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Draft report (2025/2048(INI)) 2025-07-10

Addressing transnational repression of human rights defenders

Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Amendment 1

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Citation 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the G7 Leaders' Statement in Transnational Repression of 17 June 2025 and the G7 multistakeholder Dialogue on Transnational Repression of February 2025,

Or. en

Amendment 2

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Citation 1 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the Council Conclusions on EU Priorities in UN Human Rights Fora in 2025 of 27 January 2025,

Or. en

Amendment 3

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Citation 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to reports from the services of Member States and like-minded countries revealing the systematic use of transnational repression by authoritarian regimes;

Or. pl

Amendment 4

Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Marta Temido, Robert Biedroń, Thijs Reuten

Motion for a resolution

Citation 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024, extended until 2027,

Or. en

Amendment 5

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Citation 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the Digital Services Act (Regulation 2022/206),

Or. en

Amendment 6

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Citation 4 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (Directive 2024/1760),

Or. en

Amendment 7

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Citation 4 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the report of the Investigation of alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware (2022/2077(INI)),

Or. en

Amendment 8

Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Marta Temido, Robert Biedroń, Thijs Reuten

Motion for a resolution

Citation 4 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the Commission’s 2024 annual report on human rights and democracy in the world of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Or. en

Amendment 9

Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Marta Temido, Robert Biedroń, Thijs Reuten

Motion for a resolution

Citation 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the study of its Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services of June 2024 on Transnational repression of human rights defenders: The impacts on civic space and the responsibility of host states,

Or. en

Amendment 10

Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Marta Temido, Robert Biedroń, Thijs Reuten

Motion for a resolution

Citation 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the Conclusions of the Council on EU priorities in UN human rights fora for the year 2025,

Or. en

Amendment 11

Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Marta Temido, Robert Biedroń, Thijs Reuten

Motion for a resolution

Citation 6 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the G7 Leaders’ Statement on Transnational Repression of 17 June 2025,

Or. en

Amendment 12

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital A

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A. whereas transnational repression (TNR) is a well-documented phenomenon, taking place in a global context of deteriorating human rights, shrinking civic space and a growing prevalence of increasingly repressive and assertive authoritarian regimes, particularly in Russia, Belarus, China, Iran and Cuba;

Or. pl

Amendment 13

Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Marta Temido, Robert Biedroń, Thijs Reuten

Motion for a resolution

Recital A a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A a. whereas according to the Freedom House, in 2024 over 25% of the world’s governments had engaged in transnational repression since 2014, with 1219 direct physical incidents across 103 target countries, whereas ten regimes account for nearly 80% of TNR cases, namely China, Turkey, Tajikistan, Russia, Egypt, Cambodia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran and Belarus;

Or. en

Amendment 14

Rima Hassan

Motion for a resolution

Recital A a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A a. Whereas the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders defines human rights defenders (HRDs) as individuals or groups who act to promote, protect or strive for the protection and realisation of human rights and fundamental freedoms through peaceful means1a;

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1a OHCHR, 1998: https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-human-rights-defenders/declaration-human-rights-defenders

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Amendment 15

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Recital A a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A a. whereas support for human rights defenders is already a long established element of the European Union’s human rights external relations policy1a;

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1a https://www.eeas.europa.eu/sites/default/files/eu_guidelines_hrd_en.pdf

Or. en

Amendment 16

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital B

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

B. whereas human rights defenders (HRDs) are crucial EU allies in defending and promoting human rights, democracy and the rule of law; whereas the implementation of the EU Guidelines on HRDs and its commitments remains uneven;

B. whereas human rights defenders (HRDs), acting primarily in the interests of their communities and nations, are crucial allies of the European Union and the community of democratic states in defending the international legal order based on the United Nations system and human rights conventions, and in promoting human rights, democracy and the rule of law; whereas the implementation of the EU Guidelines on HRDs and the commitments associated with them remains uneven;

Or. pl

Amendment 17

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Recital B

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

B. whereas human rights defenders (HRDs) are crucial EU allies in defending and promoting human rights, democracy and the rule of law, and also denouncing violations of such rights; whereas the implementation of the EU Guidelines on HRDs and its commitments remains uneven;

Or. en

Amendment 18

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital C

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

C. whereas HRDs worldwide are at risk of TNR, with growing numbers of cases registered in recent years;

C. whereas autocratic states are starting to export their repressive practices across the globe, as a result of which HRDs worldwide are at risk of TNR, with growing numbers of cases registered in recent years;

Or. pl

Amendment 19

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Recital C

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

C. whereas HRDs worldwide are at risk of TNR, with growing numbers of cases registered in recent years;

C. whereas HRDs worldwide are at risk of TNR, with growing numbers of cases registered in recent years; whereas however many cases remain unregistered due to fear or further retaliation;

Or. en

Amendment 20

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Sebastião Bugalho

Motion for a resolution

Recital C

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

C. whereas HRDs worldwide are at risk of TNR, with growing numbers of cases registered in recent years;

C. whereas HRDs worldwide are at risk of TNR, with growing numbers of cases registered in recent years, and many cases going unregistered;

Or. en

Amendment 21

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital C

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

C. whereas HRDs worldwide are at risk of TNR, with growing numbers of cases registered in recent years;

C. whereas HRDs worldwide are at risk of TNR, with growing numbers of cases registered in recent years and many cases going unregistered ;

Or. en

Amendment 22

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital C a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Ca. whereas the scale of persecution by the People's Republic of China, in particular against the Tibetan community, the Uyghurs and Hong Kongers, who have left communist China for fear of repression for their human rights activities and activities on behalf of their communities, is systemic and has been confirmed on the basis of reports by intelligence and security services from New Zealand, through EU countries and the United Kingdom, to Canada;

Or. pl

Amendment 23

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Recital C a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

C a. whereas more than 20% or the world's governments reportedly engage in TNR; whereas China, Türkiye, Tajikistan, Russia, Egypt, Cambodia, Turkmenistan, Iran, Uzbekistan, and Belarus are reportedly responsible for nearly 80% of the documented abuses;

Or. en

Amendment 24

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital C b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Cb. whereas the Russian Federation under the regime of Vladimir Putin is persecuting and even physically eliminating its political opponents in democratic countries, including member countries of the European Union and NATO, such as the United Kingdom and Germany;

Or. pl

Amendment 25

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital C c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Cc. whereas the Lukashenka regime is escalating transnational repression in order to break up structures representing Belarusian independence and democratic forces, resorting to physical attacks on opposition leaders, blackmail, the arrest of family members and even the hijacking of an aircraft;

Or. pl

Amendment 26

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital C d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Cd. whereas citizens of the European Union who provide political, organisational or material support to dissident groups also fall victim to actions targeting such groups, as was the case with the attack on Alejo Vidal-Quadras perpetrated by the regime in Tehran, which is also responsible for other assassination attempts and terrorist attacks against its opponents, including on EU territory;

Or. pl

Amendment 27

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital C e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Ce. whereas the hostile actions carried out by authoritarian regimes also target politicians and public figures who support dissidents and their political goals, with the aim of intimidating critics, weakening their political position or compelling them to withdraw their previous support;

Or. pl

Amendment 28

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital D

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

D. whereas there is no universally adopted definition of TNR and official data is limited; whereas TNR commonly refers to attacks and threats by states that aim to defend and advance their interests by reaching across national borders to coerce, control or silence dissidents, political opponents, journalists, activists, HRDs and diaspora members through a broad range of methods;

D. whereas transnational repression refers to the extraterritorial exercise of State power, either directly or through proxies, with the intent to silence dissenting voices abroad; whereas TNR encompasses a ranges of coercive practices, including physical acts such as targeted killings, abductions, and enforced returns, as well as non-physical methods such as digital surveillance, threats by proxy, and the strategic misuse of legal instruments, including extradition procedures or red notices; whereas TNR frequently undermines the sovereignty and legal order of host States and poses systemic threats to civic space, democratic institutions, and the international rule of law;

