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2006/2676(RSP) Resolution on the death sentence on the medical staff in Libya

Progress: Procedure completed

Legal Basis:
RoP 132-p2

Events

2007/07/23
   CSL - Debate in Council
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2007/07/23
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2007/06/18
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2007/06/18
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2007/05/14
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2007/05/14
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2007/02/27
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2007/02/12
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2007/01/22
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2007/01/18
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2007/01/18
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Details

The European Parliament adopted by 567 votes to 1, with 7 abstentions, a resolution on the conviction and imprisonment by Libya of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor.

The text adopted in plenary had been tabled as a joint resolution by the EPP-ED, PES, ALDE, Greens/EFA, GUE/NGL and UEN groups.

The Parliament condemns the verdict of the Libyan Criminal Court of 19 December 2006, convicting, after a re-trial, and sentencing to death five Bulgarian nurses, Kristiana Vulcheva, Nasya Nenova, Valentina Siropulo, Valya Chervenyashka and Snezhana Dimitrova, and a Palestinian doctor, Ashraf al-Haiui, who have already spent eight years in prison in connection with the 1999 HIV/AIDS case at the Benghazi hospital. The Parliament calls on Colonel Qadhafi to exercise his powers and bring about the release of the imprisoned medical personnel as a matter of urgency.

Whilst expressing their full solidarity with the victims of the HIV/AIDS infection in Benghazi, MEPs call on the Commission and the Council to:

take steps with the Libyan Government to secure an early release of the imprisoned medical personnel; consider, in the absence of a positive outcome to the case, a revision of the common policy of engagement with Libya in all relevant fields, as the Union deems appropriate.

On a general note, the Parliament reiterates its radical opposition to the death penalty.

Documents
2007/01/18
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2007/01/17
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2007/01/17
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   EP - Debate in Parliament

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Activities

Votes

RC - B6-0024/2007 - Condamnation à mort infligée au personnel médical en Libye - résolution #

2007/01/18 Outcome: +: 567, 0: 7, -: 1
DE FR GB ES PL IT RO PT BE NL CZ HU BG EL SE DK IE FI SK AT SI EE LU LT MT CY LV
Total
76
63
56
43
42
38
28
22
21
22
20
18
15
14
12
11
11
11
11
11
7
5
5
4
4
3
2
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206

Denmark PPE-DE

For (1)

1
4

Austria PPE-DE

3

Luxembourg PPE-DE

3

Malta PPE-DE

For (1)

1

Cyprus PPE-DE

1
icon: PSE PSE
168

Czechia PSE

2

Ireland PSE

1

Finland PSE

1

Slovakia PSE

2

Slovenia PSE

For (1)

1

Estonia PSE

3

Luxembourg PSE

For (1)

1

Lithuania PSE

2
icon: ALDE ALDE
82

Hungary ALDE

1

Sweden ALDE

For (1)

1

Ireland ALDE

For (1)

1

Slovenia ALDE

2

Estonia ALDE

2

Lithuania ALDE

2

Cyprus ALDE

For (1)

1

Latvia ALDE

1
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
35

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

4

Spain Verts/ALE

2

Italy Verts/ALE

2

Belgium Verts/ALE

2

Netherlands Verts/ALE

Abstain (1)

3

Sweden Verts/ALE

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1

Finland Verts/ALE

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1

Austria Verts/ALE

2

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

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1

Latvia Verts/ALE

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24

France GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

United Kingdom GUE/NGL

1

Spain GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Portugal GUE/NGL

3

Netherlands GUE/NGL

2

Greece GUE/NGL

1

Sweden GUE/NGL

1

Finland GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Cyprus GUE/NGL

1
icon: UEN UEN
24

Denmark UEN

For (1)

1
icon: ITS ITS
14

United Kingdom ITS

For (1)

1

Italy ITS

For (1)

1

Belgium ITS

2

Bulgaria ITS

1
icon: IND/DEM IND/DEM
14

France IND/DEM

For (1)

1
5

Poland IND/DEM

2

Netherlands IND/DEM

2

Czechia IND/DEM

1

Sweden IND/DEM

For (1)

1

Denmark IND/DEM

1

Ireland IND/DEM

For (1)

1
icon: NI NI
8

United Kingdom NI

For (1)

Abstain (1)

2

Czechia NI

1

Slovakia NI

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Austria NI

1

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