5 Amendments of Julie WARD related to 2018/2150(INI)
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that over 150 000 people were taken into custody in the post-coup crackdown and 78 000 have been arrested on terrorism charges, while more than 50 000 people remain in jail; expresses concern at the excessively lengthy pre-trial detention and judicial proceedings, the fact that in several cases no indictment has been issued yet, and the harshness of detention conditions; is particularly concerned at the fact that such arrests seem to also target legitimate voices of dissent, human rights defenders, or members of the opposition; is very worried at the allegations of ill- treatment and torture of those in prison, as reported by several human rights organisations;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Turkish authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all detained academics, drop all charges and end all judicial harassment against them;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Urges Turkish authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all detained human rights defenders, drop charges and annul sentences against them; reiterates that Turkish authorities must end all judicial harassment, threats, and intimidation against human rights defenders, their families and colleagues, and enable them in all circumstances to carry out their work free of threat and impediment;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Calls on the EU and Member States to increase their protection and support for human rights defenders at risk in Turkey, including through emergency grants, and ensure full implementation of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders by the EU Delegation and Member State embassies and consulates;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that a door should be left open for the modernisation and upgrading of the 1995 Customs Union between the EU and Turkey, to include relevant areas such as agriculture, services and public procurement, which currently are not covered; recalls that two thirds of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Turkey comes from EU Member States and that Turkey is an important growth market for the EU; believes that the upgrade would provide a valuable opportunity for democratic conditionality, positive leverage and the possibility of a roadmap where upgrading the Customs Union would go hand in hand with concrete commitments by Turkey on democratic reforms upholding human rights standards, open civil society space, and an enabling environment for human rights defenders; believes further that the upgrading of the Customs Union would provide an important opportunity for policy dialogue on climate change as well as on labour rights in Turkey; calls on the Commission to start preparatory work for the upgrading of the Customs Union as soon as the Turkish Government indicates its readiness for serious reforms;