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Debate: Hong Kong, notably the case of Apple Daily
Date: THURSDAY, 8 JULY 2021
Speaker: Marie-Pierre Vedrenne
Political group: Renew
Country: Denmark
Language: FR

Monsieur le Président, Madame la Commissaire, une nouvelle fois, la Chine ne respecte aucun de ses engagements – dont le principe «un État, deux systèmes». Une nouvelle fois, la Chine demeure prête à tout pour faire taire opposition, critiques ou même once de liberté à Hong Kong. Nous, Parlement européen, portons un message de solidarité et de soutien inconditionnel avec les démocrates hongkongais. La Chine ne nous fera pas taire. La liberté de la presse n’est pas négociable. Utilisons notre régime européen de défense des droits de l’homme pour sanctionner les responsables de cette répression ignoble; utilisons nos relations commerciales avec la Chine comme levier et soyons clairs sur l’avenir. Aujourd’hui, l’accord sur les investissements avec la Chine est gelé. Demain, si les sanctions chinoises contre notre institution et nos collègues sont levées, nous devrons être et nous serons fermes, et nous nous positionnerons à la lumière du respect des droits de l’homme par la Chine, non seulement au Xinjiang, mais aussi à Hong Kong. Solidarité avec Hong Kong, fermeté avec la Chine, voilà notre ligne de conduite.
Debate: Hong Kong, notably the case of Apple Daily
Date: THURSDAY, 8 JULY 2021
Speaker: Dita Charanzová
Political group: Renew
Country: France
Language: EN

Mr President, Madam Commissioner, one year ago this House condemned the introduction of Hong Kong’s national security law for violating the city’s autonomy, rule of law and fundamental freedoms. The Hong Kong government ensured that this law would ensure stability.  One year later we stand here again, witnessing the brutal attack on freedom of press, freedom of speech, as China cements its control. The message from the European Parliament is clear today. The forced closure of Apple Daily and harassment of journalists are unacceptable, and the EU must take action.  But while China desperately tries to silence voices, it can never silence ideas. The seat of democracy is planted firmly in the minds of the people of Hong Kong, and the European Union will stand firmly beside them in their defence of their freedom.
Debate: Hong Kong, notably the case of Apple Daily
Date: THURSDAY, 8 JULY 2021
Speaker: Marcel Kolaja
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Before I give the floor to our final speaker Commissioner McGuinness, let me say something on one of the comments that was raised by Mr Ruissen which concerned the use of Chinese cameras in the European Parliament. As Vice—President of Parliament, I will make sure we look into this. If you have any more details feel free to send them to me and we will look into it and see if anything needs to be done when it comes to this.
Debate: Hong Kong, notably the case of Apple Daily
Date: THURSDAY, 8 JULY 2021
Speaker: Mairead McGuinness
Language: EN

On 24 June Hong Kong’s main pro-democracy media outlet,  This is just the latest step in a severe political deterioration over the past 12 months. Political activists have been imprisoned. Opposition parties oppressed. Civil servants compelled to take oaths of loyalty, and media, civil society and academia confronted with new restrictions and the need to self-censor.  As stated by HR/VP Borrell on 9 June, the European Union will continue implementing the response package agreed in July of last year. We will also intensify our response through increasing support to civil society – including those outside Hong Kong – and the media, promoting freedom of expression, facilitating mobility, as well as ensuring observation of the trials of pro-democracy activists.  The EU Office, EU Member States and other like-minded missions are systematically monitoring court proceedings. A visit of high-level EU officials will be considered once conditions allow. The European Union will step up coordination and consultation with international partners, including in multilateral fora.  The EU is also committed to responding to any extraterritorial application of the national security law against any EU citizen or business. Since imposition, this law has been used by the Hong Kong and mainland authorities to stifle political pluralism and the exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms that are protected under Hong Kong law and international law.  China claims that what is happening in Hong Kong is an internal matter and that the EU’s reaction is interference. We reject this. What is happening in Hong Kong constitutes a breach of international commitments. In particular of the Sino-British joint declaration, which was registered with the UN as an international treaty.  As HR/VP Borrell has said, it is a question of trust and of whether prior international commitments are respected. These actions undermine Hong Kong’s autonomy under the ‘one country, two systems’ principle and contradict China’s international commitments. The European Union will continue to stand by the people of Hong Kong.
Debate: The death penalty in Saudi Arabia, notably the cases of Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish and Abdullah al-Howaiti
Date: THURSDAY, 8 JULY 2021
Speaker: Marcel Kolaja
Country: Germany
Language: EN

