{"id":168341,"date":"2015-06-11T01:29:43","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T01:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/article\/mep-no-european-politicians-to-european-games-in-baku-until-political-prisoners-are-released\/"},"modified":"2021-10-29T12:21:45","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T08:21:45","slug":"mep-no-european-politicians-to-european-games-in-baku-until-political-prisoners-are-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/mep-no-european-politicians-to-european-games-in-baku-until-political-prisoners-are-released\/","title":{"rendered":"MEP: No European politicians to European Games in Baku until political prisoners are released"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/26462\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26462\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/26462\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26462\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n  <i><br \/>\n    Source:<br \/>\n    <b><br \/>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marietjeschaake.eu\/2015\/06\/mep-no-european-politicians-to-european-games-in-baku-until-political-prisoners-are-released\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n        Marietjeschaake.eu<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/b><br \/>\n  <\/i>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake (D66\/ALDE) calls on European leaders not to attend official ceremonies during the European Games in Azerbaijan, until political prisoners are released,<br \/>\n  <i><br \/>\n    <b><br \/>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marietjeschaake.eu\/2015\/06\/mep-no-european-politicians-to-european-games-in-baku-until-political-prisoners-are-released\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n        Marietjeschaake.eu<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/b><br \/>\n  <\/i><br \/>\n  reported on June 10, 2015. Today the European Parliament will debate the European Games, which will be held from the 12<br \/>\n  <sup><br \/>\n    th<br \/>\n  <\/sup><br \/>\n  \u00a0to the 28<br \/>\n  <sup><br \/>\n    th<br \/>\n  <\/sup><br \/>\n  \u00a0of June.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <b><br \/>\n    Human Rights<br \/>\n  <\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Azerbaijan currently detains twice as many political prisoners as Russia and Belarus combined. Journalists, human rights defenders and activists are being imprisoned and do not get a fair trial. Schaake: \u201cThe authorities in Azerbaijan are interested in hosting major international events, in order to increase the international stature of Azerbaijan. Yet the European Games should not mask the fact that fundamental rights are systematically being violated. Activists such as Leyla Yunus, who was nominated for the Sakharov Prize of the European Parliament last year, are in prison without medical care or access to a lawyer. Only after political prisoners are released it is appropriate for European politicians to attend the official gatherings in Baku.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <b><br \/>\n    European Games<br \/>\n  <\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In the days before the European Games are opened, Amnesty International has been denied entry to Azerbaijan. Schaake: \u201cThis is unacceptable. The label \u201cEuropean\u201d should have meaning, and the Games should only be organised in countries where human rights and fundamental freedoms are respected. Especially now, when the spotlight is on Azerbaijan, European leaders should stand for human rights in the country.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <i><br \/>\n    On the 28<br \/>\n    <sup><br \/>\n      th<br \/>\n    <\/sup><br \/>\n    \u00a0of May, Schaake and MEPs from other political groups in the European Parliament submitted a<br \/>\n    <b><br \/>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marietjeschaake.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Joint-Statement-Azerbaijan.pdf\"><br \/>\n        joint statement<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/b><br \/>\n    \u00a0to High Representative Mogherini, Commissioner Hahn and the 28 European Ministers of Foreign Affairs.<br \/>\n  <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Marietjeschaake.eu Member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake (D66\/ALDE) &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"MEP: No European politicians to European Games in Baku until political prisoners are released\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/mep-no-european-politicians-to-european-games-in-baku-until-political-prisoners-are-released\/#more-168341\" aria-label=\"Read more about MEP: No European politicians to European Games in Baku until political prisoners are released\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":26462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MEP: No European politicians to European Games in Baku until political prisoners are released - MEYDAN.TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/mep-no-european-politicians-to-european-games-in-baku-until-political-prisoners-are-released\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MEP: No European politicians to European Games in Baku until political prisoners are released - MEYDAN.TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Source: Marietjeschaake.eu Member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake (D66\/ALDE) ... 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