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5 Amendments of Sari ESSAYAH related to 2010/2050(INI)

Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas there has been a remarkable deepening of relations between Iran and Turkey, and whereas Iran is using its state and non-state allies Syria, Hezbollah and Hamas, and also the Muslim Brotherhood, to destabilise the region,
2010/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Is appalled to learn that according to annual reports on the death penalty in Iran, the number of executions in 2009 was the highest for the past 10 years, while according to Amnesty International at least 388 people were executed in Iran in 2009, and according to Iran Human Rights there were 402, hence demands that Iran immediately abandon the death penalty and stop all executions;
2010/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Deplores the fact that, in contradiction with the UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers, the situation of lawyers in Iran has weakened considerably after the presidential election of June 2009, as the Iranian authorities are resorting to oppressive methods (e.g. arrests, disbarments, violation of freedom of expression, unwarranted tax investigations and other financial pressure) to prevent lawyers from practicing their profession freely;
2010/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Deplores the fact that the Iranian regime is exerting constant pressure on Iraq to suppress the People´s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) as an important and serious opposition to the regime and that its members in Camp Ashraf have been placed under siege by Iraqi government forces, and that people have been killed and wounded after the U.S. army left the area;
2010/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Expresses its concerns on the remarkable deepening of relations between Iran and EU accession candidate Turkey; asks the Council and the Commission to discuss the Turkish attitude towards Iran with their counterparts in Ankara; calls on the Turkish authorities to follow the European approach towards the Iranian nuclear threat; calls on the EU institutions to do their utmost to sever the lines between Teheran and Syria, Hezbollah and, Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood;
2010/11/24
Committee: AFET