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The European Parliament adopted by 663 votes to 19, with 13 abstentions, a resolution on Eritrea, notably the case of Dawit Isaak.
The text adopted in plenary was tabled as a joint resolution by the EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA, ECR and GUE/NGL groups.
As a reminder, Dawit Isaak, a dual citizen of Eritrea and Sweden, a journalist and co-owner of Eritrea’s first independent newspaper, the widely distributed Setit, was arrested by the Eritrean authorities on 23 September 2001, along with 21 other persons. The Eritrean Government accused him of being a ‘traitor’, although he has never been charged or brought to trial. The imprisonments occurred after the publishing of an open letter condemning the regime and calling on President Isaias Afwerki to make democratic reforms.
Parliament demanded that:
- all prisoners of conscience in Eritrea be immediately and unconditionally released, notably EU citizen Dawit Isaak and the other journalists detained since September 2001;
- information be published regarding Dawit Isaak’s whereabouts and well-being and detailed information on the fate and whereabouts of all those deprived of physical liberty;
- given the current COVID-19 health crisis, the poor sanitary conditions in Eritrean prisons and the high risk of infection for detainees, adequate food, water, and medical care be promptly provided;
- Dawit Issak should be provided with access to representatives of the EU, the Member States and Sweden in order to establish his healthcare needs and any other necessary support.
For its part, the Eritrean Government is called on to:
- lift the ban on independent media and to allow the creation of political parties;
- put an end to detention of the opposition, journalists, religious leaders, civil society representatives and innocent civilians;
- open civic space for independent civil society organisations and allow the creation of other political parties in the country;
- abandon the use of the extraterritorial ‘diaspora tax’ and to respect freedom of movement and to end the ‘guilt-by-association’ policies that target the family members of those who evade national service, seek to flee Eritrea or fail to pay the 2 % income tax imposed by the government on Eritrean expatriates, including EU citizens;
- desist from using its citizens as forced labour through indefinite national service and put an end to the compulsory practice of all children undertaking their final year of schooling in a military training camp.
Parliament reiterated its urgent request for a global EU human rights mechanism, the so-called European Magnitsky Act and called on the Council to adopt this mechanism through a decision relating to the Union’s strategic interests and objectives under the Treaty on European Union;
Lastly, the Commission is called on to ascertain whether the conditionality of EU aid is respected and to ensure that no financing for projects in Eritrea, particularly those that are carried out using national service labour, benefits the Eritrean Government.
Documents
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0312/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0313/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0314/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0315/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0322/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0331/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0332/2020
- Joint motion for resolution: RC-B9-0312/2020
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0258/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0312/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0313/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0314/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0315/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0322/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0331/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0332/2020
- Joint motion for resolution: RC-B9-0312/2020
Activities
- Marisa MATIAS
Plenary Speeches (3)
- 2020/10/08 Eritrea, the case of Dawit Isaak
- 2020/10/08 Eritrea, the case of Dawit Isaak
- 2020/10/08 Eritrea, the case of Dawit Isaak
Institutional Motions (1) - Ryszard CZARNECKI
- Krzysztof HETMAN
- Michèle RIVASI
- Marcel KOLAJA
Plenary Speeches (3)
- 2020/10/08 Eritrea, the case of Dawit Isaak
- 2020/10/08 Eritrea, the case of Dawit Isaak
- 2020/10/08 Eritrea, the case of Dawit Isaak
- Karin KARLSBRO
- Evin INCIR
- Abir AL-SAHLANI
- Adam BIELAN
Institutional Motions (2)
- Malin BJÖRK
Institutional Motions (2)
- Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA
