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Serbia commemorates second anniversary of train station tragedy

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A week after a major student movement successfully unseated...

Turkey transfers Kurdish leader Öcalan to new island prison location in effort for peace

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Turkey has recently completed the relocation of Abdullah Öcalan,...

Turkey nominates former foreign minister for next UN chief race

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Turkey has officially nominated Feridun Sinirlioğlu, a former foreign...

G20 foreign ministers to conclude Atlanta meeting lacking consensus on critical issues

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Diplomats from the Group of 20 (G20), the world's...

Uyghur human rights activist Ilham Tohti wins 2019 Sakharov Prize

ASIA Theodoros Benakis -
In recognition of his fight for the rights of China’s Uyghur minority, economist and human rights activist Ilham Tohti will be awarded the 2019...

Ilham Tohti awarded the 2019 Sakharov Prize

ASIA Theodoros Benakis -
Uyghur economist and human rights activist Ilham Tohti has been awarded this year’s European Parliament Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. European Parliament President David...

NGOs saving lives in the Mediterranean: MEPs take stock of the situation

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
2018 Sakharov Prize finalist NGOs, which carried out rescue operations in the Mediterranean and are now prevented from operating, discussed their work with MEPs...

Iran to stop criminalising the work of women’s rights defenders

ASIA Theodoros Benakis -
MEPs deplore human rights violations and all forms of political repression in Iran. On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted a resolution taking stock of...

Chechnya must immediately release human rights defender Oyub Titiev

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
Chechnya has experienced a dramatic deterioration in the human rights situation over the last few years. MEPs urge its authorities and Russia to stop...
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Turkey transfers Kurdish leader Öcalan to new island prison location in effort for peace

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G20 foreign ministers to conclude Atlanta meeting lacking consensus on critical issues

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Protests erupt over Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal chief’s suspension

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On Friday, police secured Poland's Constitutional Tribunal as numerous...