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29.03.2021 Article

Against repression and violence: An action plan for civil society in Belarus

For over seven months now, people in Belarus have been demonstrating peacefully against the electoral fraud in the August 2020 presidential election. The political leadership in Minsk continues to respond with repression and violence.

Protests in Minsk following the presidential elections, 23 August 2020 
24.03.2021 Article

Against tyranny and torture: A documentation mechanism for severe human rights violations in Belarus

In order to counter tyranny in Belarus, the Federal Government is pushing on with a mechanism to document severe human rights violations in Belarus, as called for in an OSCE report. The aim is to make it possible to investigate and prosecute such cases in future.

Protests in Minsk following the presidential elections, 23 August 2020 
21.02.2020 Article

Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister visits Berlin

Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud paid his first official visit to Berlin today. His talks with Foreign Minister Heiko Maas addressed the complex bilateral relations between the two countries and the crises in the region.

Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud
01.05.2019 Article

Maas in Mexico: a strategic trade partner that shares our values 

Germany and Mexico are agreeing on an ambitious agenda, focusing above all on multilateralism, business and the rule of law.

Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Mexico City
30.04.2019 Article

Maas promotes values in Brazil 

During his first visit to Brazil, the German Foreign Minister called for cooperation based on values.

Foreign Minister Maas meets his counterpart Araujo
28.03.2019 Article

Working together for multilateralism and women’s rights!

Foreign Minister Maas’s Latin America and Caribbean Initiative is bringing the region more to the fore in German foreign policy.

Demonstrations in Buenos Aires on International Women’s Day 2018

Press releases

  1. 06.05.2021 Press release

    Federal Foreign Office on the judgement of the court of cassation in Erbil against journalists and activists

  2. 03.05.2021 Press release

    Statement by Foreign Minister Maas on World Press Freedom Day 

  3. 26.04.2021 Press release

    Human Rights Commissioner Kofler on the release of Egyptian journalists

  4. 26.04.2021 Press release

    Human Rights Commissioner Bärbel Kofler on the beginning of the Kobane Trial

  5. 26.01.2021 Press release

    Statement by the G7 Foreign Ministers on the arrest of Alexey Navalny and the protests in Russia

  6. 06.01.2021 Press release

    Foreign Minister Maas on the arrests in Hong Kong on the basis of the national security law

  7. 30.12.2020 Press release

    Human Rights Commissioner Kofler on the extradition proceedings against Julian Assange

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