Or. en

Amendment 29

Rima Hassan

Motion for a resolution

Recital D

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

D. whereas there is no universally adopted definition of TNR and official data is limited; whereas TNR commonly refers to attacks and threats by states and its proxies, both within their territories and extraterritorially, that aim to defend and advance their interests to coerce, punish, control or silence dissidents, political opponents, journalists, activists, HRDs, as well as acts targeting them indirectly by threatening their families, representatives or associations; whereas particularly vulnerable are nationals or former nationals, members of diaspora communities and those living in exile;

Or. en

Amendment 30

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital D

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

D. whereas there is no universally adopted definition of TNR and official data is limited; whereas TNR commonly refers to attacks and threats by states that aim to suppress political opposition and criticism by reaching across national borders to coerce, control or silence dissidents, political opponents, journalists, activists, HRDs and diaspora members through a broad range of methods, such as intimidation, blackmail, surveillance, harassment, violence and abuse of procedure;

Or. pl

Amendment 31

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Recital D

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

D. whereas there is no universally adopted definition of TNR and official data is limited which impedes the fight against this phenomenon; whereas TNR commonly refers to attacks and threats by states and proxies that aim to defend and advance their interests or silence any dissenting voice by reaching across national borders to coerce, control or silence dissidents, political opponents, journalists, activists, HRDs and diaspora members through a broad range of methods;

Or. en

Amendment 32

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Sebastião Bugalho

Motion for a resolution

Recital D

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

D. whereas there is no universally adopted definition of TNR and official data is limited; whereas TNR commonly refers to attacks and threats by states and proxies that aim to defend and advance their interests by reaching across national borders to coerce, control or silence dissidents, political opponents, journalists, activists, HRDs and diaspora members through a broad range of methods;

Or. en

Amendment 33

Rima Hassan

Motion for a resolution

Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

D a. whereas tactics of transnational repression include killings, unlawful removals (expulsions, extraditions, and deportations), abductions and enforced disappearances, targeting of relatives, abuse of consular services, and so-called digital transnational repression, which includes the use of technology including spyware, to survey or harass people; whereas these tactics often facilitate further human rights violations, such as torture and ill-treatment; whereas Interpol’s Red Notice system has also been used as a tool of transnational repression, to facilitate unlawful extraditions;

Or. en

Amendment 34

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Da. whereas authoritarian regimes often combine their forces and influence and refine their methods of intimidation to send a message to their opponents that they will never be truly safe, targeting the foreign support networks on which opponents of dictatorships rely;

Or. pl

Amendment 35

Mariusz Kamiński

Motion for a resolution

Recital D b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Db. whereas TNR is global in nature and, according to Freedom House, has been utilised by 38 countries of origin in 91 host countries since 2014;

Or. pl

Amendment 36

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital E

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

E. whereas despite growing awareness, EU foreign and domestic policy responses to TNR remain limited;

E. whereas despite the growing number of cases, TNR is still not recognised as a distinct phenomenon, and EU foreign and domestic policy responses to TNR remain limited; whereas existing responses are often fragmented as Member States rarely cooperate despite the cross-border nature of TNR; whereas this results in a concerning gap in protection for human rights defenders at risk;

Or. en

Amendment 37

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Recital E

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

E. whereas despite growing awareness, EU foreign and domestic policy responses to TNR remain limited;

E. whereas despite growing awareness, EU foreign and domestic policy responses to TNR remain limited; whereas TNR undermines democracy, security, national sovereingty and rule of law in EU Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 38

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital E

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

E. whereas despite growing awareness, EU foreign and domestic policy responses to TNR remain limited;

E. whereas despite growing awareness of the existence and scale of TNR, Member State and EU foreign and domestic policy responses to TNR remain insufficient and limited;

Or. pl

Amendment 39

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Sebastião Bugalho

Motion for a resolution

Recital E

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

E. whereas despite growing awareness, EU foreign and domestic policy responses to TNR remain limited;

E. whereas despite the growing number of cases, EU foreign and domestic policy responses to TNR remain limited;

Or. en

Amendment 40

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital F

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F. whereas social media and other digital platforms may provide an enabling environment for TNR;

F. whereas social media and other digital platforms may provide an environment conducive to the practice of TNR, including by means of surveillance, harassment, disinformation and defamation campaigns, blackmail and intimidation of activists, regime critics and their families, both in their countries of origin and beyond their borders;

Or. pl

Amendment 41

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital F

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F. whereas social media and other digital platforms may provide an enabling environment for TNR;

F. whereas social media and other digital platforms provide a thriving environment for TNR, including in the form of digital surveillance, spyware and defamation campaigns;

Or. en

Amendment 42

Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Marta Temido, Robert Biedroń, Thijs Reuten

Motion for a resolution

Recital F

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F. whereas social media and other digital platforms may provide an enabling environment for TNR;

F. whereas social media and other digital platforms may provide an enabling environment for TNR through digital surveillance, spyware and defamation campaigns ;

Or. en

Amendment 43

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Recital F

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F. whereas social media and other digital platforms may provide an enabling environment for TNR;

F. whereas social media and other digital platforms provide an enabling environment for TNR;

Or. en

Amendment 44

Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Marta Temido, Robert Biedroń, Thijs Reuten

Motion for a resolution

Recital F a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F a. whereas digital transnational repression (TNR) increasingly exploits the dual-use nature of internet technologies, including social media and digital platforms, which serve as essential public spaces for civil society organisations (CSOs), human rights defenders, journalists, lawyers, bloggers and other independent voices to expose abuses and advocate for fundamental freedoms; whereas authoritarian actors seek to flood, monitor, manipulate or silence these platforms through harassment, disinformation, and surveillance; whereas some technology companies have at times played a passive or even active role in facilitating digital repression, thus becoming significant enablers of transnational repression;

Or. en

Amendment 45

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital F a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F a. whereas exiled and diaspora women human rights defenders face gender-specific forms of transnational repression such as gender-based harassment, abuse, and intimidation leading to stigmatization and social isolation; whereas gender-based repression uses patriarchal norms around women’s bodies and notions of family honour to instigate further violence and discrimination;

Or. en

Amendment 46

Alexander Sell

Motion for a resolution

Recital F a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F a. whereas the United Nations system already provides dedicated mechanisms, most notably the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human-rights defenders, to monitor and address transnational repression; whereas EU actions should complement, not duplicate, those mechanisms;

Or. en

Amendment 47

Rima Hassan

Motion for a resolution

Recital F a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F a. whereas the use of technology such as spyware increases the reach of transnational repression, essentially turning an infected device, such as a mobile phone, into a portable surveillance tool, allowing targeted individuals to be spied on and tracked around the world;

Or. en

Amendment 48

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Recital F a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F a. whereas digital threats against civil society are considered human rights violations; whereas digital TNR including surveillance, hacking attacks, online harassment and disinformation campaigns are deeply intertwined with traditional methods of TNR;

Or. en

Amendment 49

Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Marta Temido, Robert Biedroń, Thijs Reuten

Motion for a resolution

Recital F b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F b. whereas the EU global human rights sanctions regime (EU Magnitsky Act) allows the EU to target serious human rights violations and abuses and transnational repression perpetrators worldwide; whereas transnational repression of HRDs should be an integral dimension of the EU’s global monitoring of human rights abuses worldwide, including in relation to imposing sanctions;

Or. en

Amendment 50

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital F b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F b. whereas gender-based digital transnational repression occurs when state and state-affiliated actors deploy digital technologies and weaponize gender and misogyny as a tool of repression against women human rights defenders residing outside their countries of origin;

Or. en

Amendment 51

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital F c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F c. whereas new technologies, notably spyware such as Pegasus are an essential tool of modern TNR, which governments use to spy on and surveil human rights defenders;

Or. en

Amendment 52

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital F d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F d. whereas the EU Migration Pact’s newly established screening and border procedures will require the collection and exchange of personal and biometric data of all individuals entering Europe irregularly; whereas these data will be accessible for multiple purposes, including asylum processing, and will feed into various national and European policing and immigration databases, as well as systems operated by Europol and Interpol; whereas Interpol includes among its members several of the main perpetrators of TNR, enabling them to access this data and increasing the risk of its misuse for the purpose of targeting human rights defenders residing in the EU;

