Deputy Chief Negotiator with the European Union

B. whereas Nabeel Rajab, the President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) and Deputy Secretary General of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), was convicted to three years in prison in August 2012 on charges of calling for and participating in ‘illegal gatherings’ and ‘disturbing public order’ between February and March 2011; whereas his sentence was reduced to two years in prison on appeal; whereas before this imprisonment Mr Rajab was repeatedly detained for peacefully expressing criticism of the government during the pro-democracy protests that erupted Bahrain in 2011;

B. whereas Nabeel Rajab, the President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) and Deputy Secretary General of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), was convicted to three years in prison in August 2012 on charges of calling for and participating in ‘illegal gatherings’ and ’disturbing public order’ between February and March 2011; whereas his sentence was reduced to two years in prison on appeal; whereas before this imprisonment Mr Rajab was repeatedly detained for peacefully expressing criticism of the government during the pro-democracy protests that erupted Bahrain in 2011;

Interesse ruft ferner das Bundesverfassungsgerichtsurteil vom 22.3.1995, 2 BvG ⅛9 (abgedruckt in EuZW Heft 9 1995, S. 277) hervor, in dem festgestellt wird, daß die Bundesregierung durch die Art, in der sie am 3.10.1989 die Zustimmung zur Fernsehrichtlinie erklärt hatte, den Freistaat Bayern (und die dem Verfahren beigetretenen Länder in ihren Rechten aus Art. 70 I in Verbindung mit 24 I Grundgesetz sowie aus dem Grundsatz des bundesfreundlichen Verhaltens) verletzt hat.

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Today we view him as the senior negotiator, if you like, in support of Maître Jean-Martin Gagné, who is the chief federal negotiator.