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Plenary sitting, Thursday, 10 October 2024

3 decisions: 3 adopted. 34 ballots in all, 4 by , between 13:22 and 13:23.

Tightest result: The cases of unjustly imprisoned Uyghurs in China, notably Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas — adopted 540 to 23.

✦ The day in brief · AI briefing

Parliament adopted three resolutions on human rights, covering cases in China, Türkiye, and Iraq, each calling for specific actions from authorities.

Resolutions & reports · 3

Non-binding texts in which Parliament states its position on a topic. They carry political weight but do not create law.

  1. Decision 1:The case of Bülent Mumay in Türkiye

    Motion for a resolution · 11 ballots, incl. 2 amendments

    Parliament adopted a resolution condemning the prison sentence of journalist Bülent Mumay in Türkiye and the harassment of independent media and journalists.

    Adopted by show of hands, no counts recorded

  2. Decision 2:The cases of unjustly imprisoned Uyghurs in China, notably Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas

    Motion for a resolution · 9 ballots, incl. 1 amendment

    The text calls for their immediate and unconditional release, as well as that of other arbitrarily detained human rights defenders, lawyers, and intellectuals.

    Adopted by an overwhelming majority 540 for · 23 against · 47 abstained

    Backed by The Left, Verts/ALE, S&D, Renew, PPE, ECR and PfE; ESN mostly abstained.

  3. Decision 3:Iraq, notably the situation of women’s rights and the recent proposal to amend the Personal Status Law

    Motion for a resolution · 14 ballots

    It calls on Iraq's Council of Representatives to reject the amendments, which it says would legalize child marriage and weaken legal protections for women.

    Adopted by show of hands, no counts recorded

✦ AI: one-sentence summaries written by an AI from the text voted on; the outcome and the numbers come from Parliament’s official record. Each decision’s page shows every ballot, the full text and the procedure.

New here? How plenary voting works
A sitting
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The ballots
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Who voted how
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Document & procedure
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Group badges
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