Following the call put forward last week by Dr. Mukwege during an exchange of views in the subcommittee on human rights (DROI), and on an initiative of the S&D Group, the European Parliament has today adopted an urgency resolution demanding protection for Dr. Mukwege, the founder of Panzi Hospital, and call on the international community to ensure justice is done for the crimes against humanity committed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

With the strong support of the Socialists and Democrats, the European Parliament today adopted a resolution condemning the Belarusian authorities for their violent repression of peaceful protests following the fraudulent presidential elections, and demanding sanctions against the Belarusian regime, including against Lukashenko, as soon as possible.

The president of the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, Iratxe García, said:

Die heutige Debatte im Plenum des Europaparlaments zum Feuer im Hotspot Moria kommentiert Cornelia Ernst, asylpolitische Sprecherin der Linken im EP:

In a plenary debate in the European Parliament, the S&D Group will call for urgent, humanitarian solutions to respond to last week’s devastating fires in the Moria camp on the island of Lesvos that left 12,000 people without shelter. The evacuation of asylum-seekers left and their transfer to facilities where their basic rights under EU and international law can be guaranteed must be a priority.