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Debate: Human rights situation in Egypt
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2022
Speaker: Thierry Mariani
Political group: ID
Country: Croatia
Language: FR

Mais l’occasion était trop belle. L’occasion était trop belle de reprendre le discours des associations qui n’ont pas digéré l’éviction des Frères musulmans du pouvoir. L’occasion était trop belle de servir la soupe au réseau Soros, qui attaque la France pour sa relation privilégiée avec Le Caire. Il est d’ailleurs fascinant de constater la différence de traitement qui est faite dans ce Parlement entre l’Égypte et le Qatar.  Le Qatar a participé à la déstabilisation de tout le Moyen-Orient. Il a soutenu des rébellions islamistes parmi les plus sanglantes de l’histoire. Il continue à héberger les prêcheurs les plus fondamentalistes du monde arabe. Le Parlement européen présentera bientôt une résolution qui lui pardonne tout et le félicite sur bien des points.  L’Égypte du président al-Sissi fait des progrès en matière de liberté religieuse, combat l’islamisme sur son sol, influence son voisinage pour résister aux djihadistes. Le Parlement européen présente une résolution aux termes aussi injustes que violents contre elle.  Encore une fois, le monde arabe va lire ces initiatives comme un modèle de la duplicité et de l’hypocrisie de l’Union européenne. Encore une fois, le reste du monde va se demander comment l’Europe peut se tromper à ce point dans le choix de ses partenaires régionaux. Encore une fois, les citoyens des États membres vont se poser une question légitime: pourquoi une telle soumission au Qatar, en Europe, alors que ce pays finance des associations et des médias qui s’ingèrent dans la vie publique?  Bien sûr qu’il faut encourager l’Égypte à continuer ses progrès humains et économiques, à moderniser ses infrastructures et à continuer à s’impliquer dans la lutte contre l’immigration illégale et surtout à avoir une politique courageuse de lutte contre le terrorisme. Nous devons être, pour cela, à ses côtés.
Debate: Human rights situation in Egypt
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2022
Speaker: Denis Nesci
Political group: ECR
Language: IT

Sarà fondamentale rafforzare la nostra cooperazione riguardo alle politiche commerciali, alla sicurezza energetica, al contrasto dell'immigrazione illegale e al traffico degli esseri umani, nonché al terrorismo e ai fenomeni di radicalizzazione. Tuttavia, l'Unione europea e i suoi Stati membri devono continuare a svolgere una forte azione diplomatica per spingere l'Egitto a compiere quei progressi nel campo dei diritti umani e della tutela delle minoranze, penso ai soprusi subiti dai copti nel paese.  Ma da italiano ed europeo credo sia giunto il momento di pretendere la verità sul rapimento e la morte di Giulio Regeni, avvenuta nel gennaio 2016, esortando le autorità egiziane a mettere da parte quel clima di ostilità e di scarsa collaborazione avuta finora, a cooperare con le autorità italiane riguardo ai quattro agenti dell'intelligence egiziana sospettati del rapimento e ad assicurare alla giustizia i veri responsabili.  Questo lo dobbiamo innanzitutto alla famiglia di Giulio Regeni, alla nostra credibilità nel contesto internazionale e alla volontà di mettere in campo con l'Egitto delle relazioni bilaterali stabili, leali e credibili.
Debate: Human rights situation in Egypt
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2022
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Egypt’s US-backed regime has effectively banned the right to peaceful assembly and moved to shut down civil society. An estimated 65 000 political prisoners are unjustly detained. Among them is Alaa Abd el-Fattah, arrested for his opposition to the government and imprisoned for over nine years now. His recent hunger strike was ended by being force fed by the Egyptian authorities.  Sisi’s dictatorship not only gets a free pass for its repression, last year Macron decorated Sisi with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, a praise I imagine France gives to all brutal dictators who choose France as their number one weapons dealer.  We never shut up about human rights in here, but we only call for action against enemies of the US. We have zero credibility on human rights as long as the likes of France, Germany and Italy profit from Egypt’s oppression and warmongering. As long as we maintain these double standards, the EU will rightly be seen as a joke when moralising on the world stage.  Would it be too much to ask of the EU to ask its US Member States to stop supplying Sisi’s dictatorship with weapons until all political prisoners are released?
Debate: Human rights situation in Egypt
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2022
Speaker: Seán Kelly
Political group: PPE
Country: Greece
Language: EN