The next item is the debate on six motions for resolutions on the death penalty in Saudi Arabia, notably the cases of Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish and Abdullah al-Howaiti ( _______________ *See Minutes.
Debate: The death penalty in Saudi Arabia, notably the cases of Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish and Abdullah al-Howaiti
Date: THURSDAY, 8 JULY 2021
Speaker: Željana Zovko
Language: EN

I strongly oppose capital punishment and support the European Union’s call for its worldwide abolition, especially in the case of convicted minors. This morning, we already heard the debate on a case in Iran. Now we focus on the situation in Saudi Arabia, but also in many other countries and around the world the death penalty is still frequently used. Although the Saudi authorities announced an end to the death penalty for minors for certain crimes in 2018, Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish and Abdullah al-Howaiti were still sentenced with capital punishment.  Severe questions have been raised about their trials and I deplore the verdict of the court. Unfortunately, the sentence of Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish has already been executed. But I urge the Government of Saudi Arabia to halt all pending executions and to commute all death sentences.
Debate: The death penalty in Saudi Arabia, notably the cases of Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish and Abdullah al-Howaiti
Date: THURSDAY, 8 JULY 2021
Speaker: Marc Tarabella
Country: Austria
Language: FR

Cependant, force est de constater que les autorités saoudiennes ont une nouvelle fois renié leurs promesses. En effet, le 15 juin dernier, Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish, un jeune Saoudien issu de la minorité chiite, a été exécuté après avoir été soumis à la torture et à un procès manifestement inéquitable. Le prochain sur la liste pourrait être Abdullah al-Howaiti. Quelque 40 autres détenus attendent de subir le même sort dans le couloir de la mort en Arabie saoudite, dont des dissidents pacifiques et des personnes qui ont osé critiquer le régime saoudien. Je m’étonne donc que la droite conservatrice dans cette assemblée, par la voix du groupe ECR, affirme que l’application de la peine de mort en Arabie saoudite est en baisse. Cela va tout à fait à l’encontre des faits, et la seule raison pour laquelle le nombre d’exécutions était inférieur en 2020 par rapport aux années précédentes est due non pas à des réformes du gouvernement, mais bien au COVID, car de nombreux procès ont été reportés. Cette augmentation des exécutions s’inscrit dans un schéma plus large de détérioration de la situation des droits humains en Arabie saoudite, malgré les promesses de réformes. En effet, de nombreuses femmes militantes sont toujours emprisonnées et celles qui ont été libérées, comme Loujain al-Hathloul, sont confrontées à des restrictions arbitraires de leurs droits, notamment celui de voyager. Ces violations, et bien d’autres d’ailleurs, continuent de se produire parce qu’il n’y a jamais eu de responsabilités établies pour des crimes antérieurs, à l’instar du meurtre du journaliste Jamal Khashoggi en 2018. Tant le rapporteur spécial des Nations unies, Mme Callamard, que les services de renseignements américains avaient établi la responsabilité personnelle du prince héritier Mohammed ben Salmane dans ce meurtre. C’est justement cette impunité qui inspire de nouvelles exactions. Il est donc impératif que l’Union européenne applique son régime mondial de sanctions en matière de droits de l’homme contre les responsables saoudiens. Et les dirigeants des institutions européennes devraient sans doute interagir avec le roi Salmane en tant que chef de l’État, et non conférer une légitimité à Mohammed ben Salmane, en le traitant comme tel à l’instar du comportement de l’administration américaine et de son président Joe Biden.
Debate: The death penalty in Saudi Arabia, notably the cases of Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish and Abdullah al-Howaiti
Date: THURSDAY, 8 JULY 2021
Speaker: Katalin Cseh
Country: Sweden
Language: EN

And this is not some poorly written movie plot. This is the unfathomable reality families still face across Saudi Arabia. Kids are routinely arrested, held incommunicado, tortured into admission, denied access to lawyers and family members while they languish on death row. Executions are outrageous by themselves, but executing minors is really a practice that never should have existed. Let me be very clear. It must be abolished from the face of the earth and Saudi Arabia pledged to do just that. And yet it continues to execute children up until this very day.  We are way past the point of strongly worded resolutions. We need to stop supplying the Saudi regime with technology that could be used to oppress their own citizens, we could never be complicit in this crime. So let’s turn up the heat on Council colleagues and let’s make this happen.
Debate: The death penalty in Saudi Arabia, notably the cases of Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish and Abdullah al-Howaiti
Date: THURSDAY, 8 JULY 2021
Speaker: Hannah Neumann
Country: Sweden
Language: EN

