International Women’s Day celebrations at the European Parliament paid tribute to women committed to “freedom and peace”. During the plenary session on Tuesday, 11 March, MEPs heard from the leader of the Belarusian democratic forces, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya; Belarusian activist Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk; and Ukrainian activists Leniye Umerova and Tata Kepler.
These women defend “values so many of us, too often, take for granted”, according to President of the European...