10 Amendments of Marietje SCHAAKE related to 2013/2147(INI)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas freedom of expression and freedom of the press and media, both online and offline, are crucial preconditions and catalysts for democratisation, reform and are essential checks on power;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises the interdependence between the EU and KSA in terms of regional stability, relations with the Islamic world, the fate of the transitions in the Arab Spring countries, the Israel-Palestine peace process, the war in Syria, improving relations with Iran, stability of the global oil and financial markets, and global governance issues, especially through the G-20 framework;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the KSA authorities to ensure freedom of expression for all inhabitants of KSA, and stresses that the peaceful advocacy of basic legal rights or making critical remarks using social media are expressions of an indispensable right, as Parliament has stressed in its report on digital freedom; emphasises that freedom of the press and media, both online and offline, is essential in a free society and forms a crucial check on power;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Awaits theWelcomes the global campaign in support of lifting of the ban on women driving; awaits the lifting of this ban;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on KSA to play a leading role and set the right example in the Middle East, promoting freedom, equality and democratisation, with special attention for Bahrain and other GCC countries;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls on KSA to take a leading responsibility in ending the proliferation of violent extremist groups throughout the Middle East and North Africa;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Calls on Saudi Arabia to provide more transparency regarding its financial support of external groups;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is concerned that KSA’s financial and political support for religious and political groups in North Africa may result in reinforcing fundamentalist and obscurantist forces that undermine efforts to create democratic governance and oppose the participation of women in public life; is further concerned that the unconditional political and financial support offered to the leaders of the military coup in EgyptEgyptian authorities is undermining the efforts of the EU to promote a peaceful and inclusive political solution to the Egyptian crisis;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on KSA to refrain from acting on the basis of a narrow sectarian-based zero- sum game logic regarding the Syrian conflict, and to contribute instead to a peaceful, inclusive solution, notably through support for the Geneva II talks, without preconditions; calls also for the more active involvement of KSA in humanitarian relief for victims of the Syrian civil war; calls on KSA to end its financial, military and political support of Syrian extremist groups and to encourage other countries to do the same;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Condemns the intervention in Bahrain by the armed forces of KSA in 2011 and the supply of military equipment to the Bahraini authorities, facilitating repression of the Bahraini population and its right to freedom of expression and assembly;