Some people would say maybe that events like COP and maybe the World Cup in Qatar shouldn’t take place in those countries, but I think if we utilise it to ensure that we aren’t mugged, that we bring back the messages and act accordingly, then we can turn that into a benefit, because if you don’t go to a lot of countries where there are human rights issues, then the number unfortunately that you’ll be going to will be probably very limited. But definitely it’s good that we have the opportunity to bring back the message: Egypt must step up to the plate and reduce a lot of these human rights and human abuses which are too prevalent altogether.
Debate: Human rights situation in Egypt
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2022
Speaker: Clare Daly
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EN

Mr President, I’d just like to really add my comments to the strong words of colleagues that we do ourselves no favours by being geopolitical in which human rights that we condemn. And the testimony of activists in Egypt is really quite frightening. At least 520 websites blocked, 129 of them news sites. The government actively tracking down and targeting those who publish content on social media which is critical of government policies, even as people experience very difficult living conditions. And we’ve even had a number of women who had used TikTok to present dancing content being imprisoned on the grounds of protecting morals. So we have to be very clear in calling out that there has to be an end to the internet censorship, including blocking news websites, particularly Mada Masr, Al-Manassa and Darb. We must encourage the government to adopt amendments to the NGO law, which effectively means that the security services decide which NGOs can operate. And we must call and add our call to the call of this Parliament for Alaa Abd El-Fattah to be released and freed from his illegal detention.
Debate: Human rights situation in Egypt
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2022
Speaker: Janez Lenarčič
Language: EN

I would like to assure you all that respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms is part and parcel of EU—Egypt relations. There are issues that need to be addressed, and this includes the case of Alaa Abd el—Fattah. This includes the Regini case, among others. As for any other country, this is our continuous endeavour. The EU will continue cooperating and engaging on human rights with Egypt, also after COP27.  The European Union has a clear interest to support Egypt in maintaining long—term stability and security. But we at the same time very much believe that this can only be achieved if all aspects of human rights are fully implemented and upheld.  We will further advance and strengthen our engagement with our Egyptian partners, and we look forward to continuing this work, including in the upcoming established dialogue which will take place in December in the Subcommittee on Human Rights.
Debate: The Human rights situation in Afghanistan especially the deterioration of women´s rights and attacks against educational institutions
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2022
Speaker: Rainer Wieland
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Als nächster Punkt der Tagesordnung folgt die Aussprache über sechs Entschließungsanträge zur Menschenrechtslage in Afghanistan, insbesondere mit Blick auf die Verschlechterung der Frauenrechte und die Anschläge auf Bildungseinrichtungen ( _______________ * Siehe Protokoll
Debate: The Human rights situation in Afghanistan especially the deterioration of women´s rights and attacks against educational institutions
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2022
Speaker: Željana Zovko
Language: EN

I strongly condemn this systematic rollback. With our resolution, we send a strong message of support to all those women and girls that are affected. We demand respect for and protection of their rights. We urge to ensure that broad education is equally accessible for all, for boys and girls, and in line with UNESCO’s standards and principles. In the end, I was in Peshawar five years ago, where they repatriated these women. I still remember the sad eyes of the girl who spoke to me and who said that the only thing she wants in her life is to get an education, but her father doesn’t allow her that. She is in Afghanistan somewhere now. I wish her well and I wish that her situation changes.
Debate: The Human rights situation in Afghanistan especially the deterioration of women´s rights and attacks against educational institutions
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2022
Speaker: Evin Incir
Country: Hungary
Language: EN

They decide on what women and girls should wear. They decide on where women and girls should walk. They decide on what women and girls can or cannot say. The Taliban gender apartheid is despicable and it must end now. Commissioner, you need to expand the list of targeted measures against the Taliban leadership responsible for this, because dismantling human rights must come with a price. The EU must step up its efforts to share information with the International Criminal Court to ensure the end of impunity. Violating international law must have consequences, and EU countries should increase their humanitarian assistance to the UN, and NGOs’ unprecedented and urgent needs must be met. Women and girls in Afghanistan are suffering right now.
Debate: The Human rights situation in Afghanistan especially the deterioration of women´s rights and attacks against educational institutions
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2022
Speaker: María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos
Country: France
Language: ES

