8 Amendments of Francisco José MILLÁN MON related to 2021/2055(INI)
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that among believers’ groups, Christians are estimated to constitute the majority of people facing persecution for their faith; underlines that globally around 340 million Christians experience high levels of persecution and discrimination, with over 4 500 Christians killed for their faith, 4 500 churches and other Christian buildings attacked, and over 4 200 believers detained without trial, arrested, sentenced or imprisoned in 2020 alone; is alarmed about the increase in the overall level of discrimination, and especially about the sharp increase in the number of killings compared to 2019;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Strongly deplorescondemns the fact that millions of Christians have been uprooted from their homes, and that many have been killed, kidnapped, imprisoned, discriminated against and have had restrictions placed on their freedom of worship; notes that forms of persecution also exist in all aspects of social life, including in employment and education;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls the crimes against humanity and war crimes, within the meaning of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), were committed in Iraq and Syria by the so-called ‘ISIS/Daesh’ against Christians, Yazidis, Muslims and other religious and ethnic minorities in the territories under its control during the period 2014-2020;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Strongly condemns terror attacks on places of worship, including the Easter attacks in Sri Lanka in 2019, when nine suicide bombers carried out a series of attacks, including on three churches; notes with concern the persecution of Christians in certain countries in Asia, where one in three Christians is facing some level of persecution and there has been an increase in cases of Christians convicted for professing their faith;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Strongly condemns the persecution of Christians in some regions of Africa, where more than 120 million Christians face high, severe or extreme persecution, especially in Libya, Nigeria, Somalia, and also in Eritrea where Christians are arrested for professing their faith;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the paramount importance of holding accountable perpetrators of human rights abuses against persons belonging to religious minorities; calls on the EU and Member States to urgently work towards the establishment of UN mechanisms and committees to investigate current human rights violations against religious minorities around the world; and calls for support for the role of the International Criminal Court in dealing with the most serious crimes;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. WParticularly welcomes the recent appointment of Mr Christos Stylianides as the EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief; calls on the Commission to include objectives for the fight against persecution of minorities on the grounds of belief or religion as important part of his mandate; recommends that the Special Envoy works closely with the EU Special Representative for Human Rights and the Council Working Group on Human Rights (COHOM), and reiterates its calls on the Council and the Commission to adequately support the Special Envoy’s institutional mandate, capacity and duties, and provide him with the necessary resources;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support programmes that allow members of religious minorities who wish to return to and resettle in their home regions to do so once the material and security conditions make this possible and the circumstances which led to their departure no longer exist;