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The third part of the yearly session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe took place between 21 and 24 June 2021. The agenda showed the...

In his role as Leader of the UK Delegation to the Council of Europe, John has spoken today, on behalf of the Delegation, to condemn the actions of Belarus and...

This week John was this week elected a Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The role involves him in acting as the equivalent...

In his role as a Turkish monitor on behalf of the Council of Europe John and fellow rapporteurs have expressed their deep concern about possible new...

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, of which John is a member, has agreed that the time has come to make the world more ‘autism-friendly’. The...

John has condemned new crackdowns on political opposition and civil dissent in recent months in Turkey and urged the Turkish authorities to “take meaningful...

In his role as a Turkish monitor on behalf of the Council of Europe John has added his voice to call for the immediate release of arrested opposition members in...

As a delegate to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, John is delighted to have been invited to present the Flag of Honour to the Polish town of...

Following the recent convictions of the four Turkish human rights defenders - Taner Kılıç, İdil Eser, Günal Kuşun and Özlem Dalkıran - in the so-called Büyükada...