Activities of David McALLISTER related to 2023/2041(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Relations with Belarus (debate)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8
Citation 8
– having regard to the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights of 4 March 2022 as well as 17 March 2023 on the situation of human rights in Belarus in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election and in its aftermath,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas almost three years after the so-callfalsified elections on 9 August 2020, the Belarusian authorities are continuing and still increasing their repression against the Belarusian people; whereas more than 50 000 Belarusians have been illegally arrested and tortured, more than 1 500 persons remain imprisoned on political grounds, often under inhumane conditions and around 300 000 have left the country for fear of a similar fate;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Lukashenka regime is dangerously undermining the sovereignty of Belarus by deepening Belarus’ integration into the Union State with Russia against the clear will of the majority of Belarusians;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the regime is eliminating the last remainders of political pluralism in the country, such as with the upcoming so-called re-registration of political parties that is likely to lead to the elimination of all parties but those who support the regime; whereas the new “constitution” from February 2022 creates a new undemocratic institution that only serves the purpose to secure the regimes grip to power and strips the parliament of the last semblance of voice over the political process;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the Lukashenka regime poses a direct threat to the EU and its citizens by continuing to instrumentalise migration, engaging in aggressive war rhetoric since August 2020, promoting an increased presence of Russian military in the country through permanent joint manoeuvres, accepting the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons on its territory and refusing to implement nuclear safety requirements at the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Astravyets;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the Belarusian democratic forces led by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya have a well-established and internationally recognised structure, including the recent formation of the United Transitional Cabinet, the renewed Coordination Council and the opening of the Mission of Democratic Belarus in Brussels;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Belarusian regime to end this spiral of propaganda, violence, torture and repression against dissenting voices and perceived critics, to release immediately and unconditionally all political prisoners and all persons arbitrarily detained, and declare a pervasive amnesty for all those who were arrested on political grounds since 2020 and to engage in a genuine dialogue with representatives of the democratic forces and civil society in order to find a way out of the current political crisis through the organisation of free and fair elections to be organised under international observation led by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Condemns in the strongest possible terms the Belarusian regime’s involvement in Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine, including the massive provision of ammunition and military hardware to the Russian aggressors, training of Russian troops by Belarusian instructors, the threatening to join the aggression combined with stationing of troops next to Ukraine’s border which binds Ukrainian troops there, and the use of Belarusian territory and infrastructure as a staging ground to launch missile attacks on military and civilian targets in Ukraine; notes that the vast majority of Belarusians disapprove of this multifaceted involvement in Russia’s war of aggression; expresses its support for the Belarusian activists who resist the aggressor within Belarus and the volunteers, in particular the ‘Kalinouski’ and ‘Pahonia’ regiments, who are bravely fighting alongside the Ukrainian army to repel the aggressors;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the EU institutions and member states to strengthen mechanisms to close loopholes in the sanctions while reviewing the effects of sanctions in order to reduce collateral damage for people and entities in the country that are not complicit in the aforementioned crimes;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes with great concern the rampant economic, political and military integration of Belarus into the Union State with Russia; condemns the announced deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons under Russian command on Belarusian territory; calls for the EU and the Member States to maintain unity in addressing the multifaceted threats posed by the Lukashenka regime to the EU, in particular the continued state-engineered illegal migration crisis at the borders of Belarus with Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, and to work in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency to ensure nuclear safety at the Belarusian NPP; calls on the EU institutions and member states not to recognise any agreements signed by the Lukashenka regime with Russia that cede the country’s sovereignty against the will of the people;