Or. en

Amendment 53

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet

Motion for a resolution

Subheading I

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Transnational repression against HRDs: growing trends and threats

Transnational repression against targeted individuals and communities abroad: growing trends and threats

Or. en

Amendment 54

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1. Condemns TNR as a serious threat to international human rights law and the rights to freedom, expression, association and protection from arbitrary detention and violence, and as a challenge to the sovereignty of host countries, through foreign interference tactics;

1. Condemns any form of TNR as a serious threat to international human rights law and the rights to life, freedom, expression, association and protection from arbitrary detention and violence, and as a violation of the sovereignty of host countries, through foreign interference tactics; underlines the need to adopt a universally agreed definition of TNR which could step up the common fight against this phenomenon;

Or. en

Amendment 55

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 56

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Sebastião Bugalho

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1. Condemns TNR as a serious threat to international human rights law and the rights to life, freedom, expression, association, religion, and protection from arbitrary detention and violence, and as a challenge to the sovereignty of host countries, through foreign interference tactics;

Or. en

Amendment 57

Mariusz Kamiński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1. Condemns TNR as a serious threat to international human rights law and the rights to freedom, expression, association and protection from arbitrary detention and violence, and as a challenge to the sovereignty and democracy of host countries, through foreign interference tactics;

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Amendment 58

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1. Condemns TNR as a serious threat to international human rights law and the rights to life, freedom, expression, association and protection from arbitrary detention and violence, and as a challenge to the sovereignty of host countries, through foreign interference tactics;

Or. en

Amendment 59

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Sebastião Bugalho

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1 a. Highlights the importance of countering this emerging phenomenon through a well-established legal framework at the multilateral, regional and national levels; stresses, in this context, the need to define the concept of transnational repression; considers, therefore, that transnational repression refers to:

"Actions of a foreign government or authoritarian regime that aim to exert and advance its interests by reaching across national borders to coerce, control or silence individuals, political dissent, civil society and other minorities in other countries through a broad range of methods; such actions have a negative impact on the human rights of the targets.";

Or. en

Amendment 60

Rima Hassan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1 a. Expresses grave concern about the escalation of transnational repression by states and non-state actors to target human rights defenders, journalists, and political dissidents beyond their national borders;

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Amendment 61

Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Marta Temido, Robert Biedroń, Thijs Reuten

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1 a. Notes that the number of TNR cases is most likely underestimated, as TNR often happens in a covert manner;

Or. en

Amendment 62

Rima Hassan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2. Highlights that state-sponsored TNR is taking increasingly insidious forms, including physical harm and torture, surveillance, legal pressure, digital threats, enforced disappearances and abductions, often for forced repatriation, extradition requests, threats against family members and unlawful killings;

2. Highlights that state-sponsored TNR is taking increasingly insidious forms, including physical harm and torture, surveillance including digital surveillance, legal pressure, digital threats, enforced disappearances and abductions, often for forced repatriation, extradition requests, coercion, threats against family members and unlawful killings; urges states to end all actions aimed to intimidate, attack, or silence human rights defenders, journalists, government critics and opposition activists and their families, including by refraining from using laws, such as counterterrorism and defamation laws, to criminalize them;

Or. en

Amendment 63

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2. Highlights that state-sponsored TNR is taking increasingly insidious and elaborate forms, including physical violence and torture, surveillance, legal pressure, defamation campaigns, blackmail, online threats, enforced disappearances and abductions, often for forced repatriation, extradition requests, including those based on false or misleading information, threats against family members, and unlawful killings;

Or. pl

Amendment 64

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2. Highlights that state-sponsored TNR is taking increasingly insidious forms, including physical harm and torture, deportation, surveillance, legal pressure, digital threats, enforced disappearances and abductions, often for forced repatriation, extradition requests, freezing of funds, threats against family members and unlawful killings;

Or. en

Amendment 65

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Sebastião Bugalho

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 66

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2. Highlights that state-sponsored TNR is taking increasingly insidious forms, including physical harm and torture, surveillance, legal pressure, digital threats, enforced disappearances and abductions, often for forced repatriation, extradition requests, freezing of assets, threats against family members and unlawful killings;

Or. en

Amendment 67

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2. Highlights that state-sponsored TNR is taking increasingly insidious forms, including physical harm and torture, surveillance, legal pressure, digital threats, enforced disappearances and abductions – often for forced repatriation, extradition requests, threats against family members and unlawful killings and assassinations;

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Amendment 68

Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Marta Temido, Robert Biedroń, Thijs Reuten

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3. Condemns authoritarian regimes worldwide for increasingly resorting to digital TNR and AI-powered technologies, spyware, hacking and doxing to harass, surveil and intimidate HRDs, especially women, who are disproportionately targeted by sexualised abuse and threats;

3. Condemns authoritarian regimes worldwide for increasingly resorting to digital TNR; notes the use of AI-powered technologies, spyware, hacking and doxing to harass, surveil and intimidate HRDs, especially women, who are disproportionately targeted by sexualised abuse and threats; underscores that digital TNR also encompasses content-based censorship, including the use of takedown requests, legal threats, content moderation pressure, and blocking of exile-run media outlets, to suppress or remove information critical of authoritarian regimes;

Or. en

Amendment 69

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3. Condemns authoritarian regimes worldwide for increasingly exploiting digital TNR tools, including AI-powered technologies, spyware, hacking and doxing to harass, surveil, intimidate, insult and discredit HRDs, and especially women, who are disproportionately the victims of online sexual violence and threats of a sexual nature, aimed at discrediting them and discouraging them from continuing their activities;

Or. pl

Amendment 70

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3. Condemns authoritarian regimes worldwide for increasingly resorting to digital TNR and AI-powered technologies, spyware, hacking and doxing to harass, surveil and intimidate HRDs; takes the view that female HRDs in particular are disproportionately targeted by sexualised abuse and threats;

Or. fi

Amendment 71

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 72

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Sebastião Bugalho

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3. Condemns authoritarian regimes and other perpetrators worldwide for increasingly resorting to digital TNR and AI-powered technologies, spyware, hacking and doxing to harass, surveil and intimidate HRDs, especially women, who are disproportionately targeted by sexualised abuse and threats;

Or. en

Amendment 73

Rima Hassan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3. Condemns authoritarian regimes and its proxies worldwide for increasingly resorting to digital TNR and AI-powered technologies, spyware, hacking and doxing to harass, surveil and intimidate HRDs, especially women, who are disproportionately targeted by sexualised abuse and threats;

Or. en

Amendment 74

Marjan Šarec, Irena Joveva

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3. Condemns authoritarian and illiberal regimes worldwide for increasingly resorting to digital TNR and AI-powered technologies, spyware, hacking and doxing to harass, surveil and intimidate HRDs, especially women, who are disproportionately targeted by sexualised abuse and threats;

Or. en

Amendment 75

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3. Condemns perpetrators worldwide for increasingly resorting to digital TNR and AI-powered technologies, spyware, hacking and doxing to harass, surveil and intimidate HRDs, especially women, who are disproportionately targeted by sexualised abuse and threats;

Or. en

Amendment 76

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3 a. Emphasizes the provem important role of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in responding to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza by providing essential food assistance; expresses grave concern regarding reports that Hamas has placed a bounty on Gaza Humanitarian Foundation personnel1a; calls upon the European Commission to publicly condemn these threats and urges the international community to follow suit;

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1a https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2025/06/29/hamas-places-bounty-on-aid-workers-ghf/

Or. en

Amendment 77

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3a. Roundly condemns the repeated and systematic acts of TNR by the Russian state security services, in particular the poisoning, assassination and repression of dissidents living in exile; recalls in particular the poisonings of Sergei and Yulia Skripal and the murder of Alexander Litvinenko on UK soil, as well as the assassination of Chechen commander Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Germany;

