On the severe situation of political prisoners in Belarus
B-10-2024-0055
on behalf of the PPE Group · Rapporteur: Sebastião Bugalho, Sandra Kalniete, Tomas Tobé, Michael Gahler, Andrzej Halicki, Gabriel Mato, Marcin Kierwiński, Željana Zovko, Tomáš Zdechovský, Jörgen Warborn, Wouter Beke, Ondřej Kolář, Nicolás Pascual De La Parte, Mirosława Nykiel, Reinhold Lopatka, Michał Wawrykiewicz, Luděk Niedermayer, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Jessica Polfjärd, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Isabel Wiseler-Lima
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The resolution demands the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners in Belarus, including named individuals, and insists on proper medical care, legal counsel, and family access.¶¶ It calls on the EU and member states to broaden sanctions against those responsible for repression, mirroring sanctions against Russia, and to step up support for human rights defenders.¶¶ It underlines the need for a comprehensive investigation into crimes committed by the Lukashenka regime and calls for the application of universal jurisdiction.¶
Key points
- Demands the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners held by the Lukashenka regime, listing specific individuals.¶
- Considers it unacceptable that prisoners are held incommunicado for over a year; insists on medical assistance, legal counsel, family access, and access to diplomats and international organisations.¶
- Calls on the EU and member states to broaden and strengthen sanctions against individuals and entities responsible for repression, including all complicit, and to mirror sanctions against Russia, including goods from forced labour.¶
- Calls on the EU and member states to continue and step up support to Belarusian human rights defenders, activists, and others wrongfully targeted.¶
- Underlines the need for a comprehensive investigation into crimes committed by the Lukashenka regime and calls on member states to apply universal jurisdiction and prepare court cases against Belarusian officials, including Lukashenka.¶