But again, Saudi Arabia is a key regional player. We need to engage with Saudi Arabia, be it to improve security in the Middle East or to fight the climate crisis. Saudi Arabia made it quite clear they want to engage with us and we need and should engage with Saudi Arabia. But all of our actions need to be guided by three questions.  How can we strengthen and support all those who want to change Saudi Arabia towards more human rights, more rule of law and eventually democracy? How can we contain and ostracise those responsible for human rights violations? And how can we make sure that European companies do not enable, or even worse, profit from the suffering of human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia?  This is how we can have an impact as parliamentarians, as diplomats, as Team Europe, but often enough we are not using it. For many years, European companies have exported surveillance technology to Saudi Arabia that is used to track dissidents. Some Member States are still exporting arms to Saudi Arabia, despite the violations of humanitarian law that are committed with these weapons in Yemen. There are still no sanctions on those responsible for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and political delegations shake hands and sign business deals without a word of support for those in prison.  It is important to engage with Saudi Arabia and it is important to also name perpetrators, denounce oppressive structures and show solidarity with victims. We can do both. We should do both. And Charles Michel, I wish you a safe and successful trip to Saudi Arabia.
Debate: The death penalty in Saudi Arabia, notably the cases of Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish and Abdullah al-Howaiti
Date: THURSDAY, 8 JULY 2021
Speaker: Miguel Urbán Crespo
Country: Belgium
Language: ES

A pesar de las promesas y los millones invertidos en lavar su imagen, la realidad es que estamos ante una dictadura absoluta, que viola a diario los derechos de las mujeres y de los activistas sociales, y los de la población civil yemení. Y todo esto ante el silencio cómplice de la Unión Europea, que tiene a Arabia Saudí en su lista de socios estratégicos. Por eso exigimos que cesen las ejecuciones; que haya un embargo de armas ya; que se finalicen las relaciones preferentes y la cooperación; y que relaciones políticas y comerciales estén condicionadas a resultados en materia de derechos humanos. Cerrar los ojos ante las barbaridades cometidas por este régimen solo contribuye a alimentar la impunidad del régimen de Arabia Saudí.
Debate: The death penalty in Saudi Arabia, notably the cases of Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish and Abdullah al-Howaiti
Date: THURSDAY, 8 JULY 2021
Speaker: Maria Arena
Political group: S-D
Country: Belgium
Language: FR

Aujourd’hui, effectivement, le royaume d’Arabie saoudite est un des pays qui exécute le plus, comme l’Iran dont nous avons parlé aussi aujourd’hui. L’Arabie saoudite s’est pourtant engagée à ne plus exécuter de jeunes qui, au moment des faits, étaient des mineurs. Cet engagement n’a pas été respecté. La preuve en est l’exécution de Mustafa al-Darwish, qui a été exécuté il y a deux semaines. Nous appelons donc l’Arabie saoudite à tenir ses engagements et cesser d’imposer la peine de mort à des mineurs au moment des faits, conformément aux obligations au titre de la Convention relative aux droits de l’enfant. Mais nous appelons aussi l’Arabie saoudite à rejoindre le club des abolitionnistes de la peine de mort. Entre-temps, nous lui demandons le moratoire en termes d’exécutions.
Debate: The death penalty in Saudi Arabia, notably the cases of Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish and Abdullah al-Howaiti
Date: THURSDAY, 8 JULY 2021
Speaker: Jan-Christoph Oetjen
Political group: Renew
Country: France
Language: DE

Besonders abscheulich ist allerdings, dass in Saudi—Arabien Minderjährige hingerichtet werden. Der 17-jährige Mustafa al-Darwish hat seine Teilnahme an Protesten vor etwas mehr als drei Wochen, nämlich am 15. Juni, mit seinem Leben bezahlt – hingerichtet, nachdem ihm unter Folter ein Geständnis erpresst wurde, ohne Verteidigung, ohne fairen Prozess. Heute noch sind neun Kinder in Saudi-Arabien zu Tode verurteilt und warten auf ihre Hinrichtung. Einer von ihnen ist Abdullah al-Huwaiti. Er war 14, als er verhaftet wurde. Er wurde gefoltert, um ein Geständnis zu erpressen, und in einem dubiosen Prozess wurde er im Oktober 2019 zum Tode verurteilt. Im ersten Halbjahr wurden in Saudi—Arabien 31 Todesurteile vollstreckt, unter anderem an acht minderjährigen Straftätern. Wir verurteilen diese Praxis, wir erwarten faire Prozesse. Die Todesstrafe, insbesondere für Minderjährige, gehört abgeschafft. Es gibt keine Begründung für eine solche unmenschliche Praxis.
Debate: The death penalty in Saudi Arabia, notably the cases of Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish and Abdullah al-Howaiti
Date: THURSDAY, 8 JULY 2021
Speaker: Elżbieta Kruk
Political group: ECR
Country: Bulgaria
Language: PL