Or. fi

Amendment 78

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3 a. Condemns tactics of gender-based digital transnational repression which disproportionately target women human rights defenders residing outside their countries of origin; is deeply concerned with the rise of sexualised abuse and threats by means of digital technologies and the weaponisation of gender as a tool of repression of outspoken women;

Or. en

Amendment 79

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3 a. Highlights that women are disproportionately targeted by TNR in the form of sexualised abuse and threats;

Or. en

Amendment 80

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3b. Roundly condemns the acts of TNR carried out by the People’s Republic of China, in particular the so-called ‘foreign police stations’ it has established in a number of EU countries and around the world; underlines that, through these stations, China has monitored, threatened and brought pressure to bear on Chinese dissidents, Uyghurs, Hong Kong democracy activists and other HRDs; takes the view that the aim of China’s espionage against refugees is to silence the opposition living abroad;

Or. fi

Amendment 81

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3c. Roundly condemns the acts of TNR supported by the Islamic Republic of Iran in EU Member States, including assassinations, abductions and forced returns, and the monitoring and intimidation of activists from the diaspora community;

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Amendment 82

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3d. Roundly condemns the Turkish authorities’ surveillance and repression of opposition representatives, in particular those identified as supporters of the Gülen movement and Kurdish activists; roundly condemns forced returns and abductions in third countries, as well as pressure being brought to bear on EU Member States to facilitate extradition on political grounds;

Or. fi

Amendment 83

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3e. Roundly condemns Saudi Arabia’s involvement in TNR; recalls, in particular, the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul on 2 October 2018;

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Amendment 84

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4. Condemns perpetrators for exerting legal and diplomatic pressure, including through politically motivated Interpol red notices, to request the arrest and extradition of exiled HRDs, misuse of the ‘terrorist’ labelling, criminal prosecutions in absentia, and other measures of an administrative nature, such as the revocation of citizenship, travel bans, and the denial of identity documents and consular or banking services;

4. Condemns countries and institutions that deliberately disseminate false or misleading information and exert legal and diplomatic pressure – including through politically motivated Interpol red notices – with the aim of gaining international support for repressive measures and securing the arrest and extradition of exiled HRDs; condemns, moreover, the misuse of the ‘terrorist’ labelling, the holding of criminal prosecutions in absentia, and the use of other measures of an administrative nature, such as the revocation of citizenship, travel bans, and the denial of identity documents and consular or banking services;

Or. pl

Amendment 85

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4. Condemns perpetrators for exerting legal and diplomatic pressure, including through politically motivated Interpol red notices and the international counter terrorism institutional architecture, to request the arrest and extradition of exiled HRDs, misuse of the ‘terrorist’ labelling, criminal prosecutions in absentia, and other measures of an administrative nature, such as the revocation of citizenship, refusal of renewal of passports, denial of visa related documents, entry bans, travel bans, and the denial of identity documents and consular or banking services;

Or. en

Amendment 86

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Sebastião Bugalho

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4. Condemns perpetrators for exerting legal and diplomatic pressure, including through politically motivated Interpol red notices and the international counter-terrorism institutional architecture to request the arrest and extradition of exiled HRDs, misuse of the ‘terrorist’ labelling, criminal prosecutions in absentia, and other measures of an administrative nature, such as the revocation of citizenship, refusal of renewal of passports, denial of visa related documents, travel bans, entry bans, and the denial of identity documents and consular or banking services;

Or. en

Amendment 87

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4. Condemns perpetrators for exerting legal and diplomatic pressure, including through politically motivated Interpol red notices, to request the arrest and extradition of exiled HRDs and targeted individuals, misuse of the ‘terrorist’ labelling, criminal prosecutions in absentia, and other measures of an administrative nature, such as the revocation of citizenship, travel or entry bans, denial of passports, identity documents or visa related documents or their renewal, as well as denial of consular or banking services;

Or. en

Amendment 88

Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Marta Temido, Robert Biedroń, Thijs Reuten

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5. Expresses serious concerns about the role of host countries and non-state actors, such as the private spyware industry, criminal organisations and proxies, in facilitating TNR;

5. Expresses serious concerns about the role of host countries and non-state actors, such as digital service providers and other technology intermediaries, the private spyware industry, security contractors, criminal organisations and proxies, including diaspora members, in facilitating TNR;

Or. en

Amendment 89

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5. Expresses serious concerns about the role of host countries and non-state actors, such as the private spyware industry, criminal organisations and proxies, in facilitating TNR;

5. Expresses serious concerns about the role of host countries and non-state actors, such as collaboration among states’ border and security forces, the private spyware industry, criminal organisations, private investigators, and other proxies, in facilitating TNR;

Or. en

Amendment 90

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Sebastião Bugalho

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5. Expresses serious concerns about the role of host countries and non-state actors, such as the private spyware industry, criminal organisations and proxies, in facilitating TNR;

Or. en

Amendment 91

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5. Expresses serious concerns about the role of host countries and non-state actors, such as the private spyware industry, criminal organisations and proxies, in facilitating TNR;

5. Expresses serious concerns about the role of host countries and non-state actors, such as the private spyware industry, criminal and terrorist, particularly Islamist, organisations and proxies, in facilitating TNR;

Or. en

Amendment 92

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5. Expresses serious concerns about the role of host countries and non-state actors, such as the private spyware industry, criminal organisations and proxies, in facilitating TNR;

5. Expresses serious concerns about the role of some host countries, including EU Member States, and non-state actors, such as the private spyware industry, criminal organisations and proxies, in facilitating TNR;

Or. en

Amendment 93

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5. Expresses serious concerns about the role of host countries and non-state actors, such as the private spyware industry, criminal organisations and proxies, in facilitating TNR;

5. Expresses serious concerns about the role of non-state actors, such as the private spyware industry, criminal organisations and proxies, in facilitating TNR;

Or. pl

Amendment 94

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Sebastião Bugalho

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5 a. Highlights, moreover, that transnational repression constitutes a direct threat to the sovereignty and security of states, including the Member States of the Union, as it enables foreign state actors to exercise intimidation, coercion and control beyond their borders; recalls that, while national security remains the sole responsibility of the Member States, the scale and cross-border nature of these practices require a coordinated Union-level response, including cooperation initiatives among national authorities, European institutions and civil society actors;

Or. en

Amendment 95

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Adrián Vázquez Lázara

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5 b. Highlights that the former EP vice-president, Alejo Vidal-Quadras was a victim of TNR perpetrated by Iran through a terrorist attack orchestrated in an EU Member State;

Or. en

Amendment 96

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Worries about shrinking civic space and the silencing of exiles, whose voices are instrumental in documenting abuse in authoritarian states; recalls that free, democratic societies, particularly in the EU’s immediate neighbourhood, are in its interest;

6. Commends those countries and societies which, like Poland, have taken in large numbers of refugees, including from Belarus and other countries where fundamental human rights are brutally suppressed, and which – often at considerable financial and political cost – have enabled them to continue their activities on their territory and are making every effort to ensure their safety, despite attempts to use TNR against them; notes with concern, however, that in some countries the space for civil society is shrinking and people in exile are being silenced, even though their voices play a crucial role in documenting abuse by authoritarian regimes; recalls that the existence of free and democratic societies, particularly in the immediate neighbourhood of the European Union, is in the strategic interest of the EU and requires its consistent and sustained support;

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Amendment 97

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Expresses serious concerns about shrinking civic space and the silencing of exiles, whose voices are instrumental in documenting human rights violations and abuse in authoritarian states; recalls that free, democratic societies, particularly in the EU’s immediate neighbourhood, are in its interest;

Or. en

Amendment 98

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Sebastião Bugalho

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Worries about shrinking civic space and the silencing of exiles, whose voices are instrumental in documenting the human rights situation and abuse in authoritarian states; recalls that defending free and democratic societies is in the Union’s own interest;

Or. en

Amendment 99

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Worries about shrinking civic space and the silencing of exiles, whose voices are instrumental in documenting the human rights situation and abuse in authoritarian states; recalls that free, democratic societies are in the EU's interest;

