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RoP 144Events
The European Parliament adopted by 434 votes to 209, with 42 abstentions a resolution on the deteriorating human rights situation in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR).
The text adopted in plenary had been tabled as a joint resolution by the S&D, Renew and Greens/EFA groups.
Condemnation of repression
Parliament deplored once again the continuing and intensifying crackdown on fundamental rights and on human rights defenders, lawyers, protesters, journalists, bloggers, trade unionists, students, children, women’s rights and gender equality activists, LGBTI people, solely in response to their exercise of their fundamental freedoms or their expression of dissent. It also expressed outraged at the recent arrests of senior EIPR activists in retaliation for their legitimate meeting with European diplomats in Cairo. While welcoming their provisional release, it urged the authorities to drop all charges against them, end all forms of harassment and intimidation against them.
The resolution stressed that the current arrests and detentions are part of a wider pattern of intimidation of human rights organisations and called for an immediate end to such acts. It also deplored the use of anti-terrorism legislation to stigmatise and criminalise the work of these defenders.
The Egyptian authorities were called upon to:
- ensure that detainees have full access to their families, lawyers of their choice and adequate medical care, and that credible investigations are carried out into any allegations of ill-treatment or torture;
- reduce the occupancy rate of places of detention and grant unrestricted access to Tora Maximum Security Prison to an independent organisation to monitor conditions of detention;
- declare a moratorium on the death penalty with a view to its abolition and to release immediately all juveniles on death row;
- adopt a comprehensive law on violence against women and a national strategy to enforce approved laws against sexual violence;
- put an end to the arrests and prosecutions of members of the LGBTI community or people in general on the basis of their sexual orientation.
Parliament deplored the attempt by the Egyptian authorities to mislead and impede progress in the investigations into the abduction, torture and murder of Italian researcher Giulio Regeni in 2016. It called on the EU and Member States to urge the Egyptian authorities to cooperate with the Italian judicial authorities to allow a prompt, transparent and impartial investigation into the murder.
Review of relations with Egypt
While supporting the Egyptian people in their aspirations to establish a free, stable and democratic country, Members reminded the Egyptian authorities that respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms is an essential element of EU-Egypt relations. It called on the VP/HR and the Member States to react in a united and resolute manner, also in coordination with other like-minded partners, to the repression and human rights violations in Egypt.
Parliament reiterated its call for a profound and comprehensive review of the EU’s relations with Egypt, considering that the human rights situation in Egypt required a thorough review of the Commission's budget support operations. It called on the EU, with a view to negotiating new partnership priorities, to establish clear benchmarks that make further cooperation a centrepiece in achieving progress in the reform of democratic institutions, the rule of law and human rights, and to mainstream human rights concerns in all talks with Egyptian authorities.
Documents
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0384/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0424/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0425/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0426/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0427/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0430/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0437/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0442/2020
- Joint motion for resolution: RC-B9-0426/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0424/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0425/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0426/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0427/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0430/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0437/2020
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0442/2020
- Joint motion for resolution: RC-B9-0426/2020
Activities
- María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (2)
- 2020/12/14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- 2020/12/16 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- Hannah NEUMANN
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (2)
- 2020/12/14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- 2020/12/16 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- Jan-Christoph OETJEN
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (2)
- 2020/12/14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- 2020/12/16 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- Mounir SATOURI
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (2)
- 2020/12/14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- 2020/12/16 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- Pierfrancesco MAJORINO
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (2)
- 2020/12/14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- 2020/12/16 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS
Institutional Motions (2)
- 2020/12/14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- 2020/12/16 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- Adam BIELAN
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (1)
- Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA
Institutional Motions (2)
- 2020/12/14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- 2020/12/16 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- Dita CHARANZOVÁ
Institutional Motions (2)
- 2020/12/14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- 2020/12/16 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- Fabio Massimo CASTALDO
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (1)
- Ryszard CZARNECKI
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (1)
- Ilhan KYUCHYUK
Institutional Motions (2)
- 2020/12/14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- 2020/12/16 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- Kati PIRI
Institutional Motions (2)
- 2020/12/14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- 2020/12/16 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- Frédérique RIES
Institutional Motions (2)
- 2020/12/14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- 2020/12/16 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- Miguel URBÁN CRESPO
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (1)
- Hilde VAUTMANS
Institutional Motions (2)
- 2020/12/14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- 2020/12/16 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- Thierry MARIANI
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (1)
- Olivier CHASTEL
Institutional Motions (2)
- 2020/12/14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- 2020/12/16 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- Klemen GROŠELJ
Institutional Motions (2)
- 2020/12/14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- 2020/12/16 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- Bernard GUETTA
Institutional Motions (2)
- 2020/12/14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- 2020/12/16 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- Ramona STRUGARIU
Institutional Motions (2)
- 2020/12/14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- 2020/12/16 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- Karin KARLSBRO
Institutional Motions (2)
- 2020/12/14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- 2020/12/16 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- Moritz KÖRNER
Institutional Motions (2)
- 2020/12/14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- 2020/12/16 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- Svenja HAHN
Institutional Motions (2)
- 2020/12/14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- 2020/12/16 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- Malik AZMANI
Institutional Motions (2)
- 2020/12/14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- 2020/12/16 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- Nicola BEER
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2020/12/17 The deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- 2020/12/17 The deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- Christian SAGARTZ
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (1)
- Maria ARENA
- Tiziana BEGHIN
- Dominique BILDE
- Ignazio CORRAO
- Peter van DALEN
- Rosa D'AMATO
- Angel DZHAMBAZKI
- Eleonora EVI
- Laura FERRARA
- Anna FOTYGA
- Michael GAHLER
- Charles GOERENS
- Krzysztof HETMAN
- Karol KARSKI
- Seán KELLY
- Ryszard Antoni LEGUTKO
- Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA
- Eva MAYDELL
- Luděk NIEDERMAYER
- Piernicola PEDICINI
- Stanislav POLČÁK
- Jiří POSPÍŠIL
- Bronis ROPĖ
- Ivan ŠTEFANEC
- Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI
- Romana TOMC
- Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ
- Inese VAIDERE
- Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA
- Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ
- Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ
- Peter POLLÁK
- Lars Patrick BERG
- Vladimír BILČÍK
- Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN
- Katalin CSEH
- Gwendoline DELBOS-CORFIELD
- Özlem DEMIREL
- Assita KANKO
- Maximilian KRAH
Institutional Motions (1)
- Benoît LUTGEN
- Manu PINEDA
- Tineke STRIK
- Hermann TERTSCH
- Tomas TOBÉ
- Alexandr VONDRA
- Veronika VRECIONOVÁ
- Charlie WEIMERS
- Isabel WISELER-LIMA
- Magdalena ADAMOWICZ
- Joanna KOPCIŃSKA
- Domènec RUIZ DEVESA
- Sabrina PIGNEDOLI
- Eugen JURZYCA
- Mario FURORE
- Chiara GEMMA
- Daniela RONDINELLI
- Bogdan RZOŃCA
- Elżbieta RAFALSKA
- Janina OCHOJSKA
- Elżbieta KRUK
- Miriam LEXMANN
- Dorien ROOKMAKER
- Dominik TARCZYŃSKI