Parliament hold urgent debates on the human rights, democracy and rule of law topics and especially on the continuous crackdown on civil society and human rights defenders in Russia: the case of human rights organisation Memorial. Closing statement by Janez LENARČIČ, European Commissioner for Crisis Management.

statement

Strasbourg

debate

plenary session

EU - Russia (T)

respect for human rights in the world (T)

ŠOJDROVÁ, Michaela (EPP, CZ)

FOTYGA, Anna (ECR, PL)

HAUTALA, Heidi (Greens/EFA, FI)

CZARNECKI, Ryszard (ECR, PL)

Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought 2009 (T)

Memorial

ZŁOTOWSKI, Kosma (ECR, PL)

BÜTIKOFER, Reinhard (Greens/EFA, DE)

KUBILIUS, Andrius (EPP, LT)

LENARČIČ, Janez (SI, EC)

KARLSBRO, Karin (Renew, SE)

WASZCZYKOWSKI, Witold Jan (ECR, PL)

CIMOSZEWICZ, Włodzimierz (S&D, PL)

GREGOROVÁ, Markéta (Greens/EFA, CZ)

GUETTA, Bernard (Renew, FR)

GLUCKSMANN, Raphaël (S&D, FR)

SANTOS, Isabel (S&D, PT)

LAGODINSKY, Sergey (Greens/EFA, DE)

BECK, Gunnar (ID, DE)

KRAH, Maximilian (ID, DE)

MAJORINO, Pierfrancesco (S&D, IT)

PUIGDEMONT I CASAMAJÓ, Carles (NI, ES)

LEXMANN, Miriam (EPP, SK, EPP, SK)

REUTEN, Thijs (S&D, NL)

Continuous crackdown on civil society and human rights defenders in Russia - The case of human rights organisation Memorial: closing statement by Janez LENARČIČ, European Commissioner for Crisis Management

SOUNDBITE (Original), Andrius KUBILIUS (EPP, LT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Rapha&#235;l GLUCKSMANN (S&amp;D, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Petras AU&#352;TREVI&#268;IUS (Renew, LT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Sergey LAGODINSKY (Greens/EFA, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Anna FOTYGA (ECR, PL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Helmut SCHOLZ (The Left, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Miriam LEXMANN (EPP, SK), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), W&#322;odzimierz CIMOSZEWICZ (S&amp;D, PL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Bernard GUETTA (Renew, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Reinhard B&#220;TIKOFER (Greens/EFA, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Gunnar BECK (ID, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI (ECR, PL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Michaela &#352;OJDROV&#193; (EPP, CZ), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Thijs REUTEN (NI, NL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Karin KARLSBRO (Renew, SE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Heidi HAUTALA (Greens/EFA, FI), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Maximilian KRAH (ID, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Ryszard CZARNECKI (ECR, PL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Isabel SANTOS (S&amp;D, PT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Kosma Z&#321;OTOWSKI (ECR, PL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Pierfrancesco MAJORINO (S&amp;D, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Janez LENARČIČ, European Commissioner for crisis management