25/08/2015 | President
“The sentencing of Oleg Sentsov and Oleksandr Kolchenko on charges of terrorism, respectively to 20 and 10 years in prison, appears to be manifestly excessive," says PACE President Anne Brasseur.
23/08/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur welcomed the release of six political prisoners by the Belarusian authorities but expressed her continuing concern about the political orientation of leaders.
20/08/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur today expressed solidarity with the authorities of "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" over its declaration of a state of emergency, while also cautioning the government.
13/08/2015 | President
“I am shocked and outraged by the sentencing of Leyla and Arif Yunus for eight-and-a-half and seven years of imprisonment, respectively,” said PACE President Anne Brasseur.
12/08/2015 | President
In a telephone conversation today, Anne Brasseur and Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu condemned terrorism and violent extremism and stressed the need to continue combating it. They both emphasised the urgent need to ease tensions.
10/08/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur has strongly condemned this morning’s attacks in Turkey, in Sirnak province and in Istanbul. “Terrorism undermines the very foundations of democratic societies and can never be justified,” she said.
24/07/2015 | President
"I am deeply saddened by yet another fatal accident in the Mediterranean," said PACE President Anne Brasseur, reacting to news that up to 40 more African migrants may have perished as their boat sank.
22/07/2015 | President
"We need this European day to show solidarity with all those who have been victims of hate crime, to enable people to recognise these human rights violations and to promote a wide and inclusive effort to combat hate," said Anne Brasseur.
17/07/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur travels to Oslo to participate in commemoration ceremonies for the victims of the 22 July 2011 terrorist attacks in Oslo and Utøya. She will hold bilateral meetings with the Prime Minister and Speaker of Parliament.
16/07/2015 | President
I am very concerned about Tuesday’s judgment of Russia's Constitutional Court, which states that the Strasbourg Court’s judgments should not be followed ‘to the letter’ if they violate Russian law, said Anne Brasseur.
16/07/2015 | President
“I have received extremely worrying information about unilateral changes to the Administrative Border Line (ABL) of the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia," said PACE President Anne Brasseur.
13/07/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur called on leaders at the UN summit on Financing for Development, meeting in Addis Ababa, to make effectively addressing persistent gender inequality a priority in the new Sustainable Development Goals.