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Belarus: joint statement by the Committee of Ministers Presidency, PACE President and Secretary General
Council of Europe
26 August 2020
Strasbourg
In a joint statement by the Alternate Foreign Minister of Greece, Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, President of the Committee of Ministers, Rik Daems, President of the Parliamentary Assembly and Marija Pejčinović Burić, Secretary General, the three Council of Europe leaders called on the Belarusian...
Commissioner for Human Rights calls for prompt investigations into Alexei Navalny’s case
Commissioner for Human Rights
26 August 2020
Strasbourg
"Alexei Navalny’s condition remains serious a week after he fell into a coma. I express my sympathy to him, his family and friends, and I hope he will fully recover soon," said Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović. "Mr Navalny is a prominent Russian anti-corruption...
