8 Amendments of Willy MEYER related to 2013/2152(INI)
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Reiterates its condemnation of the practices of extraordinary rendition, secret prisons and torture, in which USA and some EU Member States were involved, which are prohibited under domestic and international human rights law and which breach inter alia the rights to liberty, security, humane treatment, freedom from torture, presumption of innocence, fair trial, legal counsel and equal protection under the law; regrets that up to the moment no responsibility have been depurated neither in the US non at the EU level; demands the immediate closure of the centre of detention and torture of Guantanamo;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Considers that the climate of impunity regarding the CIA programme has enabled the continuation of fundamental rights violations in the counterterrorism policies of the EU and the US as further revealed by the mass spying activities of the US National Security Agency surveillance programme, and surveillance bodies in various Member States currently being investigated by Parliament; demands the immediate suspension of negotiations on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) with the US;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Regrets the circumstances in which the Sahrawi people find themselves, having been forced to live under Moroccan occupation or in exile in refugee camps for almost 40 years following Morocco’s invasion of the former Spanish colony; points out that there are more than 80 000 Moroccan troops and millions of mines along the 2 000 km-plus wall that divides the territories of Western Sahara from north to south, and deplores the fact that, more than 20 years after the ceasefire between Morocco and the Polisario Front and the establishment of MINURSO (the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara), the referendum has still not taken place, thanks to the intransigence of Morocco and the accompanying complicity and passivity of the international community and the European Union;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41a. Recalls its resolutions of 25 November 2010 on the situation in Western Sahara and its previous Annual Report 2010 and 2011; condemns the on- going repression of Sahrawi people in the occupied territories and expresses its concern at the deterioration of human rights situation, as reported by, among others, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; calls for the fundamental rights of the people of Western Sahara, including freedom of association, freedom of expression and the right to demonstrate, to be respected; demands the release of all Sahrawi political prisoners; demands the opening of the territory to independent observers, NGOs, and the media; reiterates its support for the establishment of an international mechanism to monitor human rights in Western Sahara; supports a fair and lasting settlement of the conflict, on the basis of the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people, in accordance with the relevant United Nations resolutions;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42a. Condemns the constant harassment by Israel of the Palestinian people; calls on Israel to stop the abusive use of unlawful administrative detention of Palestinians, and to respect international law in relation to the conditions of detention of Palestinian prisoners, especially women and children, and draws attention to the need to put the EU-Israel Association Agreement on hold until this happens;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 b (new)
Paragraph 42 b (new)
42b. Condemns the continuing occupation of Palestine by the State of Israel and the violation of international law and international humanitarian law; reiterates its call for an end to the settlements and the isolation of Gaza; stresses the urgent need to bring about a fair and lasting solution to the conflict in the Middle East with a view to achieving a two-State solution – an independent, democratic and viable Palestinian State and the State of Israel, living side by side in peace and security on the basis of the internationally recognised 1967 borders;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 a (new)
Paragraph 52 a (new)
52a. Notes that Colombia remains one of the most dangerous countries in the world in which to be a trade union activist, and that human rights violations, including violations of the rights of students, farmers, women and children, continue to meet with almost total impunity; as a consequence, calls for the Multi-Party Trade Agreement signed between the EU and Peru and Colombia to be put on hold until Colombia respects human rights; strongly condemns the fact that the administrative security department (DAS), which is directly answerable to the President of the Republic, has undertaken systematic bugging and illegal actions with the aim of discrediting senior judges, opposition parliamentarians and human rights defenders; recalls that the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights, people residing in Europe and NGOs have also been targeted; requests that these serious offences do not go unpunished; calls on the European Union to apply the recommendations concerning Colombia made in the report of the Committee against Torture;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 b (new)
Paragraph 52 b (new)
52b. Protests at the current situation of the Mapuche people, who are suffering real judicial terrorism on the part of the State, with laws such as the Chilean State Security Law and the Anti-Terrorism Law, which date from the time of the dictatorship; considers the strong degree of militarisation in the Mapuche territories, aimed at demobilising, de- politicising and punishing social movements that support the Mapuche cause, to be alarming; considers it worrying that the Chilean government's response to the legitimate demands of the Mapuche people for the restoration of their ancestral lands, respect, autonomy and self-determination is not dialogue and the search for a lasting peace but criminalisation and repression; calls for the rights and guarantees of the Mapuche people to be respected and the rights of indigenous peoples enshrined in ILO Convention 169 to be recognised;