Twenty years after the assassination of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, members of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights and the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee will pay tribute to her in Strasbourg, the Parliament has announced.
What Parliament is doing
The tribute marks the 20th anniversary of Politkovskaya’s death. It will involve MEPs from the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee meeting in Strasbourg to honour the journalist. The announcement was published by the European Parliament’s press service.
Why it matters
Anna Politkovskaya was a journalist whose assassination is remembered by the Parliament in this coordinated gesture. The involvement of the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee indicates the event’s link to human rights concerns and EU-Russia parliamentary relations.
What happens next
The press release provides this information as the stated plan for the commemoration in Strasbourg. No further procedural details, programme, speakers or timing were provided in the announcement.
Source: European Parliament press release