Institutional Motions (2)
- Dominique BILDE
- Dita CHARANZOVÁ
Institutional Motions (2)
- Fabio Massimo CASTALDO
Institutional Motions (2)
- Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU
Institutional Motions (2)
- Raffaele FITTO
Institutional Motions (2)
- Anna FOTYGA
Institutional Motions (2)
- Michael GAHLER
Institutional Motions (2)
- György HÖLVÉNYI
Institutional Motions (2)
- Sandra KALNIETE
Institutional Motions (2)
- Karol KARSKI
Institutional Motions (2)
- Ilhan KYUCHYUK
Institutional Motions (2)
- Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE
Institutional Motions (2)
- David McALLISTER
Institutional Motions (2)
- Gabriel MATO
Institutional Motions (2)
- Eva MAYDELL
Institutional Motions (2)
- Francisco José MILLÁN MON
Institutional Motions (2)
- Javier NART
Institutional Motions (2)
- Luděk NIEDERMAYER
Institutional Motions (2)
- Urmas PAET
Institutional Motions (2)
- Kati PIRI
Institutional Motions (2)
- Stanislav POLČÁK
Institutional Motions (2)
- Jiří POSPÍŠIL
Institutional Motions (2)
- Paulo RANGEL
Institutional Motions (2)
- Frédérique RIES
Institutional Motions (2)
- Ivan ŠTEFANEC
Institutional Motions (2)
- Romana TOMC
Institutional Motions (2)
- Inese VAIDERE
Institutional Motions (2)
- Hilde VAUTMANS
Institutional Motions (2)
- Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA
Institutional Motions (2)
- Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ
Institutional Motions (2)
- Željana ZOVKO
Institutional Motions (2)
- Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ
Institutional Motions (2)
- Peter POLLÁK
Institutional Motions (2)
- Lars Patrick BERG
- Vladimír BILČÍK
Institutional Motions (2)
- Olivier CHASTEL
Institutional Motions (2)
- Katalin CSEH
Institutional Motions (2)
- Klemen GROŠELJ
Institutional Motions (2)
- Assita KANKO
Institutional Motions (2)
- Alice KUHNKE
- Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS
Institutional Motions (2)
- David LEGA
Institutional Motions (2)
- Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL
Institutional Motions (2)
- Benoît LUTGEN
Institutional Motions (2)
- Hannah NEUMANN
Institutional Motions (2)
- Jan-Christoph OETJEN
Institutional Motions (2)
- Ramona STRUGARIU
Institutional Motions (2)
- Loránt VINCZE
Institutional Motions (2)
- Isabel WISELER-LIMA
Institutional Motions (2)
- Magdalena ADAMOWICZ
Institutional Motions (2)
- Loucas FOURLAS
Institutional Motions (2)
- Moritz KÖRNER
Institutional Motions (2)
- Malik AZMANI
Institutional Motions (2)
- Vangelis MEIMARAKIS
Institutional Motions (2)
- Janina OCHOJSKA
Institutional Motions (2)
- Maria WALSH
Institutional Motions (2)
- Maria ARENA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2020/10/08 Eritrea, the case of Dawit Isaak
- Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS
Institutional Motions (1)
- Angel DZHAMBAZKI
Institutional Motions (1)
- Jytte GUTELAND
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2020/10/08 Eritrea, the case of Dawit Isaak
- María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS
Institutional Motions (1)
- Bronis ROPĖ
Institutional Motions (1)
- Jordi SOLÉ
Institutional Motions (1)
- Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI
Institutional Motions (1)
- Ruža TOMAŠIĆ
Institutional Motions (1)
- Harald VILIMSKY
Institutional Motions (1)
- Jan ZAHRADIL
Institutional Motions (1)
- Nathalie LOISEAU
Institutional Motions (1)
- Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN
Institutional Motions (1)
- Susanna CECCARDI
Institutional Motions (1)
- Patryk JAKI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2020/10/08 Eritrea, the case of Dawit Isaak
- Irena JOVEVA
Institutional Motions (1)
- Arba KOKALARI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2020/10/08 Eritrea, the case of Dawit Isaak
- Katrin LANGENSIEPEN
Institutional Motions (1)
- Jaak MADISON
Institutional Motions (1)
- Veronika VRECIONOVÁ
Institutional Motions (1)
- Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI
Institutional Motions (1)
- Francisco GUERREIRO
Institutional Motions (1)
- Joanna KOPCIŃSKA
Institutional Motions (1)
- Anna BONFRISCO
Institutional Motions (1)
- Bogdan RZOŃCA
Institutional Motions (1)
- Elżbieta RAFALSKA
Institutional Motions (1)
- Emmanouil FRAGKOS
Institutional Motions (1)
- Klára DOBREV
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2020/10/08 Eritrea, the case of Dawit Isaak
- Andrey SLABAKOV
Institutional Motions (1)
- Elżbieta KRUK
Institutional Motions (1)
Votes
RC-B9-0312/2020 - Am 2 #
RC-B9-0312/2020 - Am 3 #
RC-B9-0312/2020 - § 13/1 #
RC-B9-0312/2020 - § 13/2 #
RC-B9-0312/2020 - Am 4 #
RC-B9-0312/2020 - Am 1 #
RC-B9-0312/2020 - Résolution #
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