Or. en

Amendment 100

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7. Highlights the lasting psychological toll of TNR on victims’ mental health and general well-being;

7. Highlights the lasting psychological toll of TNR on victims’ mental health and general well-being, including their sense of security, psychological integrity, social relations and ability to continue their public activities; notes that these effects can lead to long-term trauma, isolation, exclusion and a heightened sense of insecurity, including in host countries; calls on Member States and EU institutions to provide victims with adequate psychological, legal and material support, including measures enabling them to live in safety and remain engaged in society;

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Amendment 101

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7. Highlights the lasting psychological toll of TNR on victims’ mental health and general well-being;

7. Highlights the lasting psychological toll of TNR on victims’ and their family’s mental health and general well-being; strongly condemns government´s retaliation against families of HRDs living abroad as a means of TNR; notes that TNR also carries a broader chilling effect among civil society living in exile;

Or. en

Amendment 102

Merja Kyllönen, Jonas Sjöstedt

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7. Highlights the lasting psychological toll of TNR on victims’ mental health and general well-being;

7. Highlights the lasting psychological toll of TNR on victims’ mental health and general well-being and calls EU and it´s member states to take further steps in the follow-up procedure so that victims of the TNR are not left alone;

Or. en

Amendment 103

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7. Highlights the lasting psychological toll of TNR on victims’ mental health and general well-being;

7. Worries about the lasting psychological toll of TNR on victims’ and their families' mental health and general well-being, as well as the broader chilling effect on the diaspora community in exile;

Or. en

Amendment 104

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Sebastião Bugalho

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7. Highlights the lasting psychological toll of TNR on victims’ mental health and general well-being;

7. Highlights the lasting psychological toll of TNR on the mental health and general well-being of victims and their families, as well as the broader chilling effect it has on civil society in exile;

Or. en

Amendment 105

Rima Hassan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7 a. Underlines that, in some parts of the world, journalists’ activities are often described as activists and exposes them to transnational repression patterns similar to those of Human Rights defenders, having a long-lasting effect on their career and safety2a.

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2a Reporters Without Borders, 2025: https://rsf.org/en/2024-world-press-freedom-index-journalism-under-political-pressure

Or. en

Amendment 106

Sebastião Bugalho

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7 a. Condemns the entrenched policy of aggression perpetrated by a few authoritarian states, including Belarus, Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua, Russia and Venezuela; believes that these states are the most prone to use TNR against dissidents;

Or. en

Amendment 107

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Sebastião Bugalho

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7 a. Considers that due to the lack of a clear definition of TNR, the collection and reporting of information of TNR agressions may be misleading and underreported;

Or. en

Amendment 108

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Sebastião Bugalho

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7 b. Takes into account that the lack of a proper definition of TNR prevents the effective use of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (so-called EU Magnitsky Act) to sanction perpetrators of human rights violations committed through TNR; calls on the HR/VP and the Member States to include TNR as a sanctionable category in the EU GHRSR;

Or. en

Amendment 109

Rima Hassan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7 b. Highlights the importance of recognizing that the transnational repression of Human Rights defenders affects disproportionately those with added biases and vulnerabilities such as race, ethnicity, religion, gender expression, sexuality, class, geographical location and/or disability.

Or. en

Amendment 110

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to systematically address TNR in the context of human rights dialogues with non-EU countries and in other forums for bilateral and multilateral cooperation, such as the UN Human Rights Council; urges the Commission also to give due and sustained attention to the protection, support, and empowerment of defenders of religious freedom and belief worldwide, recognizing their vital role not only in upholding fundamental human rights and promoting democracy but also in fostering social cohesion, peace, tolerance, and mutually respected relations among nations and among different racial and religious groups; emphasizes the need for targeted measures to safeguard these defenders from persecution, discrimination, and violence, both within and beyond EU borders;

Or. en

Amendment 111

Rima Hassan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 112

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to systematically address TNR in the context of any EU agreements and human rights dialogues with non-EU countries, as well as in other forums for bilateral and multilateral cooperation, such as the UN Human Rights Council;

Or. en

Amendment 113

Marjan Šarec, Irena Joveva

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8 a. Calls on the Commission to formulate EU strategy harmonising national responses and develop common EU guidelines for the protection of HRDs at risk of TNR applicable to relevant national authorities;

Or. en

Amendment 114

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8 a. Raises the alarm about the urgent need to address, both at national and European level, the protection gaps faced by the human rights defenders when targeted with TNR;

Or. en

Amendment 115

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8a. Calls for the threat of TNR to be looked into, in particular as part of the EU’s internal security and judicial cooperation;

Or. fi

Amendment 116

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to update the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy and the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders to include the growing threat of TNR against HRDs, as well as concrete provisions for the protection, and safety of HRDs residing in the EU and financial support for them, including emergency support, relocation mechanisms, and tools and training to better protect themselves against (digital) threats and unlawful surveillance that may amount to transnational repression; stresses the need for dedicated funding streams for digital security, legal assistance, and psychosocial support for HRDs affected by transnational repression; considers it paramount that protection policies and programmes are victim-centered, gender-sensitive, intersectional, inclusive and non-discriminatory;

Or. en

Amendment 117

Rima Hassan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to revise the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy and the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders to include the growing threat of TNR against HRDs, as well as provisions for the protection, and safety of HRDs and financial support for them; Demands to take measures to protect human rights defenders from transnational repression, including providing legal and political support for those at risk of retaliation outside their home countries, and ensuring that international legal cooperation mechanisms are not misused to target them;

Or. en

Amendment 118

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9. Calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to consult with Member States and to carry out the revision of the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy and the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders that TNR constitutes for HRDs; calls for the strengthening of provisions relating to their protection and safety, as well as for stable and accessible financial support for their activities;

Or. pl

Amendment 119

Marjan Šarec, Irena Joveva

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to revise the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy and the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders to include the growing threat of TNR against HRDs, as well as provisions for the protection, and safety of HRDs; calls on the Commission and the Member states to ensure financial support for HRDs by establishing flexible, accessible and sustained funding mechanisms;

Or. en

Amendment 120

Tomasz Froelich

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 121

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 122

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 123

Rima Hassan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9 a. Calls to protect individuals who have contacted the authorities to report credible cases of transnational repression from deportation and extradition, including by advising them to request asylum or seek other forms of subsidiary protection if they have not already done so;

Or. en

Amendment 124

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9 a. Emphasizes the critical importance of establishing a coordinated rapid response mechanism among Member States to address situations where HRDs face imminent, real, and verified threats;

Or. en

Amendment 125

Rima Hassan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10. Calls for the EU and its Member States to implement the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum in a way that protects HRDs seeking refuge from non-EU countries with authoritarian regimes;

10. Calls for the EU and its Member States to to enhance mechanisms to protect political refugees and human rights defenders at risk of transnational repression, including providing safe havens, fair asylum procedures, and ensuring protection from forced deportation and legal harassment; Urges to be particularly mindful of the risks and fears experienced by refugee and asylum communities; Recommends facilitating family reunification for asylum seekers and refugees, including from countries known to have engaged in transnational repression, considering the risk of reprisals that relatives may face;

Or. en

Amendment 126

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10. Calls for the EU and its Member States to implement the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum in a way that protects HRDs seeking refuge from non-EU countries with authoritarian regimes;

10. Calls for the EU and its Member States to implement the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum in a way that protects HRDs seeking refuge from non-EU countries and treat cases of HRDs with additional sensitivity in rejections of resettlement and deportation to designated ‘third safe countries’ who might be collaborators with the country of origin, enabling TNR;

Or. en

Amendment 127

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10. Calls for the EU and its Member States to implement the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum in a way that protects HRDs seeking refuge from non-EU countries with authoritarian regimes;

10. Calls for the EU and its Member States to uphold their international commitments on the right to asylum for HRDs seeking refuge from non-EU countries with authoritarian regimes; stresses that the right to seek refuge is an essential instrument for protecting persons at risk of persecution for their human rights activities;

