Addressing transnational repression of human rights defenders
This own-initiative report addresses transnational repression of human rights defenders. The amendments describe transnational repression as the extraterritorial exercise of state power to silence dissent abroad through tactics such as killings, abductions, enforced disappearances, surveillance, harassment and disinformation; they note authoritarian states named in the excerpts, the role of digital platforms, the lack of an agreed definition and data, and the limited, fragmented EU response.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled10 Jul 2025
- Plenary vote — Adopted13 Nov 2025 · On the motion for a resolution · the text as a whole
Plenary votes
2 roll-call votesIn plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →
- 13 Nov 2025AdoptedOn amendment 2 · text to be inserted after paragraph 4Official label: Après le § 4 - Am 2 · what was voted ↗315 for202 against119 abstentions83 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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- 13 Nov 2025Main voteAdoptedOn the motion for a resolution · the text as a wholeOfficial label: Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) · what was voted ↗512 for76 against52 abstentions79 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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Plenary amendments2 tabled on this text
Amendments tabled for the plenary sitting on this text, in their own numbering series. This is a different set from the committee amendments tracked elsewhere on AmendEU, and is not counted in any of the site’s amendment totals.
- Amendment 1Motion for a resolution · Recital BCurrent text
B. whereas there is no universally adopted definition of transnational repression and official data is limited, which is an obstacle to the fight against this phenomenon; whereas according to Freedom House, in the period 2014-2024 over 25 % of the world’s governments had engaged in transnational repression, with 1 219 direct physical incidents across 103 target countries; whereas 10 regimes account for nearly 80 % of all transnational repression cases, namely China, Türkiye, Tajikistan, Russia, Egypt, Cambodia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran and Belarus; whereas countries in other regions, such as Nicaragua and Venezuela in Latin America, Saudi Arabia in the Gulf and Eritrea in
Africa are al…AmendmentB. whereas there is no universally adopted definition of transnational repression and official data is limited, which is an obstacle to the fight against this phenomenon; whereas according to Freedom House, in the period 2014-2024 over 25 % of the world’s governments had engaged in transnational repression, with 1 219 direct physical incidents across 103 target countries; whereas 10 regimes account for nearly 80 % of all transnational repression cases, namely China, Türkiye, Tajikistan, Russia, Egypt, Cambodia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran and Belarus; whereas countries in other regions, such as Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela in Latin America, Saudi Arabia in the Gulf and Eritrea in Africa…
Excerpt — full text in the official PDF. - Amendment 2Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 4 a (new)Amendment
4a. Highlights and condemns the fact that former European Parliament vice-president, Alejo Vidal Quadras, was a victim of TNR perpetrated by Iran through a terrorist attack orchestrated in an EU Member State;
Official amendment documents
Members who amended this procedure
30 Members · by amendment count
The amendments, in full text
209 amendmentsEvery amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.