Esta es una demanda de las defensoras de los derechos humanos en Afganistán, de la que hoy nos hacemos eco en este Parlamento, que va a ser la primera institución de la comunidad internacional que va a adoptar este término. Llamemos a las cosas por su nombre. Las niñas y las mujeres en Afganistán viven en un auténtico infierno. 430 días llevan ya las niñas en Afganistán con sus colegios cerrados.  Pero pensemos también que desde aquí tenemos responsabilidad. Podemos hacer más cosas. Tenemos que coordinar nuestros esfuerzos a nivel internacional para la protección de las defensoras, ofreciéndoles opciones de educación y empleo. Tenemos que revisar nuestros puntos de acuerdo para trabajar con Afganistán. Nuestras relaciones no pueden pasar nunca por la legitimación de unas autoridades terroristas que han declarado la guerra a las mujeres. Un verdadero
Debate: The Human rights situation in Afghanistan especially the deterioration of women´s rights and attacks against educational institutions
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2022
Speaker: Tineke Strik
Country: Poland
Language: EN

The humanitarian situation is equally dramatic. Nearly half of the population faces acute food insecurity, and this will only increase. So I call on the EU and the UN to step up humanitarian aid and make engagement with the Taliban conditional on the respect for human rights, but refrain from legitimising this ruthless criminal gang; hold them accountable and extend the sanctions list. Mr President, the human rights defenders, journalists, judges – all who are targeted by the Taliban need our help to leave the country. But the opposite is happening: Afghan refugees are stuck in unsafe transit countries. Many arrivals in Europe are left in limbo despite the reality that they cannot return. So Member States: stop these senseless and inhuman policies. Afghans deserve our help inside and outside the country. Bring them in safety and offer them sustainable protection, don’t leave them alone.
Debate: The Human rights situation in Afghanistan especially the deterioration of women´s rights and attacks against educational institutions
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2022
Speaker: Ryszard Czarnecki
Country: France
Language: PL

I myślę, że tak naprawdę przesłanie tej debaty, w której – jak widzę, i dobrze – jesteśmy ponad podziałami, ono powinno trafić do tych po naszej stronie, po stronie Unii Europejskiej, którzy tak naprawdę wolą być ślepi na to, co się dzieje w Afganistanie, na to, co się dzieje pod rządami talibów. Oczywiście słyszymy cały czas, że oni są lepsi niż ci talibowie sprzed 20 lat, bardziej wykształceni, bardziej umiarkowani. Ale cały czas chodzi o to samo. Cały czas chodzi o łamanie praw człowieka, w tym praw kobiet. W tej sprawie musimy naprawdę być solidarni i musimy naszych kolegów, którzy chcą być za taką „realpolitik”,  przekonywać.
Debate: The Human rights situation in Afghanistan especially the deterioration of women´s rights and attacks against educational institutions
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2022
Speaker: Marisa Matias
Country: Austria
Language: PT

Exigimos a total responsabilização do regime talibã e congratulamo-nos com o reatamento da investigação do Tribunal Penal Internacional sobre os crimes de guerra contra a Humanidade e crimes de guerra no Afeganistão. Mas é preciso ir muito mais longe. Precisamos que os ataques crescentes contra os grupos minoritários, como os Hazara, sejam chamados pelo nome, genocídio, conforme declarou o relator especial. Precisamos que os países da União Europeia concedam vistos humanitários aos afegãos que aqui procuram proteção, dando prioridade às mulheres e raparigas. Precisamos que os Estados-Membros apoiem a aplicação da Diretiva relativa à Proteção Temporária aos afegãos. É insustentável o regime assumido de dois pesos e duas medidas na União Europeia. Precisamos de ajudar os países de acolhimento de refugiados com assistência humanitária, financeira e técnica. Precisamos de rotas legalizadas e viagens seguras para os refugiados afegãos e precisamos, sobretudo e também, de assumir responsabilidades. 20 anos após a intervenção ilegal dos Estados Unidos e da NATO, o conflito causou um grande sofrimento e graves danos ao desenvolvimento económico e social do Afeganistão. Precisamos, por isso e também, de corrigir o legado de abusos de direitos humanos dos últimos 20 anos.
Debate: The Human rights situation in Afghanistan especially the deterioration of women´s rights and attacks against educational institutions
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2022
Speaker: Krzysztof Hetman
Political group: PPE
Country: Netherlands
Language: PL

