Second “March for Amnesty, Justice and Freedom” (Christmas 2005 – April 25th, 2012)

Second “March for Amnesty, Justice and Freedom” (Christmas 2005 – April 25th, 2012)

Rome, 10AM, Castel Sant’Angelo

Secretary Demba Traoré meets with Italy’s top political institutions

Secretary Demba Traoré meets with Italy’s top political institutions

Welcomed and received by President of the Italian Republic, President of the Senate, President of the Chamber of Deputies

Italian TV show

Italian TV show "Striscia la notizia" reports from the UN headquarters in NY with Demba Traoré and Emma Bonino

for the adoption of a universal resolution against female genital mutilation

05/16/2012

The Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies Matteo Mecacci has paid a three-day visit to Georgia

TBILISI. CAUCASUS PRESS. 05-16-12. - The Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies Matteo Mecacci, Chairman of the General Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, has paid a three-day visit to Georgia following an invitation from the Deputy Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, Mr. George Tsereteli.

04/16/2012

Letter to the Board and MPs of the Nonviolent Radical Party Transnational and Transparty

by Gabriella Friso (Radical Party member and member of the board of the radical association Certi Diritti)
The last Congress of the NRPTT, held in Rome in December 2011, approved a recommendation of mine addressing the issue of incoming refugees to Italy from Libya:
Considering what is taking place in these days and the absence of the government on the matter, I think this is the appropriate time to intervene and ask the government to issue a permit on humanitarian grounds, similar to the one released to refugees form Tunisia.

04/12/2012

OSCE can help with May 6 elections in Kosovo

BELGRADE - OSCE official Matteo Mecacci voiced belief on Thursday that the ongoing dialogue between the international community and Belgrade about the elections in Kosovo will yield an agreement, adding that the organization can assist Serbs in claiming their right to vote in the May 6 presidential and parliamentary elections in Kosovo.

04/05/2012

Mecacci to lead OSCE election observation mission in Serbia

COPENHAGEN, 4 April 2012 – Italian parliamentarian Matteo Mecacci, special co-ordinator to lead the OSCE election observation mission in Serbia announced today he will lead a pre-election visit to Belgrade on 11 April.
The two-day visit will be the first OSCE PA visit to the country after the announcement of President Tadic’s resignation. Mecacci will meet with government officials, political party leaders and representatives of the media and non-governmental organizations.

04/02/2012

Burma / Emma Bonino: Aung San Suu Kyi’s victory marks the beginning of a difficult journey

It is perhaps the beginning of a difficult and complicated journey for a region narrowed between great powers. Aung San Suu Kyi has accepted to use this window of opportunity in the midst of many contradictions. Hers is an act of great courage and hope, which has gone through 15 years of house arrest without abandoning the dialectic of nonviolence.” She is aware of the necessity of exploring any possible way to keep momentum” "This is the comment that Emma Bonino delivered to Tgcom24 on the victory by Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in the by-election of April 1st.

03/22/2012

Mali coup d'Etat. Pannella: we alerted the Foreign Ministry

A coup d’Etat occurred yesterday in Mali. Several members of the army claiming to belong to the National Committee for the Redress of Democracyand Restoration of the State (CNRDRE) have attacked and then announced to be in control of the presidential palace in Bamako.

According to several news agencies, the “rebels” were able to get into the Palace without having engaged the presidential guards. Some ministers have been arrested.

03/15/2012

Tonino Picula, Croatian member of the NRPTT recently headed the short-term observer mission for the Russian election from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

Tonino Picula, Croatian member of the NRPTT recently headed the short-term observer mission for the Russian election from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. He has been quoted in the International Herald Tribune and in the Globe and Mail.
 
Globe and Mail: International observers say ‘serious problems' in Russian’ election
Moscow, Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr./AP, March 05, 2012
03/17/2012

Italy has violated articles of the ECHR

Sir, Emma Bonino, Timothy Garton Ash and other European dignitaries have rightly signaled a worrying proposal put forward by the British Government to amend the European Convention on Human Rights, ECHR, to "ease" the work of the Strasbourg Court, which in fact has been clogged by all sorts of cases from virtually all members states of the Council of Europe.

03/13/2012

Focus on implementing the last round of ECHR reforms

Sir, At a time when Europeans are beset by economic and political uncertainties, the UK is using its current chairmanship of the Council of Europe to push for reforms of the European Court of Human Rights.
Britain says it wants to help the overburdened court become more efficient by focusing its work on important human rights issues.
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