Illustration on the Sakharov Prize 2010, awarded to Guillermo Farinas, Cuban doctor of Psychology, independent journalist and political dissident in Cuba

Press conference in Strasbourg - Worldwide coalition against the death penalty, on the liberation of the Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor imprisoned in Libya

Khadidja -  37  After the wedding, he became a different man. He used to lock the door and wouldn’t go out with me or eat with me. I felt stupid and guilty. I stopped eating and ended up in hospital. He made me leave home and I am afraid that will backfire on me. I filed a complaint against him but I didn’t have any proof. I wasn’t as “lucky” as other victims - he didn’t beat me. Then nobody wanted to take me in. I decided to take my life into my own hands and with the help of doctors, social workers, lawyers and the shelter for women, where I was in very good company, I regained my self-confidence. Now I express my feelings through my painting

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Illustration on the Sakharov Prize 2010, awarded to Guillermo Farinas, Cuban doctor of Psychology, independent journalist and political dissident in Cuba

Press conference in Strasbourg - Worldwide coalition against the death penalty, on the liberation of the Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor imprisoned in Libya

Press conference in Strasbourg - Worldwide coalition against the death penalty, on the liberation of the Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor imprisoned in Libya

Press conference in Strasbourg - Worldwide coalition against the death penalty, on the liberation of the Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor imprisoned in Libya

Press conference in Strasbourg - Worldwide coalition against the death penalty, on the liberation of the Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor imprisoned in Libya

Press conference in Strasbourg - Worldwide coalition against the death penalty, on the liberation of the Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor imprisoned in Libya

Press conference in Strasbourg - Worldwide coalition against the death penalty, on the liberation of the Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor imprisoned in Libya

Press conference in Strasbourg - Worldwide coalition against the death penalty, on the liberation of the Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor imprisoned in Libya

Campaign ' Stop domestic violence against women '

Doctor examining a patient.

EP President meets with a delegation of 'Medecins sans frontieres' (MSF) NGO - Doctors without borders