13 Amendments of Radosław SIKORSKI related to 2023/2041(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8
Citation 8
– having regard to the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights of 4 March3 February 20223 on the situation of human rights in Belarus in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election and in its aftermath,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
– having regard to the Resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe of 27 April 2023 on the deportations and forcible transfers of Ukrainian children,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas almost three years after the so-calledfraudulent elections onf 9 August 2020, the Belarusian authorities are continuing their repression against the Belarusian people; whereas more than 50 000 Belarusians have been illegally arrested and tortured, more than 3000 persons have been sentenced for various punishments by the courts on politically-motivated charges, more than 1 500 persons remain imprisoned on political grounds, and around 300 000 have left the country for fear of a similar fate;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU and its Member States did not recognise the results of the fraudulent presidential election and do not recognise Aliaksandr Lukashenka as president of Belarus;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Condemns in the strongest terms the unabated repression and the systematic and widespread human rights violations committed by the Lukashenka regime, including manifold cases of mistreatment and torture of political prisoners and other persons prosecuted on politically- motivated grounds; continues to stand in solidarity with the brave people of Belarus who stand up for a sovereign, free and democratic Belarus, risking their freedom and lives;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Belarusian regime to end this spiral of violence, torture and repression against dissenting voices and perceived critics, to release immediately and unconditionally all political prisoners and all persons arbitrarily detained, and to engage in a genuine dialogue with representatives of the democratic forces and civil society in order to find a way out of the current political and human rights crisis through the organisation of free and fair elections to be organised under international observation led by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Condemns the Belarusian authorities for targeting the country’s ethnic Polish and Lithuanian communities and other minority and culture groups for political reasons; condemns the arrest of Andżelika Borys, Andrzej Poczobut and other members of the Polish community after the fraudulent presidential elections of 2020; considers the charges of ‘inciting hatred’ and the ‘rehabilitation of Nazism’ as political, devoid of any merit and legal value; takes note that Andżelika Borys has since been cleared of the politically motivated charges; Further condemns the sentencing of Andrzej Poczobut to eight years in prison; denounces the rejection of his appeal against his sentence; calls for the immediate release of all political prisoners of the Polish and Lithuanian communities in Belarus;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reiterates its call for the EU Member States to prepare the ground for the criminal prosecution of Belarusian officials who areunder the principle of universal jurisdiction for their responsibleility for or complicity in electoral fraud and investigate grave human rights violations, under the principle of universal justice and crimes against humanity, which are taking place in Belarus;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines the direct participation of Alexandr Lukashenka, his regime and state owned companies in the procedure of forcible transfers of Ukrainian children from the occupied territories of Ukraine to the Russian Federation and to Belarus; notes that the Belarusian officials’ participation in this criminal and inhumane procedure has been documented; calls in this regard to submit a new referral or to extend the ongoing case against Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin on the same issue at the International Criminal Court to Belarusian officials including Alexandr Lukashenka;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Call for the EU and its Member States to broaden and strengthen the scope of sanctions (‘restrictive measures’) against individuals and legal entities responsible for or complicit in grave human rights violations in Belarus under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Mechanisms (EU Magnitsky Act), including judges, prosecutors, law enforcement, prison and penal colony officials, and agents of the infamous KGB and GUBOPiK; insists that Belarusian potash, which is the main source of the regime’s income, should remain on the list of sanctions; urges the EU and its Member States to increase their capacity to assess thensure the full implementation of all restrictive rmeal effect of sanctions in order to ensure their full implementation and to thwart anysures concerning Belarus and Belarusian individuals and to counter any efforts to circumvention sc themes;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that the Belarusian regime’s efforts to assist the Russian aggression against Ukraine implies responsibility for the destruction and damage caused to Ukraine; calls therefore on the EU and its Member States to find legal pathways of seizing assets of the Belarusian leadership and related Belarusian entities involved in the Russian war effort to support the reconstruction of Ukraine;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes with great concern the rampant economic, political and military integration of Belarus into the Union State with Russia; condemns the announced deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons under Russian command on Belarusian territory; calls for the EU and the Member States to maintain unity in addressing the multifaceted threats posed by the regime of Aliaksandr Lukashenka regime to the EU, in particular the continued state- engineered illegal migration crisis at the borders of Belarus with Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, and to work in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency to ensure nuclear safety at the Belarusian NPP;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for the EU, its institutions and its Member States to develop a more ambitious and comprehensive strategy in order to support democratic forces, civil society activists, human rights defenders, independent artists, independent trade unions and free media both in and outside Belarus; calls for improved EU communication with the people in Belarus in order to provide them with information and counter disinformation and propaganda by the state-controlled media; urges the EU Member States to coordinate their actions in order to alleviate the difficulties faced by democratic forces and civil society activists in exile, for example in the process of obtaining residence permits or opening bank accounts;