What Isabel spoke about.

5

Oct

2021

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The situation in Belarus after one year of protests and their violent repression (continuation of debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, in Belarus, more than a year after the elections that do not deserve its name, the authorities of Alexander Lukashenko continue to crack down on the population, organisations and journalists who dare to signal their peaceful opposition. Imprisonments, unjust judgments, ill-treatment, torture, disappearances, deaths: this cannot be covered by the veil of passing time, no…

15

Sep

2021

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Media freedom and further deterioration of the Rule of law in Poland (debate)

Mr President, Poland has been closely linked since my youth to the aspirations for justice, and also for freedom and democracy, which the Polish people expressed through the movement around Solidarność. To have Poland in the European Union, like other countries, was, and for me, to repair an injustice of history. Sad, therefore, today, given the actions of the authorities in power, that Parliament…

14

Sep

2021

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Situation in Afghanistan (debate)

Madam President, Afghanistan has made tremendous progress in the last 20 years on women’s and girls’ rights: education, health, civic and political participation. I will never accept the claim of some that these efforts have been in vain. Development aid must now depend, among other things, on the rights of women and girls. The actions of the Taliban say something other than their official speech.…

7

Jul

2021

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Breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the adopted legal changes in the Hungarian Parliament - The outcome of 22 June hearings under Article 7(1) of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary (debate)

Mr President, with this resolution, the European Parliament unequivocally and in the clearest terms condemns the law recently adopted by the Hungarian Parliament restricting the rights and freedoms of LGBTQI+ people and, in so doing, also the freedom of expression and the freedom of the media. This law is a clear breach of the values, principles and laws of the European Union. I am convinced that …

6

Jul

2021

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EU global human rights sanctions regime (EU Magnitsky Act) (debate)

Madam President, one of the peculiarities of the global human rights sanctions regime, our Magnitsky law, is that it directly targets individuals and entities responsible for human rights abuses. Unlike other sanctions, e.g. economic sanctions, individual sanctions against those responsible have no impact on the population and can therefore be applied without hesitation. Now, if the EU really want…