6 Amendments of Bert-Jan RUISSEN related to 2023/2041(INI)
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas the Lukashenka regime continues to discriminate against national and religious minorities by persecutions of their leaders including Andrzej Poczobut, closure of educational institutions for Polish and Lithuanian minorities eliminating education in their national languages and destruction of Polish memorial cemeteries to violate the freedom of religion or belief and to repress religious communities and individuals; whereas numerous Roman Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox and Greek Catholic priests and pastors have been subjected to various forms of persecution, ranging from fines to lengthy imprisonment;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F d (new)
Recital F d (new)
Fd. whereas the former Archbishop of Grodno, Artemy (Kishchanka), who was the only hierarch of the Moscow- subordinate Belarusian Orthodox Church - the Belarusian Exarchate - to condemn the violence used by Aliaksandr Lukashenka's regime against peaceful protesters in 2020, died on 22 April, on Orthodox Easter Saturday; whereas the attempts of Metropolitan Benjamin to pacify Archbishop Artemy were not successful, he was "sent" into retirement with the diplomatic wording "for health reasons"; whereas after the so-called retirement, he was subjected to harassment, which affected his state of health;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Denounces politically motivated ‘show trials’ aimed at instilling fear in representatives and supporters of the democratic forces, civil society, independent media, free trade unions and human rights defenders, religious communities and in particular the recent sentencing to long prison terms of Nobel Peace Prize and Sakharov Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovich, Zmitser Salauyou, Uladzimir Labkovich, Raman PrataseUladzimir Labkovich, Henadz Fiadynich, Vasil Berasneu and Vatslau Areshka, as well as the sentencing in absentia of leading figures of the democratic forces such as Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Pavel Latushka, Maryia Maroz, Volha Kavalkova, Siarhei Dyleuski, Valery Tsapkala, Stsiapan Putsila and Yan Rudzik on spurious charges of ‘conspiracy to seize power’ or ‘forming extremist organisations’;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Commemorates the memory of the former Archbishop of Grodno, Artemy (Kishchanka) who died on 22 April and who condemned the violence used by Aliaksandr Lukashenka's regime against peaceful protesters in 2020;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10d. Strongly condemns the persecution of religious communities in Belarus, as well as the persecution of clerics and laity, who in their religious activities refuse to support the position of the regime, including the sentencing of Orthodox priest Siarhei Razanovich, his wife and son to 16 years in prison;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 e (new)
Paragraph 10 e (new)
10e. Considers unacceptable the pressure exerted by the Lukashenka regime on the leadership of the Christian churches in order to remove objectionable bishops and priests, as well as the regular arrests of clergy, including the arrest of the Catholic priests Vyacheslav Adamovich, Andrei Kulik, Aliaksandr Shautsou and ordinary members of the Church for preaching in May 2023, the confiscation of churches from Catholics in Minsk and the prohibition of the work of Protestant congregations;