The G7 foreign ministers issued a statement today, following the arrest of opposition politician Alexei Navalny after his return to Russia. “We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union are united in condemning the politically motivated arrest and...
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Foreign Affairs Minister releases statement on the ongoing Human rights violations in Chechnya
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has expressed concern about the continual human rights violations and abuses in Chechnya, particularly against LGBTQ2 individuals. He issued the following statement today: “Two years ago, Canada, alongside 15 other members of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), invoked the OSCE’s Moscow Mechanism to...