6 Amendments of Andrea COZZOLINO related to 2020/2111(INI)
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas, according to the United Nations, 24 million out of 30 million of Yemenis are in need of some form of humanitarian assistance in what is described by the UN as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis; whereas the spread of deadly COVID-19 compounded the already catastrophic humanitarian situation and is likely to spread faster and cause more deaths due to the destruction of the country’s medical infrastructure, including as a result of indiscriminate and disproportionate air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition against civilian targets, and obstruction to aid by Houthi and other authorities;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Expresses grave concern about the continued detention of prisoners of conscience in Egypt, which at a time of the COVID-19 pandemic poses aggravated health risks to the detainees; urges the Egyptian authorities to immediately release all the unjustly detained human rights defenders, lawyers, political activists, and other prisoners of conscience, among them Ramy Shaath, Alaa Abdel Fattah, Sanaa Seif, Mohamed el Baqer, Ziad el Elaimy, Mahienour el Massry, Haitham Mohamedeen, Patrick Zaki, Ibrahim Ezz el-din, Ibrahim Metwally, Esraa Abdelfattah, Solafa Magdy, Hossam al Sayyad;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Is strongly concerned that overcrowding of Egyptian prisons risks exacerbating the spread of COVID-19, and poses serious regional and global health risks; calls on the Egyptian authorities to take steps to mitigate the overcrowding of the prisons by immediately and unconditionally releasing all the unjustly detained journalists, human rights defenders, opposition activists, researchers and other prisoners of conscience, in accordance with the Egyptian constitution and international human rights commitments;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Expresses concern over an acute vulnerability of migrant workers to human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia, such as crowded labour accommodation, inequitable access to healthcare, immigration detention centres and prisons where detainees are often held in dismal, health-threatening conditions; is further concerned that the economic consequences of the COVID-19 might disproportionately affect the welfare of the migrant workers; calls on the Saudi authorities to fully uphold the rights of all vulnerable communities, particularly migrant workers, and ensure an effective public health response to the COVID-19;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Strongly condemns any obstruction to delivery of humanitarian aid to Yemeni people by the Saudi-led coalition, Houthis, Yemeni government and UAE-backed Southern Transitional, including any affecting the COVID-19 response; calls on all parties in the Yemeni conflict to immediately lift any obstacles to facilitating to the whole population of Yemen access to the life- saving medical assistance, food, water and other basic needs; calls on the UN Security Council to impose restrictive measures, such as travel bans and assets freeze, on senior officials in the Yemeni government, Houthi movement, Saudi-led coalition and UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council for alleged war crimes and obstruction of delivery of humanitarian aid;
Amendment 546 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Condemns the authorities of Saudi Arabia for abusing the restrictions introduced to fightCOVID-19 to deny the human rights defenders, women rights activists, political and religious dissidents, such as Loujain al-Hathloul, Salman al- Awda, Princess Basmah, Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz bin SalmanAl Saud and other unjustly detained prisoners, their basic human rights, such as communication with their families and outside world; is alarmed by the credible allegations of torture of political prisoners in Saudi prisons made by international human rights organizations, such as Human Rights Watch; notes with concern the overcrowding, ill-treatment, lack of adequate medical care in Saudi Arabia’s prisons, all of which exacerbate the deadly risks of the spread of COVID-19; is appalled by the reports of the death in prison of Abdullah al-Hamid, a leading Saudi human rights defender; calls on the HR/VP and EEAS to press Saudi Arabia’s authorities to accept independent international monitors to the country’s prisons and detention facilities, conduct impartial investigations into allegations of torture and deaths in detention