Unia Europejska powinna aktywnie wspierać organizacje i aktywistów działających w obronie praw człowieka, chroniących kobiety i mniejszości w Afganistanie. Ponadto, oprócz wezwania władz w Afganistanie do poszanowania praw człowieka i prawa międzynarodowego, powinniśmy także domagać się utworzenia przy Radzie Praw Człowieka ONZ niezależnego ciała badającego i dokumentującego wszelkie naruszenia prawa międzynarodowego i praw człowieka w tym kraju. Nie możemy dopuścić, aby osoby odpowiedzialne uciekły od jakiejkolwiek odpowiedzialności za te wszystkie czyny.
Debate: The Human rights situation in Afghanistan especially the deterioration of women´s rights and attacks against educational institutions
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2022
Speaker: Karsten Lucke
Political group: S-D
Country: Spain
Language: DE

Ich bin davon überzeugt, am Ende wird der Wunsch nach der Freiheit siegen, und das Verlangen nach den Menschenrechten wird größer und mächtiger sein als das verbrecherische Regime der Taliban. Das bedeutet allerdings nicht, dass wir abwarten und zuschauen dürfen. Wir müssen als Europäische Union aktiv Unterstützung leisten und den Mädchen und Frauen in Afghanistan auf ihrem Weg zur freien Selbstentfaltung helfen. Dabei ist Bildung ein –wenn nicht vielleicht sogar der zentrale – Baustein. Ich schließe mit den Worten der 17-jährigen Afghanin Mursal Fasihi, die sagt: ‘I hope that young girls will not give up. It’s OK to be scared, it’s OK to cry, but giving up is not an option. Our bright morning will come.’
Debate: The Human rights situation in Afghanistan especially the deterioration of women´s rights and attacks against educational institutions
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2022
Speaker: Petras Auštrevičius
Political group: Renew
Country: Lithuania
Language: EN

The Taliban’s systematic action in restricting women’s social and political rights and denying girls access to education is inexcusable. It is a complete waste of the progress of the last 20 years and a reversal of the promise of a better future. The Taliban’s actions deserve to be clearly labelled as gender-based apartheid. These are crimes that must be immediately ceased, investigated and punished. I call on the ICC Prosecutor to immediately undertake an investigation into the Taliban’s crimes of discrimination against and attempted erasure of women and girls from public life. I also call for more EU and international efforts to support women’s rights defenders and for continued action to empower Afghan women and girls.
Debate: The Human rights situation in Afghanistan especially the deterioration of women´s rights and attacks against educational institutions
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2022
Speaker: Erik Marquardt
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: France
Language: DE

Wir müssen einfach schauen: Wie können wir auf der einen Seite die humanitäre Situation in Afghanistan verbessern? Wie können wir auf der anderen Seite aber auch klarmachen, dass die größte Gefahr für Afghanistan am Ende immer die Taliban bleiben? Wir sind uns ja einig, dass man den Menschen in Afghanistan helfen muss. Was mich ein bisschen besorgt, ist – in den Debatten der letzten Wochen –, dass wir auf der einen Seite mit den Menschen in Afghanistan fühlen, solange sie in Afghanistan sind; aber sobald sie aus dem Land fliehen, versuchen, auf sehr unsicheren Wegen mit irgendwelchen Schleppernetzwerken, irgendwelchen Mafias – weil es keine legalen Fluchtwege gibt – aus dem Land zu kommen, dann fehlt uns die Empathie, dann sind wir sehr groß darin, zu sagen, dass man die Balkanroute endlich schließen muss; eine der größten Gruppen sind ja Menschen aus Afghanistan. Ich würde mir wünschen, dass wir die Empathie, die wir in der Entschließung mit den Menschen in Afghanistan zeigen, auch mit den Menschen aus Afghanistan haben, wenn sie nicht mehr weiterwissen und fliehen müssen.
Debate: The Human rights situation in Afghanistan especially the deterioration of women´s rights and attacks against educational institutions
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2022
Speaker: Bernhard Zimniok
Political group: ID
Language: DE

Wir müssen endlich akzeptieren, dass es andere Kulturen und Wertesysteme gibt. Afghanistan wird euch immer fremd bleiben. So haben 80 % der afghanischen Frauen bei einer Umfrage der Weltbank 2015 ihren Männern das Recht zugesprochen, sie bei Verfehlungen wie zu widersprechen, Sex zu verweigern oder ohne Genehmigung aus dem Haus zu gehen, zu schlagen. Die Welt da draußen ist kein grün-roter Ponyhof. Wie immer ist unsere Herangehensweise durch unsere westliche Perspektive geprägt und meist völlig kontraproduktiv. So will Deutschland bis zu 1 000 Afghanen monatlich aufnehmen, die aufgrund ihres Kampfes für Demokratie und Menschenrechte besonders gefährdet sind. Mal ganz abgesehen davon, dass unsere Kapazitäten diese Menschen nicht aufnehmen können – diese Menschen können einen Wandel von innen heraus bewirken, den wir nicht können. Wir müssen endlich aufhören, aus westlicher Arroganz heraus zu entscheiden, was gut für Afghanistan, was gut für den Rest der Welt ist.
Debate: The Human rights situation in Afghanistan especially the deterioration of women´s rights and attacks against educational institutions
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2022
Speaker: Clare Daly
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EN

