Rebecca Harms

Mitglied des Europäischen Parlaments in der Grünen/EFA Fraktion 2004-2019

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#kyivpride 21 | 06 | 2019

Rebecca Harms bei Kyiv Pride  

Rebecca Harms, Osteuropaexpertin der europäischen Grünen, wird auch in diesem Jahr an der Kyiv Pride teilnehmen, die am Sonntag den 23. Juni in Kiew stattfinden wird:   >>
#kyivpride 21 | 06 | 2019

Rebecca Harms at Kyiv Pride  

Rebecca Harms, expert on Eastern Europe from the European Greens, will participate also this year in the Kyiv Pride, which will take place on Sunday 23 June in Kyiv:   >>
#pace 03 | 06 | 2019
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Putin muss endlich die ukrainischen Seeleute freilassen  

Statt diplomatischen Druck auf Putin auszuüben, will das alte Europa, besonders Deutschland und Frankreich, den russischen Präsidenten in die parlamentarische Versammlung des Europarates zurückholen – aus falsch verstandener Kulanz. Das ist ein Fehler.   Foto: picture alliance/dpa   >>
#pace 29 | 05 | 2019
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Rebecca Harms: Germany and France should stop supporting Russia’s unconditional return to PACE  

A few days ago, the International Maritime Tribunal in Hamburg ruled in favor of the Ukrainian lawsuit and ruled that Russia must immediately release   >>
#pace 14 | 05 | 2019

The Russian Federation cannot return to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe until all Kremlin hostages are liberated  

  To: Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Council   >>
#deutsche welle 18 | 04 | 2019
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AfD lawmaker to travel to Crimea despite international protest  

The far-right AfD insists on subverting the German government's official stance on Crimea. But experts say that has less to do with regional peace efforts than with the spread of populism in Germany. FOTO: picture-alliance/TASS/S. Malgavko     >>
#russia 17 | 04 | 2019

Rebecca Harms demands to unconditionally release all Ukrainian political prisoners on the Russian territory and in the occupied Crimea  

Rebecca Harms and other MEPs have sent a letter to Mr. Roman Sushchenko, who is a Ukrainian political prisoner in Russia   >>
#armenia 15 | 04 | 2019
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STATEMENT BY THE CHAIR OF THE EURONEST DELEGATION, MEP Rebecca HARMS   

STATEMENT  BY THE CHAIR OF THE DELEGATION, MEP Rebecca HARMS   on the human rights situation of the LGBTI community in Armenia   Brussels, 12 April 2019 - “On 5 April, a transgender woman, Ms Lilit Martirosyan, addressed the Standing Committee on the Protection of Human Rights   >>
#gas directive 04 | 04 | 2019
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Nord Stream 2: Equal rules for all   

Today, the vast majority of Members of the European Parliament adopted the amendment to the EU Gas Directive that will also apply to pipelines from third countries into the European Union, such as the (German-Russian) Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project of the Russian gas company   >>
#gasrichtlinie 04 | 04 | 2019
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Nord Stream 2: Gleiche Spielregeln für alle  

(Foto: dpa) Die EU-Gasrichtlinie gilt zukünftig auch für Pipelines, die aus Drittstaaten in die Europäische Union führen, wie das deutsch-russische Gaspipeline-Projekt Nord Stream 2 des russischen Gasunternehmens Gazprom. Die große Mehrheit der Abgeordneten des Europäischen Parlaments stimmte heute für die überarbeitete Gasrichtlinie.   >>
#desinformation 13 | 03 | 2019
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Plenarrede zu Maßnahmen gegen Desinformation  

Rebeccas Rede zur Strategischen Kommunikation der EU, um gegen sie gerichteter Propaganda durch Dritte entgegenzuwirken.   >>
#russland 12 | 03 | 2019
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Plenarrede zu den politischen Beziehungen zwischen der EU und Russland  

Rebeccas Rede zum Bericht über die politischen Beziehungen zwischen der Europäischen Union und Russland.   >>
#euractive 07 | 03 | 2019
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US and NATO step up presence in increasingly tense Black Sea region  

To counter the growing Russian threat, there is a need for increased military presence across Europe and beyond, a top NATO commander in Europe told US lawmakers on Tuesday (5 March). PHOTO: EPA/ROBERT GHEMENT   >>
#energy 13 | 02 | 2019
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Nord Stream 2: Unbundling to limit power of gas giants  

Agreement has been reached on the revision of the Gas Directive. Representatives of the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission agreed last night that EU rules would also apply to pipelines from third countries into the European Union, such as the German-Russian gas  pipeline project Nord Stream 2.    >>
#sakharov prize 22 | 12 | 2018
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After Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov receives an EU prize, what prospects for solidarity?   

Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov was recently awarded the annual Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. This should put more pressure on the EU to rethink   their relations to Russia, says Green MEP Rebecca Harms.     >>
#sakharov prize 12 | 12 | 2018
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Rebecca Harms congratulating Sakharov laureate Oleg Sentsov  

Today the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought has been awarded to Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov at the European Parliament in Strasburg. His cousin, Ms Nataliya Kaplan, who represented Oleg Sentsov, has been handed the prize.   >>
#sakharov prize 12 | 12 | 2018
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Rebecca Harms gratuliert Sacharow-Preisträger Oleg Sentsov  

Heute wurde der Sacharow-Preis für geistige Freiheit an den ukrainischen Filmregisseur Oleg Sentsov im Europäischen Parlament in Straßburg verliehen. Seine Cousine Nataliya Kaplan, die Oleg Sentsov vertrat, nahm den Preis entgegen.   >>
#sakharov prize 12 | 12 | 2018
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Sakharov Prize 2018: MEPs read out names of political Ukrainian prisoners   

On the occasion of the 2018 Award Ceremony of the Sakharov Prize MEPs from different political groups have created this video, in which they read out all the names of the Ukrainian prisoners   >>
#russland 11 | 12 | 2018

Russia's political prisoners  

In the run-up to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, Rebecca launched a joint campaign between the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament and the MEMORIAL Human Rights Centre Russia, addressing FIFA. As part of the campaign, FIFA and its member organisations were asked to address the human rights situation in Russia, fight for the release of political prisoners from Russian prisons   >>
#ukraine 26 | 11 | 2018
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Quote Rebecca Harms on the military escalation in the Sea of Azov  

On the developments concerning Russian aggression towards Ukrainian vessels in the Kerch Strait, off the Crimean peninsula illegally annexed by Russia, Rebecca Harms   >>
#turkey 20 | 11 | 2018
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Rebecca Harms on Demirtaş decision of the ECHR  

Today the European Court of Human Rights ruled in the case   >>
#russland 29 | 10 | 2018

Russlands politische Gefangene  

Im Vorfeld der FIFA Fußballweltmeisterschaft 2018 in Russland hat Rebecca eine gemeinsame   >>
#link 23 | 10 | 2018
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Debate in the EU Parliament on Russia's breach of international law in the Sea of Azov  

With the construction of the Kerch bridge and the sea blockade in the Sea of Azov, which has been ongoing for months now, Russia is continuing its illegal occupation of Crimea and breaking international law once again   >>
#the arab weekly 02 | 09 | 2018
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Violent police crackdown casts shadow on Turkey’s rapprochement with Europe   

The violence came as politicians in Germany debate possible economic assistance measures for Turkey.   >>
#stockholm center for freedom 27 | 07 | 2018
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Ukrainian prosecutor’s office: No extradition request for Turkish journalist Erdogdu  

Ten days after a list of extraditions appeared in the local media, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office stated that they had not received a request from Turkey for the extradition of Yunus Erdoğdu, a Turkish journalist.   >>
#stockholm center for freedom 23 | 07 | 2018
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Turkish journalist Erdoğdu appeals for help as new abduction list appears in Ukrainian media  

Yunus Erdoğdu, a Kiev-based Turkish journalist, has called for help as a list of 10 people including him was published in the Ukrainian media   >>
#turkey 19 | 07 | 2018
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Letter to President Erdoğan: End of the State of Emergency & return of Fundamental Rights  

