Progress: Procedure completed
Legal Basis:
EC Treaty (after Amsterdam) EC 144, RoP 144-p2Subjects
Events
The European Parliament adopted by 529 votes to 2, with 11 abstentions, a resolution on the crackdown on the right to education and education rights activists in Afghanistan, including the case of Matiullah Wesa.
The text adopted in plenary was tabled by the EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA, ECR, The Left groups and Members.
As a reminder, Afghan education activist Matiullah Wesa, the head of the PenPath organisation, was arrested alongside several of his family members by the Taliban regime on 27 March 2023 and remains detained without access to his family or the ability to challenge the legality of his detention. Women and girls have faced gender-based persecution and growing restrictions on their fundamental rights since the Taliban takeover, especially concerning their education, freedom of movement and right to work. They have been virtually erased from all areas of public life.
Afghanistan is now the only country in the world that refuses to allow women and girls to be educated beyond primary level.
In its resolution, Parliament deplored the gender-based persecution and dramatic rollback of women’s rights in Afghanistan. It denounced the ban on secondary and university education, and on women working at non-governmental organisations and the UN.
Against this background, Parliament called on Afghanistan’s de facto authorities to:
- immediately and unconditionally release Matiullah Wesa and all those imprisoned for exercising their fundamental rights from detention. It demanded that their rights be respected, including their access to family members and legal representation;
- fully respect the rights and fundamental freedoms of women and girls and restore their full, equal and meaningful participation in public life;
- fulfil their own pledge and restore girls’ and women’s equal access to education.
The resolution called on the European External Action Service and the Member States to exert diplomatic pressure directly or indirectly on Afghanistan’s de facto authorities to secure the release of Matiullah Wesa and other arbitrarily detained activists, including Rasul Abdi Parsi, Noorayel Kaliwal and Mortaza Behboudi.
Lastly, the EU and its Member States are called on to increase support to Afghan groups providing education to women and girls, including through alternative education options, and to fund specific assistance programmes both online and via community education.
Documents
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0114/2023
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0205/2023
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0207/2023
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0208/2023
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0209/2023
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0210/2023
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0211/2023
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0205/2023
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0207/2023
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0208/2023
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0209/2023
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0210/2023
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0211/2023
Activities
- Ryszard CZARNECKI
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (1)
- Marisa MATIAS
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (1)
- Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (1)
- David LEGA
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (1)
- Salima YENBOU
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (1)
- Carina OHLSSON
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (1)
- Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA
Institutional Motions (1)
- Dominique BILDE
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Dita CHARANZOVÁ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Ignazio CORRAO
Institutional Motions (1)
- Jakop G. DALUNDE
Institutional Motions (1)
- Rosa D'AMATO
Institutional Motions (1)
- Angel DZHAMBAZKI
Institutional Motions (1)
- Heidi HAUTALA
Institutional Motions (1)
- Karol KARSKI
Institutional Motions (1)
- Dietmar KÖSTER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Zbigniew KUŹMIUK
Institutional Motions (1)
- Javier NART
Institutional Motions (1)
- María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS
Institutional Motions (1)
- Frédérique RIES
Institutional Motions (1)
- Ivan ŠTEFANEC
Institutional Motions (1)
- Ernest URTASUN
Institutional Motions (1)
- Monika VANA
Institutional Motions (1)
- Jan ZAHRADIL
Institutional Motions (1)
- Clare DALY
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Peter POLLÁK
Institutional Motions (1)
- Pedro MARQUES
Institutional Motions (1)
- Catherine CHABAUD
Institutional Motions (1)
- Katalin CSEH
Institutional Motions (1)
- Klemen GROŠELJ
Institutional Motions (1)
