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‘Democracy hacked’

  • 12/09/2018
  • Political Affairs and Democracy

“The Internet is not only a place of democracy and open debate but also a place where discourse is deliberately manipulated, where fake news is knowingly disseminated on a large scale”, rapporteur Frithjof Schmidt stressed. More

Partnership with the Parliament of Morocco: a positive assessment

  • 11/09/2018
  • Political Affairs and Democracy

After seven years of implementation of the partnership for democracy between the Parliament of Morocco and PACE, the he Political Affairs Committee has made a “positive assessment” of its results. More

A balance in dealing with foreign funding of Islam

  • 11/09/2018
  • Political Affairs and Democracy

Political Affairs Committee has urged Council of Europe states to “put an end” to any foreign funding of Islam which is used for the purpose of “national political expansion into other States under the guise of Islam”. More

Rapporteurs welcome Belarus court decision to suspend and review death sentences

  • 18/06/2018
  • Political Affairs and Democracy

PACE rapporteurs Yves Cruchten and Andrea Rigoni, have welcomed the recent decision of the Supreme Court of Belarus to suspend and review the death sentences of two men while their appeals are pending. More

Rapporteurs condemn two recent executions in Belarus

  • 30/05/2018
  • Political Affairs and Democracy

Yves Cruchten, rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty, and Andrea Rigoni former rapporteur on the situation in Belarus,have strongly condemned two recent executions which reportedly took place in secret in mid-May. More

London terror attack victim tells parliamentarians: ‘I was treated with indifference’

  • 22/05/2018
  • Political Affairs and Democracy

The victim of a terror attack in London has told a parliamentary hearing in Athens about the difficult challenges he faced in the aftermath of the attack – and how he had hoped for greater support from the authorities. More