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2019/2993(RSP) Resolution on the violent crackdown on the recent protests in Iran

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RoP 132-p2

Events

2019/12/19
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
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Results of vote in Parliament
2019/12/19
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The European Parliament adopted a resolution on the violent crackdown on the recent protests in Iran.

The text adopted in plenary was tabled as a joint resolution by the EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA and ECR groups.

Tens of thousands of people from all over Iran and representing all segments of society have exercised their fundamental right to freedom of assembly and expressed their economic grievances over the increase in fuel prices of at least 50 % in the largest scale unrest in 40 years.

Despite repeated international calls for restraint, the Iranian security forces used disproportionate means and force against protesters. According to civil society reports, Iranian security forces opened fire on unarmed protesters who did not pose any imminent risk, and allegedly shot to kill. According to reports, at least 304 people have been killed, including children, with many more wounded, and whereas thousands of protesters, as well as journalists, human rights defenders and students, have been arrested.

The Iranian authorities have not announced the official death toll and have refused to release the bodies of the victims to their families.

On 16 November 2019, the Iranian authorities implemented a five-day-long near-total shutdown of Internet communications, cutting almost all means of online communication for people inside Iran and preventing any flow of information in relation to the brutal crackdown. Shutting down internet communications is a violation of the fundamental right to access information, constituting a disproportionate limitation to freedom of expression, and has become an ongoing modus operandi for the authorities.

Parliament deplored the widespread and disproportionate use of force by Iran against non-violent protesters who were merely exercising their rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly. It urged the Iranian authorities to:

announce the total number of deaths and detainees, conduct a prompt, impartial, independent and transparent investigation into allegations of excessive use of force, including direct targeting of protestors by security forces, and hold all perpetrators of violence accountable; unconditionally free all protestors, human rights defenders and journalists currently held under arrest in Iran for exercising their legitimate rights to freedom of expression and assembly; lift all online based communications and services blockages.

Parliament reiterated its full support for Sakharov Prize laureates Nasrin Sotoudeh and Jafar Panahi and deplored the fact that Nasrin Sotoudeh is still imprisoned, serving a sentence of 33 years and 148 lashes. It insisted on her immediate and unconditional release. It also called for the travel ban which has been placed on Jafar Panahi since 2010 to be lifted.

Documents
T9-0112/2019
2019/12/19
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2019/12/18
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B9-0271/2019
2019/12/18
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B9-0272/2019
2019/12/18
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B9-0273/2019
2019/12/18
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B9-0274/2019
2019/12/18
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B9-0275/2019
2019/12/18
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B9-0276/2019
2019/12/18
   Joint motion for resolution
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RC-B9-0271/2019
2019/12/18
   EP - Debate in Parliament
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Debate in Parliament

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60
58
43
43
39
28
23
20
19
21
17
16
14
12
12
10
10
12
8
7
7
9
6
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5
5
1
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22

France PPE

7

Italy PPE

5

Poland PPE

14

Spain PPE

8

Romania PPE

11

Netherlands PPE

4

Belgium PPE

4

Portugal PPE

6

Czechia PPE

5

Sweden PPE

4

Austria PPE

7

Hungary PPE

7

Slovakia PPE

4

Denmark PPE

For (1)

Pernille WEISS
1

Lithuania PPE

3

Ireland PPE

4

Bulgaria PPE

5

Finland PPE

2

Latvia PPE

For (1)

Sandra KALNIETE
1

Croatia PPE

For (1)

Željana ZOVKO
1

Greece PPE

4

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2

Slovenia PPE

3

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Germany S&D

9

France S&D

3

Italy S&D

16

Poland S&D

4

Spain S&D

19

United Kingdom S&D

9

Romania S&D

9

Netherlands S&D

5

Belgium S&D

2

Portugal S&D

9

Sweden S&D

5

Austria S&D

4

Hungary S&D

4

Slovakia S&D

2

Denmark S&D

3

Lithuania S&D

2

Bulgaria S&D

2

Finland S&D

1

Latvia S&D

2

Croatia S&D

3

Greece S&D

1

Estonia S&D

2

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Marc ANGEL
1

Slovenia S&D

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Malta S&D

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Germany Renew

7

France Renew

18

Spain Renew

7

United Kingdom Renew

11

Romania Renew

8

Netherlands Renew

6

Belgium Renew

4

Czechia Renew

6

Sweden Renew

3

Austria Renew

For (1)

Claudia GAMON
1

Hungary Renew

2

Slovakia Renew

2

Denmark Renew

4

Lithuania Renew

2

Ireland Renew

For (1)

Billy KELLEHER
1

Bulgaria Renew

3

Finland Renew

2

Latvia Renew

For (1)