Ignoring Afghanistan is not a solution. Yes, we should open our borders and take in refugees. Daily, I have met with desperate pleas of people, but how many are we going to take? One million, two million? Then what are we going to do with the millions who are left behind? I’m assuming that nobody here is mad enough to think of invading again. If that’s the case, we have to deal with reality. The most basic human right is the right to life. We have to start allowing the economy to function, linking improvements to that. Anything else is condemning Afghan women not just to exclusion, but to death. We have to stop standing idly by.
Debate: The Human rights situation in Afghanistan especially the deterioration of women´s rights and attacks against educational institutions
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2022
Speaker: Seán Kelly
Political group: PPE
Country: Greece
Language: EN

Life has become particularly tough for female scholars and students. Thousands have fled to neighbouring Iran and Pakistan and have applied to organisations that help academics to find posts in other countries. However, fewer than 10% have been successful as visa wait—times continue to be a challenge for many. I have encountered the same difficulties as I have tried to help a lady academic and her family escape the clutches of the Taliban. I urge the EU to take immediate action to secure the lives and careers of Afghanistan’s women and scholars, and I call for a more coordinated response to protect those most vulnerable.
Debate: The Human rights situation in Afghanistan especially the deterioration of women´s rights and attacks against educational institutions
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2022
Speaker: Tomislav Sokol
Political group: PPE
Country: Italy
Language: HR

Poštovani predsjedavajući, nakon više od godinu dana od ponovnog dolaska talibana na vlast, očito je da se život običnih Afganistanaca jako pogoršao, što je bilo i za očekivati. Militantni islamisti tom zemljom vladaju kroz nasilje i zabrane te progon manjina, posebno Hazara i kršćana.  Talibanski režim masovno krši ljudska prava, osobito prava žena. Mladim djevojkama je zabranjeno srednjoškolsko obrazovanje. Treba otvoreno reći da trenutno stanje u Afganistanu predstavlja katastrofalni vojni i geopolitički poraz Zapada.  U razdoblju nakon 2001. NATO se oslonio uglavnom na potpuno nekompetentne i korumpirane domaće kadrove, što je nužno dovelo do ubrzanog urušavanja vlade s povlačenjem savezničkih snaga. Danas Afganistan predstavlja izvor nestabilnosti, polazišnu točku za ilegalne migracije prema Europi, što predstavlja golemi sigurnosni problem.  Utjecaj Kine i Rusije u središnjoj Aziji je ojačao, ovdje sa zapada oslabio. Europska unija mora jasnije definirati vlastite prioritete u ovom dijelu svijeta i konkretnije se angažirati u stvaranju saveza s državama s kojima dijeli zajednički interes. U suprotnom, ostat će vanjskopolitički patuljak kakav je danas.
Debate: The Human rights situation in Afghanistan especially the deterioration of women´s rights and attacks against educational institutions
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2022
Speaker: Michaela Šojdrová
Political group: PPE
Country: Greece
Language: CS

Pane předsedající, dámy a pánové, podporuji tuto rezoluci, protože je důležité, aby Evropský parlament podpořil ty, kteří bojují za lidská práva, v tomto případě zejména za vzdělávání, ženy, které se hlásí o své právo na vzdělání. Je neuvěřitelné, že Afghánistán, který přijal v loňském roce finanční pomoc od EU ve výši jedné miliardy eur, je schopen takovýmto způsobem ponižovat ženy, pronásledovat náboženské menšiny včetně křesťanů. Tálibán zná sílu vzdělání, a o to více si přeji, aby afghánské ženy vytrvaly ve svých protestech a nenechaly se umlčet stejně tak jako vědci, jako novináři. Vyzýváme Evropskou komisi, aby podmínila další čerpání finanční pomoci dodržováním lidských práv včetně práva na vzdělání.