MEDIA: This section of the site contains articles, letters, interviews and other material such as book chapters. Some of the articles were written by Emma, some are based on interviews with her, and under the “press review” section you can see articles which we consider interesting or important. You can browse the entire list of articles below, or look under the various categories on the left. Journalists who would like to interview Emma are kindly asked to submit their questions in writing.

MEP Calls on EU Peacekeepers to be Sent to Georgia

Baroness Emma Nicholson MEP
4th September 2008
Baroness Nicholson MEP has today called for the EU to “set up a separate European-led peacekeeping mission to Georgia” following a four day visit to Georgia where she described Russia as having “lost any credibility” within the region.
During her four day visit, Baroness Nicholson MEP met with the Prime Minister […]

Georgia Visit Press Statement

Baroness Nicholsons MEP
31st August 2008
Tbilisi, Georgia: Baroness Nicholson MEP, who is a Member of the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs and a Member of the Subcommittee on Human Rights, has issued the following statement while undertaking her visit to Georgia.
“I condemn in the strongest terms Russia’s war-waging on Georgian territory.  Russia’s claim that it is […]

Separatists should rethink on independence call: BJP

August 26 2008
Zee News
New Delhi, India: Contenting that the situation in the Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) was the “worst”, BJP on Tuesday called on the separatist leaders to “rethink their” demand for independence.
“The situation in PoK is the worst and the J&K leaders who demand for independence should understand that the freedom of speech and […]

Crescent Petroleum and AMAR Foundation to launch development centre in Southern Iraq

August 04 2008
AME Info
Iraq: Crescent Petroleum, the Middle East region’s oldest private upstream oil and gas company, has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the AMAR International Charitable Foundation for cooperation to support capacity-building and local communities in Iraq.
The MoU - signed at Crescent Petroleum’s London offices by Baroness Nicholson of […]

Indonesian Government decree abhorrent

On June 9, the Indonesian government issued a decree threatening Ahmadiyah sect followers with five years imprisonment for “activities that are not in accordance with interpretations of the religion of Islam.” It remains unclear how strictly the measure will be enforced, but the decision has been denounced by Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne MEP, Liberal Democrat […]

A historical breakthrough in the fight against the death penalty

On July 2 2008, the Pakistani Federal Cabinet has adopted a proposal to commute the death penalty to life imprisonment. This proposal is subjected to approval by the President Pervez Musharraf before it enters into force. This will benefit the 7000 death row prisoners in Pakistan.
Commenting, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne MEP, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affiars […]

Václav Havel, Desmond Tutu, MEPs call for human rights at Beijing Olympics

Olympic Watch
Prague, 31 July 2008
A group of international intellectual, spiritual and political leaders has published a public appeal today, calling on the International Olympic Committee to allow full access to information at Beijing Olympics and on Olympic athletes to express themselves in support of people whose rights are being violated by the Chinese government. The […]

Seminar - Preservation of the composite culture of India

June 2008
Asianaffairs Magazine
New Delhi, India: One of the best known Indian websites on the Internet is urdutehzeeb.com ‘tehzeeb’ meaning ‘culture’ in Urdu. The site organized a seminar in New Delhi on May 17th at the India Islamic Cultural Centre which is located in Lodhi Road, adjacent to the famous Lodhi Gardens in which are situated […]

Brussels Bulletin: Action on Iraq

Liberal Democrat News,
30 May 2008 Issue 998
This February, after many months of discussion, the European Parliament consolidated its thinking on Iraq and agreed to form a Permanent Ad-hoc Delegation composed of 13 members from different political groupings who elected me as Chairman.
This decisive move to take the lead in EU-Iraq relations is a strong indicator […]

Prince of Wales Helps to Raise over £100,000 for Iraq’s Refugees

25th April 2008
His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales was joined yesterday by Dr Al Dabbagh, the Special Representative of Iraqi Prime Minisiter Nouri Maliki, Sheikh al Attiya the Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Dr Khalifey Lebanese Minister of Health and Dr Kim Howells MP (Minister of State, FCO) for a fundraising […]