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Newsletter N°2, 2012

ALDE discussed the situation in Russia
23.04.2012 The ALDE discussed the situation in Russia with Mr Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, and Mr Ilya Yashin, one of the leaders of the Solidarnost movement (Russia)

Travel bans on Belarusian civil society and opposition
23.04.2012 The Bureau of the ALDE issued a statement condemning the shameful practice of preventing civil activists and political opponents from leaving their country recently conducted by the Belarusian authorities.... more

Anne Brasseur addressed LI Executive Committee
Attending the 188th Liberal International Executive Committee Meeting on 30-31 March in Barcelona, Mrs Anne Brasseur, President of ALDE, addressed the human rights committee panel on "Strong Women as a Force For Change: the Arab Spring and Beyond".... more

Marieluise Beck: "Putin is president of a managed democracy - the voters had no choice"
Marieluise Beck (ALDE, Germany) who observed the recent parliamentary and presidential elections in Russia commented on the outcome of yesterday's vote:... more

Tina Acketoft elected Chairperson of the new PACE Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination
"I will never step down from our liberal values: equal rights for each and every individual, whether they are homosexual, transsexual, Roma, women or men, whatever we are. And these are the values I will fight for full-heartedly." -- Tina Acketoft (Sweden)... more