15 Amendments of Michal ŠIMEČKA related to 2021/2023(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas, according to the Freedom in the World 2021 report, some nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in India face threats, legal harassment, excessive police force, and occasionally lethal violence; whereas recent amendments to the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act (FCRA) impose restrictions upon the civil society organizations and permits greater government control upon their activities, including silencing critical NGOs;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas human rights defenders and journalists in India lack safe working environment and police protection, for executing professional activities they face harassment, physical violence, including by the police, death threats, including killings, detention and prosecution under charges of sedition, promoting communal disharmony and making statements prejudicial to national integration inter alia, many of which are related to covering or participating in the protests critical to the government;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas legislation such as the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and the National Security Act are being used to criminalize Indian citizens who exercise their rights to freedom of expression, assembly, and association;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
B d. whereas in 2020 the Internet shutdowns report 129 cases of Indian government-imposed disablement of access to the Internet, such restrictions are often used during the major protests, including protests against the citizenship law and the farmers' protest;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
B e. whereas in 2018 Thomson Reuters Foundation survey India was named as the most dangerous country for women, particularly on the risk of sexual violence and harassment against women, the danger women face from cultural, tribal and traditional practices, and the danger of human trafficking, including forced labour, sex slavery and domestic servitude;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B f (new)
Recital B f (new)
B f. whereas, despite being prohibited, caste-based discrimination remains a systemic problem in India preventing Dalits from access to employment, education, health, budgetary allocations for Dalit development and in the criminal justice administration system, it particularly affects Dalit women and girls who are disproportionately often victims of sexual abuse and violence;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B g (new)
Recital B g (new)
B g. whereas Adivasi communities are being denied rights under the Forest Rights Act for their ancestral land and face constrains to raise their righteous demands;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
i a) note that the EU closely follows the situation in Kashmir; reiterate its support for stability and de-escalation and remain committed to respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
m a) recognize constructive neighbourly relations India maintains with Afghanistan, India’s important role in stabilization and reconstruction of Afghanistan and in supporting Afghan- owned and Afghan-led peace process, and pursue continuous EU-India cooperation on assistance to Afghanistan and the Afghan people;
Amendment 179 #
t) address the human rights situation and challenges faced by civil society in its dialogue with the Indian authorities, including at summit level; encourage India, as the world’s largest democracy, to demonstrate its commitment to respecting and protecting the freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, to end attacks against - and to release arbitrarily detained - human rights defenders, activists and journalists, including in the Indian- administered part of Kashmir, to repeal laws that may be used to silence dissent, particularly the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, the National Security Act and the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, that may be used to silence dissent, to refrain from imposing Internet shutdowns upon critical voices, and to ensure accountability for human rights violations;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
t a) address the harmful effects of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) to the civil society organizations;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point t b (new)
t b) address the issue of rising violence against women and girls in India by encouraging thorough investigations of violent crimes against women and girls, including training officers in trauma- informed policing and investigation, and speeding up legal processing and improving protection for victims;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point t c (new)
t c) address the issue of prevailing caste-based discrimination and importance of granting rights under the Forest Rights Act to Adivasi communities;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v
Paragraph 1 – point v
v) seize the opportunity offered by the EU-India Leaders’ Meeting to openly address value-based cooperation at the highest level in matters of trade and investment; reiterate the EU’s readiness to consider launching negotiations on a stand-alone investment protection agreement, which would increase legal certainty for investors on both sides; work towards the achievement of common objectives in these areas that comply with and contribute to respect for universal human rights and the pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af
Paragraph 1 – point af
af) call for a deeper partnership in education, research and cultural exchange; call on the EU Member States and India to invest especially in young people’s capacities and leadership and to ensure their meaningful inclusion in political and economic life; promote student and scholar exchanges and use the momentum of Brexit to attract more Indian students to the EU Member States’ educational institutions;