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Amendment 128

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10. Calls for the EU and its Member States to implement the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum in a way that protects HRDs seeking refuge from non-EU countries with authoritarian regimes;

10. Calls for the EU and its Member States to reform the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum in order to outsource asylum applications and the provision of possible protection to non-EU countries; emphasises that HRDs seeking refuge from non-EU countries with authoritarian regimes where their safety is at risk must be protected;

Or. fi

Amendment 129

Marjan Šarec, Irena Joveva

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10. Calls for the EU and its Member States to implement the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum in a way that protects HRDs seeking refuge from non-EU countries with authoritarian regimes;

10. Calls for the EU and its Member States to implement the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum along with creating a dedicated EU rapid response mechanisms that will protect HRDs seeking refuge from non-EU countries with authoritarian regimes through emergency relocation mechanisms allowing for fast-tracked asylum processing;

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Amendment 130

Merja Kyllönen, Jonas Sjöstedt

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10. Calls for the EU and its Member States to implement the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum in a way that protects HRDs seeking refuge from non-EU countries with authoritarian regimes;

10. Calls for the EU and its Member States to implement the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum in a way that protects HRDs seeking refuge from non-EU countries with authoritarian regimes and ensure that protection policies and programmes are victim-centered, gender-sensitive, intersectional, inclusive and non-discriminator;

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Amendment 131

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10. Calls for the EU and its Member States to implement the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum in a way that protects HRDs seeking refuge from non-EU countries with authoritarian regimes;

10. Calls for the EU and its Member States to protect HRDs ;

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Amendment 132

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10. Calls for the EU and its Member States to implement the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum in a way that protects HRDs seeking refuge from non-EU countries with authoritarian regimes;

10. Calls on Member States to swiftly issue humanitarian visas, in urgent cases, to individuals targeted by TNR;

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Amendment 133

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Sebastião Bugalho

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10. Calls for the EU and its Member States to implement the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum in a way that protects HRDs seeking refuge from non-EU countries with authoritarian regimes;

10. Calls for the EU and its Member States to implement the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum in a way that protects HRDs seeking asylum from non-EU countries with authoritarian regimes;

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Amendment 134

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10. Calls for the EU and its Member States to implement the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum in a way that protects HRDs seeking refuge from non-EU countries with authoritarian regimes;

10. Calls for the EU and its Member States to implement a rapid protection mechanism that protects HRDs seeking refuge from non-EU countries with authoritarian regimes;

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Amendment 135

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10 a. Denounces the EU migration pact´s newly created screening and border procedures mandating the collection and exchange of personal and biometric data of all people entering Europe, including human rights defenders seeking asylum, with multiple policing and immigration databases, including Interpol, thereby enabling TNR;

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Amendment 136

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Sebastião Bugalho

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10 a. Urges the EEAS to assist dissidents and HRDs who are victims of TNR in third countries, through dedicated programmes aimed at enabling them to continue their work in exile while remaining safe from reprisals and aggression;

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Amendment 137

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10 b. Emphasizes that the EU is an area of protection for people fleeing persecution or serious harm in their country of origin or third countries, notably human rights defenders; recalls that asylum is a fundamental right and an international obligation for the EU and Member States under the Geneva Convention; strongly rejects plans by the European Commission to create a list of so-called “safe countries of origin” and “safe third countries”, which will deny nationals of these countries - many of which known for systematically exercising TNR, notably Egypt, - asylum in the EU and by lifting their protection status, directly enables and facilitates TNR;

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Amendment 138

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10 b. Calls on the European Commission to establish a mechanism to collect and document incidents of transnational repression, coordinate policy responses and cooperation among EU institutions to address transnational repression, and facilitate the exchange of information on transnational repression within relevant EU institutions, as well as with Member States; believes that this mechanism should be accessible to civil society, allowing for their input to be duly registered;

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Amendment 139

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Sebastião Bugalho

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10 c. Calls on the European Commission to maintain and extend EU financial support for human rights defenders and civil society organisations operating under highly precarious conditions, such as in authoritarian countries or in exile; considers that these actors are particularly prone to be victims of TNR perpetrated by such authoritarian states;

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Amendment 140

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11. Call on the Member States to make best use of their national policies and flexibility to formulate a more coherent, coordinated and predictable visa policy for HRDs targeted by TNR;

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Amendment 141

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Sebastião Bugalho

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11. Call on the Member States to make best use of their national policies and flexibility to formulate a more coherent, coordinated and predictable visa policy for HRDs targeted by TNR;

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Amendment 142

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11. Call on the Member States to make best use of their national policies and flexibility to formulate a more coherent, coordinated and predictable visa policy for HRDs targeted by TNR;

11. Call on the Member States to make best use of their national policies and flexibility to formulate a more coherent, coordinated and predictable visa policy for HRDs targeted by TNR, in line with the HRD provisions in the EU Visa Policy Handbook; considers that a secure legal status reduces HRD’s exposure to transnational repression; considers that these measures should be harmonised across EU Member States to ensure comprehensive protection across the Union;

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Amendment 143

Rima Hassan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11. Call on the Member States to make best use of their national policies and flexibility to formulate a more coherent, coordinated and predictable visa policy for HRDs targeted by TNR;

11. Call on the Member States to make best use of their national policies and flexibility to formulate a more coherent, coordinated and predictable visa policy for HRDs targeted by TNR; Urges to take all necessary legislative, administrative, technical, and other victim-centered responses, to address transnational repression, including by adopting rights-respecting legal frameworks and policies to address it;

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Amendment 144

Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Marta Temido, Robert Biedroń, Thijs Reuten

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11. Call on the Member States to make best use of their national policies and flexibility to formulate a more coherent, coordinated and predictable visa policy for HRDs targeted by TNR;

11. Calls on the Member States to make best use of their national policies and flexibility to formulate a more coherent, coordinated and predictable visa policy for HRDs targeted by TNR; recalls that the revised EU Visa Code Handbook includes guidelines to Member States and good practices on how to deal with visa applications by HRDs;

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Amendment 145

Marjan Šarec, Irena Joveva

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11. Call on the Member States to make best use of their national policies and flexibility to formulate a more coherent, coordinated and predictable visa policy for HRDs targeted by TNR;

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Amendment 146

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11. Call on the Member States to make best use of their national policies and flexibility to formulate a more coherent, coordinated and predictable visa policy for HRDs targeted by TNR;

11. Calls on the Member States to make best use of their national policies and flexibility to formulate a more coherent, coordinated and predictable visa policy for individuals targeted by TNR;

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Amendment 147

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 a. Calls for the creation of a dedicated EU-level coordination platform on HRD visas, tasked with harmonising procedures, ensuring rapid response capacities, sharing good practices, and actively involving civil society actors;

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Amendment 148

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 b. Encourages the establishment of open, flexible and dedicated visa pathways for HRDs, featuring simplified procedures, minimal documentation requirements, and the possibility to transition into longer-term protection or residence status

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Amendment 149

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 c. Calls on the Commisson to monitor and publicly report on the number, criteria, and processing times of visas granted to HRDs across Member States, with the aim of increasing transparency, accountability and coherence in the EU’s HRD protection policies;

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Amendment 150

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 d. Expresses concern about the role played by the embassies of States involved in TNR; points to the heightened risk for HRDs in need of consular services when forced to engage with these embassies; calls on Member States to increase pressure on embassies hosted on their territory, not to use their diplomatic outposts to engage in efforts to silence dissent abroad,in line with the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations;

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Amendment 151

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

12. Calls on the EEAS and the Member States to coordinate efforts, in cooperation with relevant institutions such as Europol, to establish effective mechanisms for information gathering, data exchange and monitoring, enabling more effective documentation of cases of TNR occurring on their territories and countering those phenomena as effectively as possible; calls, furthermore, for the establishment of contact points for HRDs in EU delegations in countries with particularly high levels of repression and direct threats from authoritarian regimes, which could serve as safe channels for communication, information and support;

