1. Joint Statements

   G7 Foreign Ministers' statement on arrest and detention of Alexei Navalny

   We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union, are united in condemning the politically motivated arrest and detention of Alexei Navalny. We are also deeply concerned by

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 26/01/2021

2. Statements by the HR/VP

   Holocaust Remembrance Day: Statement by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell

   Holocaust survivor and Italian writer Primo Levi – the first to make a detailed written recollection of the atrocities that happened in Auschwitz – said: “We cannot understand [Fascism], but we can and must understand from where it springs, and we must be on our guard. Because what happened can

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 26/01/2021

3. Remarks

   Foreign Affairs Council: Press remarks by High Representative Josep Borrell

   Check against delivery! Good afternoon, Well, to be the first meeting of the year, we have had a very though, heavy agenda. Let me run [you] through our discussion. First, we started with Russia and the events around Alexey Navalny. The Council considered  the arrest of [Mr] Navalny  and crackdown

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 25/01/2021

4. Statements by the Spokesperson

   Russia: Statement by the Spokesperson on recent listings under the law on “undesirable organisations”

   The European Union strongly disagrees with the recent decisions of the Russian authorities to include the  Prague Civil Society Centre  and the  Association of Schools of Political Studies  of the Council of Europe on their list of “undesirable organisations”. These organisations aim at

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 24/01/2021

5. Statements by the Spokesperson

   Georgia/Russia: Statement by the Spokesperson on the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights (*)

   On 21 January, the European Court of Human Rights Grand Chamber issued a landmark judgement in the inter-State case concerning the armed conflict between Georgia and the Russian Federation in August 2008 and its consequences. The ruling clearly concludes that after 12 August 2008 the Russian

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 23/01/2021

6. Remarks

   Turkey: Speech on behalf of High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell at the EP debate

   Speech on the human rights situation in Turkey, notably the case of Selahattin Demirtas and other prisoners of conscience, delivered by Helena Dalli, Commissioner for Equality

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 21/01/2021

7. HR/VP speeches

   Arrest of Alexei Navalny: Speech by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell at the EP debate

   Check against delivery! Ms President, Honourable Members of the European Parliament, The arrest, on live TV, of the Russian opposition politician Mr Alexei Navalny upon his return to Moscow last Sunday is unacceptable, both to Europe and also to the international community which believes in the

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 19/01/2021

8. Statements by the Spokesperson

   Palestine: Statement by the Spokesperson on launching the preparations for elections

   On Friday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas enacted a decree-law on holding legislative, presidential and National Council elections in the coming months starting with legislative elections on 22 May. This is a welcome development as participative, representative and accountable democratic

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 16/01/2021

9. Statements by the Spokesperson

   United States: Statement by the Spokesperson on the first federal-level execution of a woman in decades

   The European Union deeply regrets the execution at a federal level in the United States of the first woman in almost seven decades. The EU had called for clemency to be granted to Lisa Montgomery taking into consideration international law and internationally accepted minimum standards that should

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 13/01/2021

10. Statements by the Spokesperson

    Kazakhstan: Statement by the Spokesperson on the parliamentary elections

    The European Union welcomes the efficient organisation of the Parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan that took place on 10 January 2021, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Kazakh authorities’ good cooperation with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE

    Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 11/01/2021

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