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Side Event: #PACEwinter2016

Human Rights Defenders & Shrinking Space for Civil Society: Azerbaijan & Russia.

What can the Council of Europe do?

Speakers:
Konstantin Baranov (Youth Human Rights Movement),
Dmitri Makarov (Youth Human Rights Movement),
N!DA CIVIC MOVEMENT Represented by one of their members,
Emin Huseynov (Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety)

Published: January 25, 2016 Author: Alexander Sjödin

When: Wednesday, 27. January 2016 13:00-13:45
Where: Strasbourg, Room 10, Palais de l’Europe
Host: Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Contact: Alexander Sjödin (alexander.sjodin@humanrightshouse.org / +32 497 81 59 18)

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