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Amendment 152

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

12. Calls on the EEAS and the Member States to coordinate efforts and set up information, data, tracking and reporting mechanisms to improve the documentation of cases of TNR on their territories and to establish focal points for HRDs in EU delegations who are in direct contact with the national focal points mentioned in paragraph 14 and who are tasked to raise cases with the authorities in the relevant capital;

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Amendment 153

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

12. Calls on the EEAS and the Member States to coordinate efforts and set up information and accessible reporting mechanisms to improve the documentation of cases of TNR on their territories and facilitate investigations where necessary; calls on the EEAS to establish focal points for targeted individuals in EU delegations; calls on Member States to establish an in-government focal point;

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Amendment 154

Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Marta Temido, Robert Biedroń, Thijs Reuten

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 155

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

13. Calls on the Commission to establish a centralised mechanism to register, monitor and assess incidents of TNR against HRDs in the EU, which will help to identify gaps in EU policy and formulate adequate strategic responses;

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Amendment 156

Alexander Sell

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

13. Calls on the Commission to cooperate with the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders to share data on incidents of TNR against HRDs, instead of setting up a new EU database that would duplicate existing systems and require additional budgetary resources;

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Amendment 157

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

13. Calls on the Commission to establish a centralised mechanism to identify, register, monitor and assess incidents of TNR against HRDs in the EU, which will help to identify gaps in EU policy and formulate adequate strategic responses;

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Amendment 158

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Sebastião Bugalho

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 159

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

13. Calls on the Commission to establish a centralised mapping mechanism to identify, monitor and assess incidents of TNR in the EU, which will help to identify gaps in EU policy and formulate adequate strategic responses;

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Amendment 160

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14. Calls on the Member States to codify TNR in national legislation, with the aim of helping government institutions to identify and prevent TNR;

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Amendment 161

Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Marta Temido, Robert Biedroń, Thijs Reuten

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14. Calls on the Member States to codify TNR in national legislation, with the aim of helping government institutions to identify and prevent TNR;

14. Calls on the Member States to codify TNR in national legislation, with the aim of helping government institutions to identify and prevent TNR; calls for the establishment of national contact points for TNR potential and actual victims;

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Amendment 162

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14. Calls on the Member States to codify TNR in national legislation, with the aim of helping government institutions to identify and prevent TNR;

14. Calls on the Member States to codify TNR in national legislation, with the aim of helping government institutions to identify and prevent TNR and establish focal points or a toolkit explaining where HRDs can report instances of TNR;

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Amendment 163

Tomasz Froelich

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14. Calls on the Member States to codify TNR in national legislation, with the aim of helping government institutions to identify and prevent TNR;

14. Is of the opinion that proposals to codify TNR in national legislation fail to recognise that TNR is different from other crimes; emphasises that the fight against TNR requires responses beyond the criminal justice system;

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Amendment 164

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14. Calls on the Member States to codify TNR in national legislation, with the aim of helping government institutions to identify and prevent TNR;

14. Calls on the Member States to codify TNR in national legislation, with the aim of supporting government institutions to identify and prevent TNR;

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Amendment 165

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15. Calls on the Member States and Europol to provide training on TNR awareness to relevant government agencies, external service providers and their staff, especially cybersecurity, law enforcement and immigration officers and staff tasked with handling visa applications and reviewing extradition requests and other forms of legal cooperation with non-EU countries;

15. Calls on the Member States, Europol and CEPOL, the EU Agency for Law Enforcement Training, to provide training on TNR awareness to relevant government agencies, external service providers and their staff, especially cybersecurity, law enforcement and immigration officers and staff tasked with handling visa applications and reviewing extradition requests and other forms of legal cooperation with non-EU countries;

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Amendment 166

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15. Calls on the Member States and Europol to provide training on TNR awareness and counter-strategies to relevant government agencies, external service providers and their staff, especially cybersecurity, law enforcement and immigration officers and staff tasked with handling visa applications and reviewing extradition requests and other forms of legal cooperation with non-EU countries;

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Amendment 167

Marjan Šarec, Irena Joveva

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15 a. Calls on the Member states to incorporate specific risk assessment protocols when handling extradiction requests, visa application or complaints involving HRDs with particular attention to digital surveillance, retaliation risks and misuse of legal mechanisms;

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Amendment 168

Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Marta Temido, Robert Biedroń, Thijs Reuten

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

16. Calls for the EU and its Member States to tackle digital forms of TNR;

16. Calls for the EU and its Member States to recognise, prevent and tackle digital forms of TNR, and ensure that human rights defenders (HRDs) are protected against online harassment, intimidation and censorship -regardless of the origin of the service provider, the location of the digital infrastructure, or the tools used;

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Amendment 169

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

16. Calls for the EU and its Member States to tackle digital forms of TNR;

16. Calls for the EU and its Member States to tackle disinformation campaigns targeting HRD as well as digital forms of TNR;

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Amendment 170

Rima Hassan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17. Asks the Member States to apply strict oversight of spyware and surveillance markets and operations, and to repeal the export of licences for spyware whenever appropriate;

17. Considers that transnational repression includes supplying spyware such as Pegasus, surveillance technologies, and arms to third countries when there is a foreseeable risk these tools will be used to silence or punish human rights advocacy or dissent; Calls EU and ist Member States, to implement a ban on the sale, export, transfer, and use of surveillance technology for third States where it could be use to silence the opposition and civil society organizations;

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Amendment 171

Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Marta Temido, Robert Biedroń, Thijs Reuten

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17. Asks the Member States to apply strict oversight of spyware and surveillance markets and operations, and to repeal the export of licences for spyware whenever appropriate;

17. Asks the Member States to apply strict oversight of spyware and surveillance markets and operations, and to repeal the export of licences for spyware whenever appropriate; recalls the 2024 Commission Guidelines on the export of cyber-surveillance items, which aim to raise awareness of the risks associated with misuse of cyber-surveillance technologies and provide exporters with practical tools to evaluate human rights;

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Amendment 172

Marjan Šarec, Irena Joveva

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17. Asks the Member States to apply strict oversight of spyware and surveillance markets and operations, and to repeal the export of licences for spyware whenever appropriate;

17. Asks the Member States to apply strict oversight of spyware and surveillance markets and operations including by introducing mandatory human rights due diligence for all EU-based technology exporters, and to repeal the export of licences for spyware to countries with documented TNR practices and whenever appropriate;

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Amendment 173

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17. Asks the Member States to apply strict oversight of spyware and surveillance markets and operations, and to repeal the export of licences for spyware whenever appropriate;

17. Asks the Member States to apply strict oversight of spyware and surveillance markets and operations, to establish a moratorium on the export of surveillance spyware tools, and protect end-to-end encryption to repeal the export of licences for spyware whenever appropriate;

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Amendment 174

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17. Asks the Member States to apply strict oversight of spyware and surveillance markets and operations, and to repeal the export of licences for spyware whenever appropriate;

17. Asks the Member States to apply strict oversight of spyware and surveillance markets and operations, and to repeal the export of licences for spyware when used to violate human rights;

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Amendment 175

Merja Kyllönen, Jonas Sjöstedt

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18. Calls on the Commission to enforce the Digital Services Act and ensure that social media platforms comply with human rights obligations and address TNR;

18. Calls on the Commission to enforce the Digital Services Act and ensure that social media platforms comply with human rights obligations and address TNR. Stress the responsibility of technology companies to conduct thorough human rights and gender due diligence in relation to their operations and the products they launch to minimize protection risks, in line with the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

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Amendment 176

Tomasz Froelich

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18. Calls on the Commission to enforce the Digital Services Act and ensure that social media platforms comply with human rights obligations and address TNR;

18. Emphasises that freedom of speech is the cornerstone of a democratic society; is worried that the Digital Services Act will allow the silencing of views online that are disfavoured by those in power;

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Amendment 177

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18. Calls on the Commission to enforce the Digital Services Act and ensure that social media platforms comply with human rights obligations and address TNR;

18. Calls on the Commission to enforce the Digital Services Act as regards compliance by social media platforms with human rights obligations and addressing TNR;

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Amendment 178

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18 a. Stresses the responsibility of technology companies to identify and address potential human rights risks associated with their products, in line with the Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights;

