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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9103

6 January 2006
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/human rights
EP sub-committee on human rights looks at CIA activity in Europe - Hélène Flautre rejects financial framework proposed by Commission in favour of democracy and human rights - MEP Marios Matsakis spends festive period in prison

Brussels, 05/01/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 4 January, the European Parliament held its first meeting of 2006 with the sub-committee on human rights chaired by French Green member Hélène Flautre. MEPs had chosen to invite Lotte Leicht, the European director of the international organisation for the protection of human rights, Human Rights Watch (HRW), to take stock of the situation following allegations on the illegal activities of CIA agents in the world and on European territory (EUROPE...