Journal of the 1212th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Address by the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, H.E. George Tsereteli. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and the illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements (Austria, Annex). Freedom of expression in the Russian Federation. New wave of human rights violations against LGBTI persons in Chechnya, Russian Federation. Continued detention of Mr. O. Titiev, head of the “Memorial” Human Rights Centre, in the Russian Federation. Case of journalist Ms. P. Ünker in Turkey. Situation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Presidential election in Ukraine, to be held on 31 March 2019. Parliamentary elections in Andorra, to be held on 7 April 2019. Presidential election in Slovakia, to be held on 16 and 30 March 2019.
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