Ivars IJABS
1

Croatia Renew

For (1)

Valter FLEGO
1

Estonia Renew

3

Luxembourg Renew

2
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66

Germany Verts/ALE

24

France Verts/ALE

12

Spain Verts/ALE

2

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

6

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

Belgium Verts/ALE

3

Portugal Verts/ALE

1

Czechia Verts/ALE

3

Sweden Verts/ALE

2

Austria Verts/ALE

For (1)

Monika VANA
1

Denmark Verts/ALE

2

Lithuania Verts/ALE

2

Ireland Verts/ALE

2

Finland Verts/ALE

For (1)

Ville NIINISTÖ
1

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

Tilly METZ
1
icon: ECR ECR
56

Germany ECR

For (1)

Helmut GEUKING
1

Italy ECR

4

Poland ECR

25

Spain ECR

3

United Kingdom ECR

2

Netherlands ECR

4

Belgium ECR

3

Czechia ECR

4

Sweden ECR

2

Slovakia ECR

2

Lithuania ECR

1

Bulgaria ECR

2

Latvia ECR

2

Croatia ECR

For (1)

Ruža TOMAŠIĆ
1
icon: ID ID
60

Germany ID

10

France ID

15

Italy ID

24

Belgium ID

3

Czechia ID

Abstain (2)

Hynek BLAŠKO, Ivan DAVID
2

Austria ID

3

Denmark ID

For (1)

Peter KOFOD
1

Finland ID

1

Estonia ID

For (1)

Jaak MADISON
1
icon: NI NI
27

Germany NI

1

Italy NI

9

United Kingdom NI

Abstain (1)

Louis STEDMAN-BRYCE
11

Hungary NI

1

Slovakia NI

2

Croatia NI

Abstain (1)

Ivan Vilibor SINČIĆ
1

Greece NI

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Ioannis LAGOS
2
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
29

Germany GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Martin SCHIRDEWAN
5

France GUE/NGL

5

Spain GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Pernando BARRENA ARZA
4

Netherlands GUE/NGL

For (1)

Anja HAZEKAMP
1

Belgium GUE/NGL

For (1)

Marc BOTENGA
1

Portugal GUE/NGL

3

Czechia GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Kateřina KONEČNÁ
1

Sweden GUE/NGL

For (1)

Malin BJÖRK
1

Denmark GUE/NGL

1

Ireland GUE/NGL

3

Finland GUE/NGL

For (1)

Silvia MODIG
1

Greece GUE/NGL

2

Cyprus GUE/NGL

1

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  • The European Parliament adopted a resolution on the violent crackdown on the recent protests in Iran.
  • The text adopted in plenary was tabled as a joint resolution by the EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA and ECR groups.
  • Tens of thousands of people from all over Iran and representing all segments of society have exercised their fundamental right to freedom of assembly and expressed their economic grievances over the increase in fuel prices of at least 50 % in the largest scale unrest in 40 years.
  • Despite repeated international calls for restraint, the Iranian security forces used disproportionate means and force against protesters. According to civil society reports, Iranian security forces opened fire on unarmed protesters who did not pose any imminent risk, and allegedly shot to kill. According to reports, at least 304 people have been killed, including children, with many more wounded, and whereas thousands of protesters, as well as journalists, human rights defenders and students, have been arrested.
  • The Iranian authorities have not announced the official death toll and have refused to release the bodies of the victims to their families.
  • On 16 November 2019, the Iranian authorities implemented a five-day-long near-total shutdown of Internet communications, cutting almost all means of online communication for people inside Iran and preventing any flow of information in relation to the brutal crackdown. Shutting down internet communications is a violation of the fundamental right to access information, constituting a disproportionate limitation to freedom of expression, and has become an ongoing modus operandi for the authorities.
  • Parliament deplored the widespread and disproportionate use of force by Iran against non-violent protesters who were merely exercising their rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly. It urged the Iranian authorities to:
  • announce the total number of deaths and detainees, conduct a prompt, impartial, independent and transparent investigation into allegations of excessive use of force, including direct targeting of protestors by security forces, and hold all perpetrators of violence accountable; unconditionally free all protestors, human rights defenders and journalists currently held under arrest in Iran for exercising their legitimate rights to freedom of expression and assembly; lift all online based communications and services blockages.
  • Parliament reiterated its full support for Sakharov Prize laureates Nasrin Sotoudeh and Jafar Panahi and deplored the fact that Nasrin Sotoudeh is still imprisoned, serving a sentence of 33 years and 148 lashes. It insisted on her immediate and unconditional release. It also called for the travel ban which has been placed on Jafar Panahi since 2010 to be lifted.
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