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International Human Rights Day: ALDE Group welcomes the release of Azerbaijani human rights activist

The Azerbaijani human rights activist Leyla Yunus has been freed from prison on grounds of her deteriorating health. Together with her fellow activist husband, Arif Yunus, she faces treason charges in a separate case. The decision of the …

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Belarus: MEPs launch initiative to defend human rights

Belarus: MEPs launch initiative to defend human rights
ALDE Group Vice-President, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS (Liberal’s Movement of Lithuania) co-hosted, today, in the European Parliament, a meeting with the relatives of six Belarusian political prisoners who came to share their experiences and talk about the human rights situation under Alexander Lukashenko’s regime.

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