09/07/2015
Press release - Human rights: Cambodian NGO law, DRC activists, Nabeel Rajab, Sudan (Europees Parlement - Bureau voor België)
(Source: Europees Parlement - Bureau voor België) MEPs call, in four separate resolutions, for the withdrawal of the Cambodian government's law on NGOs and trade unions; the release of Yves Makwambala and Fred Bauma in the DRC; the release of human rights defender Nabeel Rajab in Bahrain; and of two Christian pastors detained in Sudan, Michael Yat and Peter Yen Reith. Cambodia: Draft law on NGOs and trade unions In a response to the Cambodian government's approval of the draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organisations (LANGO) on 5 June 2015, Parliament urges the government to withdraw the law and to quot;recognise the legitimate and useful role played by civil society, trade...
