13 Amendments of Arba KOKALARI related to 2020/2081(INI)
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas despite the fundamental restrictions on basic freedoms and human rights that remain in Belarus, the EU policy of critical engagement with Belarus has produced some results in the form of signed agreements and increased cooperation; whereas future relations between the EU and Belarus will be defined in the Partnership Priorities to be agreed by both sides; whereas progress in EU-Belarus relations is linked to steps towards improving democratic principles, rule of law and fundamental freedoms;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the 2020 presidential elections have thus far followed the same pattern as the parliamentary elections and did not meet democratic standards; whereas presidential candidates and demonstrators have been arbitrarily arrested and detained, with alarming cases of violent physical abuses and torture;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas in 2016 the EU lifted most sanctions against Belarus, with the exception of an arms embargo and sanctions against four individuals; whereas the European Council in 2020 agreed to impose sanctions against a substantial number of individuals responsible for violence, repression and the falsification of election results;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) insist that any EU macro-financial support for mitigating the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic is conditional on strict political criteria, notably those linked to democracy and human rights, nuclear safety concerns voiced by some of the EU Member States and threats posed by Belarus-Russia military cooperation, and that adequate measures are taken to combat the virus and protect the population; insist that EU financial support should not be addressed directly to the regime, but should benefit the Belarusian people;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) insist that the upcoming constitutional reform is a crucial opportunity to introduce genuine changes which would address the weaknesses of the current political system and shift towards a more democratic political system to enable the Belarusian people to participate more actively in political life;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) call on the authorities to increase transparency and to remove the arbitrary barriers under which no new political party has been registered in Belarus since 2000 and enable the registration of political parties and public organisations, and to stop the restrictions applied to established organisations;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) insist that the election commissions must be genuinely pluralistic and independent;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
(gb) call for an international investigation into crimes committed by the Belarusian law enforcement;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) condemn the ongoing intimidation and persecution of opposition figures, including presidential hopefuls, civil society activists and independent journalists; condemn the massive withdrawal of accreditations for foreign journalists;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) monitor the situation of media freedom in Belarus and support independent media outlets and journalists, including those who work on a freelance basis with unregistered foreign media to enable diversity of opinions in the public sphere;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
(la) supports the decision by the European Council to impose individual sanctions, with regards to recent developments, and calls on Member States to swiftly impose these sanctions and expand the list of individual sanctions against Belarusian officials responsible for human rights abuses, including adding Lukashenko to the list;