Strasbourg, 16/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - In a joint resolution submitted by the EPP, S&D, ALDE, Greens/EFA and ECR Groups adopted in plenary session in Strasbourg on Thursday 15 September, the European Parliament severely criticised the situation facing human rights and freedom of expression activists in Belarus, as witnessed by the recent arrest of Ales Bialiatski, Chair of the “Viasna” Human Rights Centre. Given the unprecedented crackdown on civil society in Belarus following the...