W trwającej debacie stawiamy sobie pytania: czy mamy się jednoznacznie sprzeciwiać jej stosowaniu w każdych okolicznościach, czy też przekracza to granice tolerancji wobec najbardziej odrażających zbrodni? Mamy bowiem do czynienia z różnymi okolicznościami, w których dochodzi do orzeczenia tej kary. Zdarzają się przypadki jej orzekania z motywów politycznych jako narzędzie do prześladowania lub dyskryminacji. Takie wyroki śmierci to często zbrodnie sądowe. Niewątpliwie jako takie kwalifikuje się wymierzenie kary śmierci w wyniku postępowania, w którym pozbawiono oskarżonego jego podstawowych praw, gdy poddano go torturom czy uniemożliwiono mu korzystanie z prawa do obrony. Z taką sytuacją najprawdopodobniej mamy do czynienia w przypadku Mustafy al-Darwisza i nie jest to jedyny przypadek niezgodnego z prawem międzynarodowym procesu sądowego w Arabii Saudyjskiej. Nie możemy się z tym zgodzić. Życie ludzkie jest wartością najwyższą.
Debate: The death penalty in Saudi Arabia, notably the cases of Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish and Abdullah al-Howaiti
Date: THURSDAY, 8 JULY 2021
Speaker: Emmanuel Maurel
Political group: The Left
Country: Greece
Language: FR

L’Union européenne, elle, ne peut pas être complice. Elle ne peut pas transiger sur un tel affront aux droits humains. Nous demandons donc à l’Arabie saoudite de rejuger Abdullah al-Howaiti. Nous demandons un moratoire sur les exécutions. L’Europe ne peut pas se contenter de molles incantations sur ces points, sauf à laisser prospérer les accusations d’hypocrisie et de deux poids, deux mesures. Nous ne pouvons plus tolérer que nos intérêts économiques, qu’il s’agisse de l’Arabie saoudite ou d’autres États autoritaires, se payent au prix du sang des innocents.
Debate: The death penalty in Saudi Arabia, notably the cases of Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish and Abdullah al-Howaiti
Date: THURSDAY, 8 JULY 2021
Speaker: Fabio Massimo Castaldo
Political group: NI
Country: France
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, gentile Commissario, il 15 giugno dopo sei anni di ingiusta incarcerazione è stato ucciso senza che la sua famiglia ne fosse informata Mustafa al-Darwish.  Non riesco a immaginare nulla di più crudele. È morto da solo Mustafa e a lui e alla sua famiglia va tutta la mia solidarietà. La principale prova, se così possiamo definirla, in un processo farsa contraddistinto da gravi carenze e da una confessione estratta sotto tortura, è stata una fotografia sul cellulare ritenuta offensiva per le forze di sicurezza, relativa ad eventi peraltro accaduti quando Mustafa era ancora minorenne e dunque non punibili con la morte secondo la legislazione saudita. Colleghi, la pena di morte è la negazione stessa di tutti quei valori per i quali noi lottiamo ogni giorno. Uccidere un essere umano è solo un altro crimine e non sarà mai un atto di giustizia.  Io chiedo una moratoria immediata delle esecuzioni al regime saudita. Chiedo di adottare, immediatamente, a noi sanzioni individuali verso i responsabili di questo crimine, così come una piena trasparenza sul finanziamento ai partiti o ai leader politici europei che percepiscono soldi da paesi, autorità o entità riconducibili a paesi che violano i diritti umani.  No a un'Europa forte con i deboli e debole con i forti. Non abbiamo dimenticato Raif Badawi né Jamal Khashoggi. Noi non dimentichiamo che possiamo essere veramente liberi solo se tutti lo sono.
Debate: The death penalty in Saudi Arabia, notably the cases of Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish and Abdullah al-Howaiti
Date: THURSDAY, 8 JULY 2021
Speaker: Isabel Santos
Political group: S-D
Country: Hungary
Language: PT

