5 Amendments of Emmanuel MAUREL related to 2021/2055(INI)
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
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3. Stresses that freedom of religion or belief, including freedom to worship, and freedom to believe or not believe, is a human right, and that it often serves as a last bastion of liberty and as a source of fierce determination in highly repressive settings;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
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4. Is deeply concerned about the rise over the last decade of violence against people belonging to minorities on the grounds of their belief or religion as a global phenomenon, which is intensifying and affecting more and more countries; notes that it affects many religious communities, namely Christians (including Copts), Jews, Muslims (including Uyghurs, Rohingya, Ahmadis and Alevis), Buddhists, Hindus and smaller religious groups, such as Baha’is, Sikhs and Zoroastrians, as well as groups of people who are atheists, humanists, agnostics or do not identify with any religion;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
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15. Deplores the fact that atheists are still persecuted in almost all of the region and that apostasy and atheism carriesy the death sentence in several countries; expresses its regret that freedom of worship is severely limited in some of the countries in the Middle East, with the notable example of Saudi Arabia, where public practice of any religion other than Islam is strictly prohibited;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
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16. Notes that persecution of religious minorities in Asia is commonplace in many countries, especially in those with communist regimes, and that blasphemy laws are of particular concern, particularlyparticularly in China, with numerous breaches of the fundamental freedoms and rights of Uyghurs, and that blasphemy laws are of particular concern, particularly in Pakistan; in that connection, welcomes the release of Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emmanuel, but remains concerned about the fate of all those convicted under these laws in Pakistan;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
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28. Deplores the fact that more than 70 countries in the world enforce criminal, including Member States of the European Union, enforce laws or seek to introduce new legislation which provide for punishments for blasphemy, apostasy and conversion, including the death sentence; notes that laws already in place are used disproportionately against people belonging to religious minorities, and are thus seen, with good reason, as an instrument of oppression; calls for the EU to intensify its political dialogue with all countries concerned with a view to repeal those laws;