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Plenary sitting, Thursday, 23 January 2025

5 decisions: 5 adopted. 96 ballots in all, 45 by , between 12:07 and 12:20.

Tightest result: Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 — adopted 374 to 53.

✦ The day in brief · AI briefing

Parliament adopted five resolutions on human rights and international crises, condemning repression in Iran, Algeria, and the DRC, and addressing Russia's disinformation and Venezuela's political situation.

Resolutions & reports · 5

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

  1. Decision 1:Case of Jean-Jacques Wondo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Motion for a resolution · 12 ballots, incl. 3 amendments

    It deplores the reinstatement of the death penalty, the military court ruling over civilians, and the lack of a fair trial, and urges the DRC to halt executions and reform its judicial system.

    Adopted by show of hands, no counts recorded

  2. Decision 2:Systematic repression of human rights in Iran, notably the cases of Pakhshan Azizi and Wrisha Moradi, and the taking of EU citizens as hostages

    Motion for a resolution · 16 ballots, incl. 3 amendments

    Parliament adopted a resolution condemning the systematic repression of human rights in Iran, including against women and religious and ethnic minorities.

    Adopted by an overwhelming majority 556 for · 6 against · 42 abstained

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

  3. Decision 3:Case of Boualem Sansal in Algeria

    Motion for a resolution · 15 ballots, incl. 6 amendments

    The text calls on Algerian authorities to release Sansal and all those arbitrarily detained for expressing opinions, and to amend penal code articles to protect press freedom.

    Adopted by an overwhelming majority 533 for · 24 against · 48 abstained

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

  4. Decision 4:Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine

    Motion for a resolution · 27 ballots, incl. 6 amendments

    Parliament adopted a resolution condemning Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and rejecting its use of distorted historical arguments and disinformation to justify the invasion.

    Adopted by an overwhelming majority 480 for · 58 against · 48 abstained

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

  5. Decision 5:Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025

    Motion for a resolution · 26 ballots, incl. 5 amendments

    Parliament adopted a resolution on the situation in Venezuela after Nicolás Maduro took power on 10 January 2025, which it calls a usurpation of the presidency.

    Adopted by a large majority 374 for · 53 against · 163 abstained

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

✦ 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.

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