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Amendment 179

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18 b. Calls for increased transparency regarding how technology companies respond to government requests to remove content or access user information;

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Amendment 180

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18 c. Calls on Member States to establish easily accessible and safe reporting mechanisms, designed to respect and protect user privacy, for human rights defenders living in exile or in the diaspora to raise concerns about digital transnational repression with relevant government agencies; stresses the need to recognise the specific challenge of gender-based digital transnational repression and the particular consequences this type of repression has on women human rights defenders;

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Amendment 181

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19. Calls for the EU to end the sense of impunity and hold states and regimes committing TNR accountable for human rights violations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights, and to take decisive steps to isolate them diplomatically; calls for consideration to be given to suspending bilateral agreements, restricting international cooperation, supporting the prosecution of such violations before the competent international courts and strengthening accountability mechanisms within the UN and Council of Europe systems;

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Amendment 182

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19. Calls for the EU to hold states and regimes committing TNR accountable for human rights violations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights, particularly China, Türkiye, Tajikistan, Russia, Egypt, Cambodia, Turkmenistan, Iran, Uzbekistan, and Belarus, and consider the application of sanctions on those states; denounces that TNR also happens in EU Member States soil and the complicity of some Member States; notes that TNR is enabled through collaboration between governments;

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Amendment 183

Marjan Šarec, Irena Joveva

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19. Calls for the EU to hold states and regimes committing TNR accountable for human rights violations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights; urges the EU to support victims of TNR in seeking redress through strategic litigation before the European Court of Human Rights; calls for the development of a dedicated EU sanctions list targeting perpetrators against HRDs;

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Amendment 184

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19. Calls for the EU to hold states and regimes committing TNR accountable for human rights violations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees), and the European Convention on Human Rights;

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Amendment 185

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Sebastião Bugalho

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 186

Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Marta Temido, Robert Biedroń, Thijs Reuten

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19 a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to ensure that private actors, particularly in the technology sector, are held accountable for their role in enabling digital TNR; urges the enforcement of mandatory human rights due diligence obligations for companies offering hosting, communication, surveillance, and content distribution services, including requirements to identify, mitigate and prevent the misuse of their platforms or infrastructure to target HRDs; further calls for the publication of transparency reports, and the establishment of effective grievance mechanisms accessible to HRDs and other at-risk individuals;

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Amendment 187

Alexander Sell

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Calls for the EU to increase funding for ProtectDefenders.eu, broaden its mandate to include HRDs at risk of TNR within the EU, and increase funding for civil society organisations active in the protection of HRDs at risk;

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Amendment 188

Tomasz Froelich

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 189

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 190

Marjan Šarec, Irena Joveva

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Calls for the EU to increase funding for ProtectDefenders.eu, broaden its mandate to include HRDs at risk of TNR within the EU while establishing a structured coordination platform between EU institutions, Member states and civil society organizations to share alerts and monitor evolving risks, and increase funding for civil society organisations active in the protection of HRDs at risk;

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Amendment 191

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Calls for the EU to increase funding for ProtectDefenders.eu and to revise its mandate so that it also includes HRDs at risk of TNR within the Union, while fully respecting the competences of the Member States; calls, furthermore, for increased financial support for civil society organisations involved in the protection of HRDs in situations of risk;

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Amendment 192

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 193

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 a. Stresses that the EU and Member States must prioritise human rights due diligence in trade, security, and diplomatic engagements with governments known to engage in or enable transnational repression against HRDs;

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Amendment 194

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 a. Calls the EU to criminalize foreign intelligence activities targeting dissidents in exile as form of digital TNR;

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Amendment 195

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 b. Calls on the Commission to significantly expand the mandate and funding of protection mechanisms for HRDs at risk of TNR, including the establishment of a fast-response window for legal aid, cyber protection, safe relocation and psychosocial support; stresses the potential of existing EU-funded consortia to operationalise such mechanisms efficiently;

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Amendment 196

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 c. Urges the Commission and the EEAS to develop a central coordination structure for EU-wide shelter and relocation programmes for HRDs, facilitating referrals and promoting harmonised protection standards across Member States; existing consortia and civil society networks should be actively involved in this coordination;

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Amendment 197

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 d. Encourages the EU to formally empower specialised mechanisms to document and analyse TNR cases in Europe, in order to inform early warning systems, strengthen strategic EU responses and support coordinated action with Member States;

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Amendment 198

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21. Calls on the Commission to further collaborate with Interpol and the United Nations to put an end to the abusive, politically motivated use of red notices, blue notices, diffusions and extradition requests; calls for Europol’s mandate to include TNR and the assessment of related incidents and Interpol notices targeting HRDs; calls on Member States to exercise the utmost caution when considering requests for arrest and extradition from regimes that have in the past abused red notices, including by making false criminal allegations, to persecute political opponents;

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Amendment 199

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21. Calls on the Commission to further collaborate with Interpol and the United Nations to develop a common security framework on TNR in order to put an end to the abusive, politically motivated use of red notices, blue notices, diffusions and extradition requests; calls for Europol’s mandate to include TNR and the assessment of related incidents and Interpol notices targeting HRDs and other individuals;

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Amendment 200

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21. Calls on the Commission to proactively engage and collaborate with Interpol, the United Nations and regional organisations, to coordinate protective actions and to put an end to the abusive, politically motivated use of red notices, blue notices, diffusions and extradition requests; calls for Europol’s mandate to include TNR and the assessment of related incidents and Interpol notices targeting HRDs;

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Amendment 201

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22. Calls for the EU and its Member States to use all available tools to protect HRDs and reinforce national sovereignty and democratic values, including sanctions under the EU global human rights sanctions regimes, visa bans and the expulsion of diplomats; warns that failure to prevent and respond to TNR risks undermining the EU’s credibility as a safe haven for those fleeing persecution and defending human rights;

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Amendment 202

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22. Calls for the EU and its Member States to use all available tools to protect HRDs, including a fast-track protection mechanism, and reinforce national sovereignty and democratic values, including sanctions under the EU global human rights sanctions regimes, visa bans and the expulsion of diplomats;

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Amendment 203

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22. Calls for the EU and its Member States to use all available tools to protect HRDs and targeted individuals and reinforce national sovereignty and democratic values, including sanctions under the EU global human rights sanctions regimes (EU Magnitsky Act), visa bans and the expulsion of diplomats;

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Amendment 204

Mariusz Kamiński

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22. Calls for the EU, its Member States and the international community to use all available tools to protect HRDs and reinforce national sovereignty and democratic values, including sanctions under the EU global human rights sanctions regimes, visa bans and the expulsion of diplomats;

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Amendment 205

Merja Kyllönen, Jonas Sjöstedt

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22 a. Calls for the EU and the EEASs´s to take into account transnational repression record when considering bilateral security agreements, extradition treaties, foreign aid, and information-sharing practices; and avoid giving diplomatic visas to personnel known to have engaged in acts of transnational repression;

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Amendment 206

Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Marta Temido, Robert Biedroń, Thijs Reuten

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23. Calls for the EU, its Member States, the Commission and the EEAS to mobilise and coordinate all their instruments to address TNR, and to intensify diplomatic relations, including through EU delegations, to prevent and deter transnational repression tactics by non-EU countries, and to highlight these incidents via public statements; calls for increased coordination with like-minded partner countries, in the context of the G7 members and other relevant international fora;

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Amendment 207

Merja Kyllönen, Jonas Sjöstedt

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23. Calls for the EU and the EEAS to intensify diplomatic relations, including through EU delegations, to prevent and deter transnational repression tactics by non-EU countries, and to highlight these incidents via public statements so that public awareness regarding transnational repression as a phenomena is better known. Calls for the EU and the EEAS and the member states to give enough resources in order to be able to prevent the transnational repression phenomena;

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Amendment 208

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Sebastião Bugalho

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 209

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Sebastião Bugalho

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 a. Urges the HR/VP and the Member States to list individuals found to be perpetrators of TNR under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (so-called EU Magnitsky Act);

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