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European Parliament: Brazil must protect environmental and human rights defenders

On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the situation of indigenous and environmental defenders and the respect for human rights in Brazil,...

S&D: Covid-19 is another urgent reason to release all prisoners of conscience

At the initiative of the Socialists and Democrats, the subcommittee on human rights in the European Parliament held today a remote exchange of views with experts on the impact...

Five burning questions for the EU’s forest policies in 2020

In 2019, forests and forest peoples’ rights rose up the global political – and spiritual - agenda, and the European Union (EU) made high profile commitments to protect forests abroad and...

Native land rights up in the air in Brazil

Native rights groups in Brazil are concerned about a decision announced by the country’s new far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, to strip an agency of...

EU to make even bigger trade deal in 2019

A trade deal between the European Union and Japan comes into effect in February and it will create the world’s biggest free trade area....

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Hungary grants political asylum to Polish politician, worsening relations between Warsaw and Budapest

Relations between Poland and Hungary worsened following a change...

The EU-Switzerland bilateral relationship reaches a new level

On 20 December, Ursula von der Leyen, President of...

EU will deploy Election Observation Mission to Kosovo

In response to an invitation from the President of...

Commission proposes to suspend visa-free travel for officials from Georgia

Today, the European Commission proposed suspending part of the...

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