Support Rallies #FreeSavchenko

9 March was #FreeSavchenko Day of Global Support. Rallies in support of Nadiya Savchenko were held all over the world: in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Argentina, Armenia, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Great Britain, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Denmark,Egypt, Hungary, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Malaysia, Moldova, Germany,Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, USA,Sweden, Switzerland, Japan and in other countries.

9 березня відбулася міжнародна акція на підтримку Надії Савченко. Кампанії на підтримку Надії відбулися по всьому світу: в Австралії, Австрії, Аргентині, Бельгії, Болгарії, Вірменії, Великій Британії, Грузії, Греції, Данії, Єгипті, Іспанії, Італії, Канаді, Киргизстані, Китаї, Латвії, Малайзії, Молдові, Німеччині, Пакистані, Польщі, Португалії, Румунії, Сербії, Словаччині, Словенії, США, Угорщині, Фінляндії, Франції, Хорватії, Швеції, Швейцарії, Японії та в інших країнах.

Ukrainian communities and friends of Ukraine all over the world call on Russia to free Ukrainian pilot and member of the Ukrainian parliament Nadiya ‪Savchenko‬.

Євродепутати влаштували флешмоб на підтримку Надії Савченко в Європарламенті / Flash mob by members of European Parliament in support of Nadiya Savchenko.

Австралія / Australia

Австрія / Austria

Аргентина / Argentina

Бельгія / Belgium

Болгарія / Bulgaria

Вірменія / Armenia

Велика Британія / Great Britain

Грузія / Georgia

Греція / Greece

Данія / Denmark

Єгипет / Egypt

Італія / Italy

Франція / France

Іспанія / Spain

Канада / Canada

Киргизстан / Kyrgyzstan

Китай / China

Латвія / Latvia

Литва / Lithuania

Малайзія / Malaysia

Німеччина / Germany

Пакистан / Pakistan

Польща / Poland

Португалія / Portugal

Румунія / Romania

Сербія / Serbia

Словаччина / Slovakia

Словенія / Slovenia

США / USA

Угорщина / Hungary

Фінляндія / Finland

Швейцарія / Switzerland

Швеція / Sweden

Японія / Japan

Nadiya Savchenko’s Mother Appeal to the World’s Leaders “Save My Daughter”:

Russia Disregards Immunity Principles of the Council of Europe

Nadiya Savchenko, a member of the Ukrainian parliament and of the Ukrainian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the 2015 session, has been illegally detained in the Russian Federation since June 2014.

Nadiya’s lawyer Ilya Novikov unveiled the Russian Foreign Ministry's instructions to the Investigation Committee, which distort the basic immunity principles of PACE.

In its classified letter, the Russian MFA states that Nadiya Savchenko cannot enjoy PACE immunities since crimes of which she is accused were carried out before she was elected a member of the Ukrainian Parliament and a member of the Ukrainian delegation to the PACE.

Russia's incorrect interpretation of international law is nothing but a lame attempt to justify itself.

What you need to know about Nadiya's immunity as a member of PACE:

1. Nadiya Savchenko enjoys “European” parliamentary immunity as a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since ratification of the credentials of the Ukrainian delegation on 26 January 2015. With effect from the ratification of credentials, Savchenko can no longer be subject to any detention or prosecution measures.

2. Immunity of members of the Assembly also extends to any proceedings initiated against them before the beginning of their parliamentary mandate, in connection with acts carried out by the member before the start of his or her term of office in the Assembly, with the effect that any ongoing proceedings are suspended for the duration of the term of office.

3. The parliamentary immunity of a member of the Assembly must be waived before his or her freedom can be restricted; the Assembly alone is able to waive the immunity of a member.

From the Conclusions of the Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs of the Council of Europe, 27 January 2015

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