The European Parliament urges the Russian authorities to launch opposition politician Alexei Navalny along with other detained demonstrators, condemns the crackdown on calm protestors and arrests of peoples rights defenders and reporters in Belarus, and calls regarding the federal government of Bangladesh to shut loopholes in new legislation that offer appropriate authorisation for son or daughter marriage, in three resolutions voted on Thursday.

MEPs condemn the detention of opposition politician Alexei Navalny and a huge selection of other protestors on 26 March 2017, during exactly what had been reckoned to end up being the largest protests in Russia considering that the anti-Kremlin demonstrations in 2011 and 2012. They turn to the Russian authorities to discharge and drop the “politically motivated” charges against all detainees and also to uphold the fundamental freedoms of phrase and assembly that is peaceful.

The EEAS and the member states to take action against any attempted money laundering or illegal assets inside the EU and send a “strong common message” on the role of human rights in the EU-Russia relationship between 33,000 and 93,000 people took part in the anti-corruption demonstrations initiated by Alexei Navalny’s organization in over 80 cities. Continuar lendo →