political prisoners

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   >>

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.     >>

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.   >>

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 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   >>

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   >>

Plenary Speech from MEP Rebecca Harms on the political crisis in Moldova  

On 05 July 2018, MEPs held a debate on the political crisis in Moldova following the invalidation of the mayoral elections in Chisinau.   >>

Plenary speech: Rebecca Harms on Russia, notably the case of Oleg Sentsov  

On 14 June 2018, MEPs held a debate in the EU-Parliament in Strasbourg, in the frame of a resolution on Russia, notably the case of Ukrainian political prisoner Oleg Sentsov.   >>

Rebecca im Gespräch mit Kumi Naidoo  

Am Rand des "World Political Forum" sprach Rebecca mit Kumi NAIDOO (Honorary President, CIVICUS-World Alliance for Citizen Participation, South Africa) über Klima, Medien, die Millemiumziele der UNO und mehr.   >>

Rebeccas Rede auf dem World Political Forum am 10. Oktober in Venedig  

Rebecca reiste vom 10.-11. Oktober zum WORLD POLITICAL FORUM nach Venedig. Das Forum, das von Michail Gorbatschow geleitet wird, widmete sich dem Themenfeld "Environment and Energy". Rebecca hielt eine Rede zu " EU Climate Policy: from Rhetoric to Reality"...   >>

World Political Forum in Venedig  

Rebecca reiste vom 10.-11. Oktober zum WORLD POLITICAL FORUM nach Venedig. Das Forum, das von Michail Gorbatschow geleitet wird, widmete sich dem Themenfeld "Environment and Energy". Rebecca hielt eine Rede zu " EU Climate Policy: from Rhetoric to Reality"...   >>