- Dragoş PÎSLARU
Institutional Motions (1)
- Samira RAFAELA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Michal ŠIMEČKA
Institutional Motions (1)
- Ramona STRUGARIU
Institutional Motions (1)
- Dragoş TUDORACHE
Institutional Motions (1)
- Mick WALLACE
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI
Institutional Motions (1)
- Karen MELCHIOR
Institutional Motions (1)
- Eugen JURZYCA
Institutional Motions (1)
- Andżelika Anna MOŻDŻANOWSKA
Institutional Motions (1)
- Elżbieta RAFALSKA
Institutional Motions (1)
- Nicola BEER
Institutional Motions (1)
- Elżbieta KRUK
Institutional Motions (1)
- Alviina ALAMETSÄ
Institutional Motions (1)
- Ladislav ILČIĆ
Institutional Motions (1)
- Karsten LUCKE
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Patricia CHAGNON
Plenary Speeches (1)
Votes
Atteintes au droit à l'éducation et répression visant les militants pour le droit à l'éducation en Afghanistan, notamment le cas de Matiullah Wesa - The crackdown on the right to education and education rights activists in Afghanistan, including the case of Matiullah Wesa - Rückschlag bei dem Recht auf Bildung und hartes Vorgehen in Afghanistan gegen Aktivisten, die sich für das Recht auf Bildung einsetzen, einschließlich des Falls Matiullah Wesa - RC-B9-0205/2023 - Après le § 3 - Am 5 #
RC-B9-0205/2023 - Après le § 6 - Am 6 #
PL | IT | CZ | SE | ?? | HR | SI | CY | EL | MT | FI | HU | LV | EE | LU | LT | BE | BG | SK | AT | RO | DE | IE | DK | PT | NL | FR | ES | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total |
37
|
52
|
17
|
18
|
1
|
10
|
6
|
3
|
9
|
3
|
8
|
5
|
6
|
3
|
5
|
8
|
15
|
11
|
13
|
15
|
18
|
69
|
10
|
14
|
14
|
26
|
57
|
46
|
|
ECR |
53
|
Poland ECRFor (21)Adam BIELAN, Andżelika Anna MOŻDŻANOWSKA, Anna ZALEWSKA, Beata KEMPA, Beata MAZUREK, Beata SZYDŁO, Bogdan RZOŃCA, Dominik TARCZYŃSKI, Elżbieta RAFALSKA, Grzegorz TOBISZOWSKI, Izabela-Helena KLOC, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI, Joanna KOPCIŃSKA, Karol KARSKI, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Patryk JAKI, Ryszard CZARNECKI, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Zbigniew KUŹMIUK, Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI
|
Italy ECRFor (6) |
4
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
Spain ECR |
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ID |
48
|
Italy IDFor (17) |
2
|
3
|
2
|
Germany IDFor (9) |
1
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
PPE |
127
|
Poland PPE |
Italy PPEFor (6)Abstain (1) |
2
|
Sweden PPE |
1
|
3
|
3
|
Greece PPEAgainst (1) |
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
Bulgaria PPEFor (1)Against (2)Abstain (2) |
4
|
Austria PPEAgainst (1)Abstain (4) |
Romania PPEFor (1)Against (2) |
Germany PPEFor (17)Against (3)Abstain (3) |
4
|
1
|
Portugal PPEFor (1)Against (5) |
Netherlands PPEFor (1)Against (5) |
France PPEFor (5)Against (1) |
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NI |
25
|
Italy NIFor (1)Against (6)Abstain (1) |
2
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
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The Left |
20
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
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Verts/ALE |
51
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
Germany Verts/ALEAgainst (16) |
2
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
France Verts/ALEAgainst (9) |
4
|
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Renew |
75
|
1
|
1
|
Czechia RenewFor (2)Against (1)Abstain (1) |
3
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
Romania RenewAgainst (5) |
4
|
1
|
Denmark RenewAgainst (6) |
Netherlands RenewAgainst (6) |
France RenewAgainst (18)
Bernard GUETTA,
Catherine CHABAUD,
Christophe GRUDLER,
Dominique RIQUET,
Fabienne KELLER,
Gilles BOYER,
Ilana CICUREL,
Irène TOLLERET,
Jérémy DECERLE,
Laurence FARRENG,
Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE,
Max ORVILLE,
Nathalie LOISEAU,
Pascal CANFIN,
Pierre KARLESKIND,
Salima YENBOU,
Sandro GOZI,
Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR
|
Spain RenewAgainst (6) |
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S&D |
100
|
Poland S&DAgainst (5) |
Italy S&DAgainst (11) |
1
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
Germany S&DAgainst (12) |
3
|
Portugal S&DAgainst (5) |
5
|
4
|
Spain S&DAgainst (18)
Adriana MALDONADO LÓPEZ,
Alicia HOMS GINEL,
Clara AGUILERA,
Cristina MAESTRE,
César LUENA,
Domènec RUIZ DEVESA,
Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL,
Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO,
Inma RODRÍGUEZ-PIÑERO,
Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ,
Isabel GARCÍA MUÑOZ,
Javi LÓPEZ,
Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ,
Jonás FERNÁNDEZ,
Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR,
Marcos ROS SEMPERE,
Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ,
Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR
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