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Reform of the EU’s list of tax havens _____________________ Portuguese Presidency During the debate on the Portuguese Council Presidency, the Greens/EFA urged the Prime Minister Costas to revisit, along with the Commission, the current proposals on the Common Agricultural Policy and the EU-Mercosur trade agreement in order to bring them in line with the European Green Deal. The Greens/EFA group is looking forward to working with the new Council Presidency on a strong and ambitious European Climate Law, supporting vaccine rollout across the EU, and ensuring that recovery funds contribute to ...

Jan 21 2021 06:25 Gmt+3 Last Updated On: Jan 21 2021 06:27 Gmt+3 Members of the European Parliament are expected to call for the immediate release of the imprisoned former leader of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and other prisoners of conscience during a debate on Thursday, according to Bianet. The urgent debate on human rights, democracy, and the rule of law will see European lawmakers vote on the situation in Turkey, with the case of Selahattin Demirtaş likely to feature prominently. Demirtaş was detained alongside other HDP deputies on Nov. 4, 2016, over alleged links...

Thursday, 21 January, MEPs will debate and vote on an urgency resolution on the human rights situation in Turkey, notably the case of Selahattin Demirtaş and other prisoners of conscience, and urge for their immediate release. One of the less known prisoners of conscience is Cihan Erdal, a member of the youth wing of Turkey’s Green Left Party.

New: Close Guantanamo! The incoming administration in the US represents a fresh opportunity to press for closure of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. Forty men continue to be held there, with their lives in limbo despite court orders for many of them to be released. Some have been held for almost 20 years. Amnesty has released new research on the ongoing human rights violations at Guantanamo Bay. WHAT YOU CAN DO Share the slides and graphics featured on Amnesty Canada’s social media feeds Ongoing: Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh Since August 2017, hundreds of thousands of Rohingy...

5 min read In October 2014, protesters in dozens of cities and towns in Turkey tried to pressure the government into acting against Islamic State militants in Kobani, a Kurdish town in Syria. Police and demonstrators clashed violently. Among those thought to be involved were opposition political parties such as the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP). Six years later, on Sept. 25, 2020, Carleton University PhD student and Canadian permanent resident Cihan Erdal was arrested in Turkey, along with 81 others, for his involvement in HDP at the time of the 2...