8 Amendments of László TŐKÉS related to 2010/2202(INI)
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Urges the Iranian leaders to enact a law unequivocally banning stoning as a legal punishment; condemns the fact that the Iranian regime still sentences to death and executes juvenile offenders; condemns the Iranian regime’s use of the death penalty, which places Iran in second position, just after China, in the league table of countries with the highest number of executions; strongly condemns the increased number of executions following the peaceful demonstrations after presidential elections in Iran in June 2009; is concerned that China still carries out the greatest number of executions worldwide; welcomes the positive action of the Belarusian authorities in setting up a Working Group to draft proposals on imposing a moratorium on the death penalty; remains concerned that executions are still carried out in Belarus, which is the only country in Europe that continues to use the death penalty, leaving the families of those executed without information on the date of the execution or where the body is buried;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41a (new)
Paragraph 41a (new)
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. Urges the Council, the Commission and the Member States to implement the measures proposed by Parliament in its resolution on EU policies in favour of human rights defenders, adopted in June 2010; with a gender perspective in the implementation of the guidelines in favour of women human rights defenders and other particularly vulnerable groups, such as defenders working to promote economic, social and cultural rights and those working with minorities' rights and indigenous people;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
55. Acknowledges conclusions in many human rights reports that human rights defenders, while bringing an invaluable contribution to the protection and promotion of human rights at the risk of their own personal security, have been suffering from increasingly strong attacks in various forms, such as attacks on freedom of expression or association, arbitrary arrests, unfair trials and closure of the offices of civil society organisations;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
Paragraph 58
58. NotesDeeply deplores the fact that the Cuban government refuses to recognize human rights monitoring as a legitimate activity denying legal status to local human rights groups; notes with concern that the detention, as well as the release and subsequent deportation, of local human rights defenders in Cubathe country without the right of return is also a grave human rights violation; condemns the fact that in several countries attacks and anonymous threats against human rights defenders are commonplace, journalists, in particular those covering corruption and drug trafficking face threats and attacks for their work;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68a (new)
Paragraph 68a (new)
68a (new). Stresses that international human rights law recognizes freedom of religion or belief regardless of registration status, so registration should not be a mandatory precondition for practicing one's religion; furthermore points out with concern that in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam religious groups need to register with the government and operate under government-controlled management boards, that interfere with their religious autonomy, and restrict their activity;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68b (new)
Paragraph 68b (new)
68b (new). Calls on Russia to put a moratorium on the implementation of the 2002 Law on Fighting Extremist Activity as it is used and abused to restrict religious freedom, to repress and attempt to ban non-violent religious groups; notes furthermore with great concern that 265 religious and faith-based organizations are on a black list of so-called extremist organizations;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68c (new)
Paragraph 68c (new)
68c (new). Urges furthermore the following countries to stop restrictions on freedom of association and assembly of religious groups and respect freedom of religion and belief: Saudi Arabia, Egypt , Eritrea, Iran, Somalia, Yemen, Belarus, North Korea, Laos;