Senhor Presidente, morte à morte, guerra à guerra, ódio ao ódio. A liberdade é uma cidade imensa da qual todos somos concidadãos. Evoco estas palavras do escritor Victor Hugo num texto em que saudou a abolição da pena de morte em Portugal há 154 anos para assinalar quão anacrônica, cruel, degradante e desumana é a persistência da pena de morte no século XXI. Uma vergonha para a Humanidade. Ao condenarmos a execução de Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish e a morte de Abdullah al-Howaiti às mãos das autoridades sauditas estamos, não só, a condenar a pena de morte na Arábia Saudita e noutros países, mas a pugnar pela abolição universal desta pena. Face às múltiplas violações dos direitos humanos e do direito internacional, pede-se o embargo do fornecimento de armas à Arábia Saudita e uma atitude diplomática mais assertiva e coerente por parte da União Europeia.
Debate: The death penalty in Saudi Arabia, notably the cases of Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish and Abdullah al-Howaiti
Date: THURSDAY, 8 JULY 2021
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Mr President, Commissioner, the execution of Mustafa al-Darwish for taking part in protests when he was a minor is not exceptional in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It’s just another day in the systematic persecution and marginalisation of Shia by the brutal Saudi dictatorship.  We will see more executions like this in the months ahead. But the Saudi dictatorship doesn’t care about the scolding of the EU Parliament. Did they give a damn about our Yemen resolution? Yemen is still under military siege and bombardment. Tens of thousands killed by EU, UK and US weapons, hundreds of thousands of women and children displaced and millions battling the starvation imposed on them by the defenders of the so-called rule-based international order.  Our friends in the Saudi dictatorship will take these words of concern about capital punishment seriously when we stop profiting off them, investing in their ridiculous projects, legitimising their brutal regime and assisting them as they spread death and destruction and fund violent extremism all the way from Paris to Mali to Iraq, Xinjiang. Italia, in bocca al lupo domenica!
Debate: The death penalty in Saudi Arabia, notably the cases of Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish and Abdullah al-Howaiti
Date: THURSDAY, 8 JULY 2021
Speaker: Evin Incir
Political group: S-D
Country: Hungary
Language: SV

Herr talman! I ett land där mänskliga rättigheter fortfarande är blott en dröm och godtyckliga fängslanden är verklighet, blir situationen för barn och unga än mer alarmerande. Saudiarabien är ett land som tydligt visat på hur signaturer på internationella åtaganden som barnkonventionen inte räcker. Med åtaganden kommer nämligen skyldighet att implementera.  I dag både fängslas och mördas barn och unga av regimen. Avrättningen av Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish och det fortsätta fängslandet och dödsdomen mot Abdullah al-Howaiti är vidriga exempel på uråldriga metoder som används av den saudiska regimen, till och med mot barn och unga.  Visst låter den saudiska regimens löften om förbättringar vad gäller mänskliga rättigheter bra. Men hittills har lite synts i verkligheten. Saudiarabien måste se till att omgående börja respektera de åtaganden de själva har gjort, att skydda barn genom ratificering av barnkonventionen, men också respektera mänskliga rättigheter. FN och EU har en skyldighet gentemot alla barn och unga i landet; dödsdomarna måste stoppas och de som ligger bakom avrättningarna får inte gå fria från straff.
Debate: The death penalty in Saudi Arabia, notably the cases of Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish and Abdullah al-Howaiti
Date: THURSDAY, 8 JULY 2021
Speaker: Pierfrancesco Majorino
Political group: S-D
Country: Ireland
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, la situazione in Arabia Saudita sul piano del rispetto dei diritti umani è drammatica.  La recente esecuzione di Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish è la conferma di quel che avviene nel paese da tempo, basti pensare all'uccisione del giornalista Jamal Khashoggi, alla tragica situazione umanitaria e politica in Yemen, alla detenzione di difensori dei diritti umani, attivisti, tra cui Raif Badawi.  Al contrario di quel che viene affermato dalla macchina propagandistica, attivisti dei diritti umani e cittadini sauditi restano sotto costante minaccia ogni giorno. Per questo chiediamo a tutti i rappresentanti dell'Unione europea di seguire l'esempio del presidente Biden, ossia di non considerare in alcun modo il principe Mohammad bin Salman come legittimo interlocutore. E lo chiediamo a tutti gli esponenti politici europei di qualsiasi paese.  Facciamola finita con la relazione pericolosa con il principe Mohammad bin Salman. Essa calpesta i nostri valori.