4 Amendments of Pier Antonio PANZERI related to 2015/2003(INI)
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
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4. Notes that President Xi Jinping is trying to give a new attractive face to Chinese politics through an attitude of openness and to impress world leaders by projecting both accessibility and powerful self-confidence; points out, however, that President Xi is not the new attractive face of Chinese politics for the country's civil rights activists, lawyers, journalists, bloggers and academics, who find their freedom curbed in a way not seen since decades; deplores with this regard that China's draft NGO law would tighten the government's control over civil society, intensifying an already existing repression and restriction of political and civil rights;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
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7. Underlines the urgency of environmental protection measures, bearing in mind, for example, that in 2014 only eight out of 74 major cities reached the national standard of PM 2.5 air pollution concentrations; warns that the double water crisis (massive pollution combined with increased water usage) could cause major political and social instability; welcomes the fact that under the new environmental protection law local cadres are accountable, also retroactively, for environmental damage caused during their tenure; is concerned about the degradation of Tibet's environment, as the Tibetan plateau, often referred to as the ‘world's third pole', which is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world due to China's policies of fast-track development in the region;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
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8. Observes that in recent years China's anti-terrorism policy has evolved rapidly from a somewhat reactive ‘defence against terror' approach to a proactive ‘war on terror', along with permanent ‘crisis management' entailing action to an unprecedented extent in affected regions and in society; is deeply concerned about the draft law on counter-terrorism, currently under discussion in China, which may lead to further violations of the rights to freedom of expression, assembly, association and religion, and legitimate human rights abuses in the name of security and the fight against terrorism, in particular in ethnic minority areas, such as Tibet and Xinjiang; calls on China to review its draft counter- terrorism law;
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution
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17a. Remains highly concerned that China is currently the world's largest executioner and continues to practice the death penalty in secret on thousands of people annually, without regard to international minimum standards on the use of the death penalty;