87. je seznanjen s poskusi Komisije in Sveta, da bi maja 2008 organizirala drugi krog dialoga o človekovih pravicah med Evropsko unijo in Uzbekistanom, ter pozdravlja prizadevanja Komisije za organizacijo seminarja civilne družbe o izražanju v medijih v okviru dialoga, po možnosti v Taškentu; ponovno poudarja, da izvedba dialoga o človekovih pravicah in srečanja strokovnjakov o pokolu v Andižanu leta 2005 sama po sebi ne predstavljajo napredka in jih ni mogoče uporabljati kot razlog za odpravo sankcij; ugotavlja, da je logično prišlo do podaljšanja sankcij proti Uzbekistanu, ker ni prišlo do neodvisne mednarodne preiskave pokola v Andižanu, položaj človekovih pravic v tej državi pa se ravno tako ni izboljšal, kar sta bila pogoja, ki ju je Evropska unija določila za umik sankcij proti Uzbekistanu; pozdravlja dejstvo, da je Svet za splošne zadeve in zunanje odnose 15. in 16. oktobra 2007 v svojih sklepih vpeljal posebne pogoje, ki morajo biti izpolnjeni v roku šestih mesecev, da bi se ohranila začasna odprava vizumskih omejitev; poziva Komisijo in Svet, naj opravita resno presojo vpliva odločitve, da se za šest mesecev odpravi nekatere vizumske omejitve, ki so del sankcij Evropske unije proti Uzbekistanu, in naj pregledata splošen položaj človekovih pravic v državi; obžaluje dejstvo, da Uzbekistan doslej na nobenem od teh področij doslej ni izkazal kakršnega koli napredka; spoštuje delo svojega Pododbora za človekove pravice v zvezi s pozornim spremljanjem razmer na področju človekovih pravic vsakih šest mesecev, da se Svetu zagotovijo redne parlamentarne ocene in priporočila glede politike EU, ki bo sprejeta v zvezi s tem; je osupnjen nad predsedniškimi volitvami v Uzbekistanu 23. decembra 2007, ki so se po navedbah urada za demokratične institucije in človekove pravice pri OVSE „odvijale v strogo nadzorovanem političnem okolju, ki ni puščal prostora za resnično opozicijo, in na splošno niso izpolnjevale številnih obveznosti za svobodne volitve, ki jih določa Organizacija za varnost in sodelovanje v Evropi“; obsoja umor ustanovitelja in umetniškega direktorja neodvisnega gledališča Ilkhom Marka Weila v Taškentu, 9. septembra 2007, ter umor novinarja in kritika uzbeškega režima Ališerja Sajpova v kirgiškem mestu Oš, 24. oktobra 2007; znova poziva k takojšnji izpustitvi političnih zapornikov
Recognises attempts by the Commission and the Council to organise a second round of the European Union-Uzbekistan dialogue on human rights in May 2008 and commends the Commission on its efforts to organise a civil society seminar on media expression in the margins of the dialogue, possibly in Tashkent; points out once again that the holding of a dialogue on human rights and experts’ meetings on the 2005 Andijan massacre do not in themselves constitute progress and cannot be used as a reason for the lifting of sanctions; notes that the absence of an independent international inquiry into the Andijan massacre and the lack of any improvement in the human rights situation in Uzbekistan – these being the conditions laid down by the European Union for the lifting of sanctions – have logically led to the sanctions against Uzbekistan being extended; welcomes the fact that the conclusions of the General Affairs and External Relations Council of 15-16 October 2007 have introduced specific conditions which have to be met within a period of six months in order for the visa restriction suspension to be maintained ; invites the Commission and the Council to carry out a serious assessment of the impact of the decision to suspend for six months some of the visa restrictions that form part of the European Union sanctions against Uzbekistan, and to review the overall human rights situation in the country; deplores the fact that Uzbekistan has so far failed to deliver any progress in any of these respects; pays tribute to the work done by its Subcommittee on Human Rights in closely monitoring the human rights situation every six months so as to provide the Council with regular parliamentary assessments and recommendations as regards the EU policy to be adopted in this matter; is appalled by the presidential election held on 23 December 2007 in Uzbekistan, which according to the ODIHR was 'held in a strictly controlled political environment, leaving no room for real opposition, and ... generally failed to meet many OSCE commitments for democratic elections'; condemns the murders of Mark Weil, founder and art director of the independent Ilkhom Theatre, in Tashkent on 9 September 2007, and of the journalist and critic of the Uzbek regime Alisher Saipov in the Kyrgyz city of Osh on 24 October 2007; reiterates its call for the immediate release of political prisoners