The Chair of the EP Subcommittee on Human Rights, Pier Antonio Panzeri, condemns the harassment of Egyptian human rights defenders in reprisal for their meeting with French President Macron.
"I express full solidarity with the prominent Egyptian human rights defenders who are being harassed and pressured since their meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron...."
On the historic visit of Pope Francis to the Arabian Peninsula, Antonio Panzeri, Chair of the EP Subcommittee on Human Rights, stated:
"His Holiness Pope Francis pays the first ever visit by a Pontiff to the Arabian Peninsula, the cradle of Islam. This historic moment is praised by both Catholics and Muslims in the Middle East and worldwide.