Letter: situation in the current context of the COVID-19 pandemic of all human rights defenders imprisoned

Das Coronavirus bedroht Menschen weltweit. Ganz besonders aber jene Menschen, die ohnehin von Verfolgung und Beschneidung ihrer persönlichen Freiheitsrechte bedroht sind wie Menschenrechtsverteidiger*innen. Daher habe ich mich gerne an dieser Initiative meiner Kollegin Diana Riba i Giner beteiligt:

H.E. Mr. Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

H.E. Mr. Paul Biya, President of the Republic of Cameroon

H.E. Mr. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt

H.E. Mr. Alejandro Giammattei, President of the Republic of Guatemala

H.E. Mr. Martín Alberto Vizcarra, President of the Republic of Peru

H.E. Mr. Rodrigo Duterte, President of the Republic of the Philippines

H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of the Republic of Turkey

CC: Mr. Eamon Gilmore, EU Special Representative for Human Rights

CC: EU Ambassadors to the Republics of Azerbaijan, Cameroon, Egypt, Guatemala, Peru, the Philippines, and Turkey

Dear Honourable Presidents,

Dear EU Special Representative for Human Rights,

We the undersigned Members of the European Parliament respectfully write to you today to express our concern regarding the situation in the current context of the COVID-19 pandemic of all human rights defenders imprisoned worldwide. Please see attached the letter.

Kind regards,

MEP Diana RIBA I GINER

MEP Reinhard BÜTIKOFER

MEP François ALFONSI

MEP Pernando BARRENA

MEP Malin BJÖRK

MEP Leila CHAIBI

MEP Jose GUSMAO

MEP Marisa MATIAS

MEP Caroline ROOSE

MEP Miguel URBÁN

MEP Nikolaj VILLUMSEN