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Secretary General calls on Albanian opposition to remain in parliament, warns against violence
Expressing concern about the decision of the opposition to withdraw from Parliament, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland said: “In a democracy the legislature is the first instance where political issues affecting the whole country should be debated and solutions...
Allowing IDPs to vote in local elections in Ukraine
Congress conference in Kyiv
Déclaration du Secrétaire Général Thorbjørn Jagland sur les derniers actes antisémites en Alsace
Je condamne sans réserve l’acte antisémite, barbare et odieux de la profanation du cimetière juif de Quatzenheim, en Alsace, pas loin de Strasbourg, le siège du Conseil de l’Europe. Je voudrais exprimer ma solidarité totale à la communauté juive, encore une fois prise pour cible. Cette...
Greece: Anti-torture committee criticises poor treatment of detained foreign nationals
The Council of Europe’s European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) acknowledges significant on-going challenges that the Greek authorities face to deal with the high number of foreign nationals arriving in the country, but based on a...
