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Human Rights Commissioner urges Russian authorities to halt the practice of arresting peaceful demonstrators
Commissioner for Human Rights
11 February 2021
Strasbourg
Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic has published a letter addressed to the Minister of Interior of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, in which she highlights a number of human rights concerns related to the policing of demonstrations that have taken place in many Russian...
New reports show increasing discrimination and attacks on LGBTI people in Poland and Europe as a whole
Congress
10 February 2021
Strasbourg
A report on a fact-finding mission to Poland in November last year draws attention to increasing attacks and discrimination against LGBTI people in the country, focusing on cities, provinces and regions that are adopting family charters and resolutions against so-called "LGBT ideology". Another,...