Today, the State of Emergency put in place two years ago following the "failed coup" on the government lead by President Erdoğan, is expiring. It has been announced that it won't be renewed.   >>
#stockholm center for freedom 19 | 07 | 2018
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34 MEPs ask Erdoğan to protect rights, freedoms after end of state of emergency in Turkey  

Marietje Schaake, a MEP from the Netherlands and part of ALDE, on Wednesday sent a letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan cosigned by 34 MEPs from across the political spectrum urging him to improve the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms following the termination of a two-year-long state of emergency in Turkey.   >>
#kyiv post 15 | 07 | 2018
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Rebecca Harms supports arrested Crimean activist Server Mustafayev, posts his letter  

Rebecca Harms, a member of the Green Group in the EU-Parliament and an expert on Eastern Europe, has recently voiced her concerns over the human rights violations in Russian-annexed Crimea and supported one of the detained Crimean activists.   >>
#open democracy 15 | 07 | 2018
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Khayrullo Mirsaidov: the journalist from Tajikistan who received 12 years in prison for his honesty and courage   

The west cannot preach democracy and free media in Tajikistan while leaving the locals who implement these principles to fend for themselves.   >>
#human rights 12 | 07 | 2018

Letter from a political prisoner  

I was deeply touched by these strong words of resilience from Server Mustafaiev, a Crimean Human Rights activist, who has been held in detention in Russia since his arrest on 21 May 2018. Last time when I talked to Server over Video conference, he was a Human Rights activist, he now is a political prisoner.   >>
#ukraine 09 | 07 | 2018
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Quote from Rebecca Harms on the 20th EU-Ukraine Summit  

The 20th EU-Ukraine Summit took place today, the first since the   >>
#ukraine 28 | 06 | 2018
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Conference: Making Peace in Donbas – The Role of a Peacekeeping Mission   

A joint event co-organised by the Greens/EFA, the Atlantic Council –Eurasia Centre and ALDE .   >>
#expresscouk 26 | 06 | 2018
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EU’S TURKEY NIGHTMARE: Erdogan victory throws accession hopes into CHAOS  

TURKEY’S accession to full European Union membership appears more unlikely than ever after Recep Tayyip Erdogan tightened his grip on power by securing another five-year term with a resounding victory at the polls.   >>
#tagesspiegel 26 | 06 | 2018
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Weit rechts und weit weg: Die neue Türkei  

Fast zwei von drei Wählern in der Türkei haben konservative oder nationalistische Parteien gewählt. Was bedeutet das für ihr Verhältnis zum Westen?   >>
#ahval 26 | 06 | 2018
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Turkey’s new executive presidency incompatible with EU membership, says Greens MEP   

Turkey’s new executive presidential system that comes into effect with the re-election of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday is not compatible with EU membership, said Rebecca Harms   >>
#welt 26 | 06 | 2018
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Putin gratuliert schnell, Europa schweigt erst mal  

Nach dem Wahlsieg des Präsidenten in der Türkei herrscht beredte Stille in Europa. Kein Jubel, Abwarten – und dass man die Beitrittsverhandlungen zur EU jetzt ganz kritisch sieht. Schließlich sei die Türkei keine Demokratie mehr.    >>
#euractiv 26 | 06 | 2018
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Türkei-Wahl: „Wir brauchen einen Plan B“  

Bei einer Wahlbeteiligung von 87 Prozent haben die Türken Recep Tayyip Erdogan für weitere fünf Jahre als Präsident mit ausgeweiteten Befugnissen gewählt. Aus Sicht des EU Parlaments stehen die Chancen für eine Wiederaufnahme der Beitrittsverhandlungen damit schlechter denn je.   >>
#turkey 25 | 06 | 2018
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European Parliament Turkey Forum: Public Statement on the 24 June presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey  

In a landmark election, the Turkish people has elected Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as president with 52% of the vote.   >>
#deutsche welle 22 | 06 | 2018
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Could Turkey's opposition reset ties with the EU?  

Turkey's main opposition party is giving President Recep Tayyip Erdogan his biggest challenge in years. Can they win the election — and win back Brussels? Teri Schultz visits the CHP's EU headquarters.    >>