Guinea. The draft EU budget 2010 and the decision on the 2009 Sakharov Prize laureate were also plenary highlights.
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    Iran

    Greens/EFA strongly condemn the excessive force, arbitrary arrests and alleged torture in the repression of protests over the disputed Iranian presidential elections. They reaffirm their absolute opposition to the use of the death penalty and deplore the systematic restriction of the freedom of information.
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    Democracy Building in the EU's External Relations

    Greens/EFA recommend the Council conclusions to include concrete and practical suggestions for improving coordination of democracy support in the EU foreign, human rights and development policy instruments; they also consider that the embedding of democracy and democratic processes in third countries offers the best prospects for developi…
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    Guinea

    The Greens/EFA resolution condemns the brutal attacks against peaceful demonstrators by security and armed forces and all acts of sexual violence during the repression. Greens/EFA welcomes arms embargo against Guinea and the setting-up of an international commission of enquiry, and call on the authorities and the military Junta to immedia…
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    Human rights

    Today, at 15.00 in the European Parliament plenary chamber, Greens/EFA MEPs will display images of Anna Politkovskaya, the Russian journalist and human rights activist who was murdered three years ago on this day. This is to pay tribute not only to her, but to all those who have paid with their...
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    Sakharov Prize

    Today, a joint meeting of the European Parliament's foreign affairs and development committees selected a shortlist of three candidates for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. (1) Greens/EFA Co-presidents Rebecca Harms and Daniel Cohn-Bendit commented: "We are very pleased that Greens/EF...
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    Israel-Gaza

    UN Human Rights Council will today defer a vote on the Goldstone Gaza report until March 2010. The vote on the UN resolution concerning the report was mainly blocked by the US, with the silent support of the EU. The report of the Goldstone fact-finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict concluded that bot...
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    Brussels Agenda

    Greens/EFA priorities from rhe EU agenda and events including a press conference on press freedom in Italy.
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    The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought

    Over the years, Greens have often nominated candidates who also supported environmental progress in their fight for fundamental rights. Last year, the jailed Chinese dissident Hu Jia - who was nominated by the Greens/EFA Group - was awarded the Sakharov Prize. What about 2009 ?
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    Situation of human rights defenders in Russia in light of the recent abuses in Chechnya

    The background to the seminar and the film screening "Russian Lessons" (with the presence of the film director) is the worsening impunity of human rights violations in Russia in light of the recent abuses in Chechnya. Main focus will be on the recently dramatically intensified pattern of killing of human rights defenders in Russia.