8 Amendments of Ryszard CZARNECKI related to 2012/2145(INI)
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas violations of freedom of religion or belief, perpetrated by governments and non-state actors alike, are increasing in many countries of the world, namely in Pakistan as exposed by the Blasphemy Law, resulting in discrimination, intolerance and violence against certain individuals and religious communities, including religious minority representatives;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Reiterates its concern, however, with the persistently disappointing lack of progress in a number of human rights dialogues, and the lack of transparent benchmarks to genuinely assess improvements or deterioration in human rights; notes the continued EU difficulties to negotiate improved modalities for the dialogue with China and, Russia and Pakistan; calls on the newly appointed EUSR on Human Rights to inject new momentum into these and other dialogues;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Remains disappointed that there has been no systematic involvement of Parliament in the assessments of the human rights dialogue, including for Russia and China, China and Pakistan; calls for Parliament's access to these assessments to be formalised, and recalls that the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Dialogues state that ‘'civil society will be involved in this assessment exercise’';
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
52. Notes with concern the worrying trend of increased attacks and intimidation against journalists and media workers in the OSCE area and in third countries like Pakistan; calls for a stepping up of EU efforts to promote their safety in dialogues with the Union's partners and other countries;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Regrets that persecution and marginalisation of human rights defenders remain a widespread tendency in China, Russia, Pakistan and all other countries that still mistake high human rights standards for an imposition of the EU, the UN and global human rights organisations; regrets that disbarred lawyers in China and politically persecuted journalists and media workers are regarded as an internal affair; regrets that social tolerance of religious minorities in Pakistan is extremely low;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
Paragraph 58
58. Regrets the general assessment in the EU Annual Report that in many countries like Pakistan, there is a contraction of democratic space, and civil society in general and human rights defenders (HRDs) in particular are increasingly becoming victims of repression, and fundamental freedoms are still massively violated;.
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64
Paragraph 64
64. Welcomes the assessment by human rights organisations that the use of the death penalty in 2011 broadly confirms the global trend towards abolition; regrets, however, that there was a significant increase in executions in Pakistan, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia; expresses serious disappointment at the refusal of China to disclose credible information about its use of death penalty and executions that, according to Amnesty International, number in the thousands; welcomes the abolition of the death penalty in the US state of Illinois but regrets that the United States continues to execute people despite being the only G8 country to do so in 2011; recalls with concern that Belarus is the only European country to continue use the death penalty; urges the Pakistan Government to remove the Blasphemy Law; urges the EU and its Member States consistently to bring this issue up in their dialogues with these countries;
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 81
Paragraph 81
81. Remains deeply concerned that discrimination based on religion or belief continues in many regions of the world, and that persons belonging to particular religious communities, including religious minorities, continue to be denied their human rights; is particularly concerned by the situation in Pakistan where a reform of education to incorporate themes of religious tolerance is critical for the development of a tolerant Pakistani society which values religious freedom and religious diversity for all its citizens; is particularly concerned by the situation in China where individuals who practise their religion outside officially sanctioned channels, including Christians, Muslims, Buddhists and Falun Gong practitioners, often face persecution; urges China to ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) as it has promised; urges the Chinese authorities to suspend and subsequently amend, through genuinely consultative processes with Tibetans, the policies that most negatively impact Tibetan Buddhism, culture and tradition;