21 October 2010
Mariah Jen
Excerpt from IEWY.com
In three resolutions adopted in Strasbourg on Thursday, the European Parliament restates its solidarity with Oleg Orlov, a member of the Russian human rights organization Memorial and winner of the 2009 EP Sakharov Prize, who is now facing trial, denounces the imprisonment of Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy and calls on Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe to put an end to the threat of mass forced evictions.
Russia
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Cambodia
In a resolution on Cambodia, MEPs strongly condemn “all politically motivated sentences against representatives of the opposition and NGOs”, in particular those against opposition political leader Sam Rainsy, who has been sentenced to a 12-year prison term.
Parliament calls on the Cambodian authorities to guarantee free political expression, engage in political and institutional reforms and demonstrate their will to combat corruption, massive deforestation and the sex tourism industry.
Zimbabwe
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