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The immediate risk of further repression by Lukashenka’s regime in Belarus - threats from the Investigative Committee
Resolution on a topical subject.
Summary
In this non-legislative resolution, Parliament demands that the Lukashenka regime in Belarus immediately cease its repression, including surveillance of exiles and demonstrators, and release and rehabilitate all political prisoners, noting that more than 1,200 political prisoners remain jailed. It strongly condemns the expansion of repression targeting Belarusians abroad through criminal prosecution and asset seizures, and the Belarusian Investigative Committee's 'special proceedings' against those who joined rallies or ran in the Coordination Council's elections. Parliament calls for EU-wide legal support and protection for exiled Belarusians, reiterates its non-recognition of Lukashenka, and urges the countries concerned to disregard Interpol arrest warrants for his political opponents. It welcomes existing sanctions and urges further personal sanctions on members of the Investigative Committee, advocates a mechanism to freeze and confiscate assets held abroad by Lukashenka and his inner circle, and urges the International Criminal Court to expedite proceedings on crimes against humanity. The resolution is forwarded to the VP/HR, the Council, the representatives of the Belarusian democratic forces and the Belarusian de facto authorities.
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Voted 3 Apr 2025
Full session brief →Other votes on this text · 2 votes
- ✕On amendment 1 · text to be inserted after paragraph 1250 / 292 / 49↗
- ✓On paragraph 7 (part 2 of a split vote)477 / 113 / 15↗
Plenary amendments4 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 1ESNJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 1 a (new)Amendment
1a. Condemns the extension, by six months, of the imprisonment in the Novopolotsk penal colony of Andrzej Poczobut, journalist and activist for the Union of Poles, and calls for his immediate release;
- Amendment 2ESNJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 4 a (new)Amendment
4a. Condemns the continued use of migration as a political weapon; is worried that according to the Commission, in 2024 illegal crossings at the EU-Belarus border, especially the Polish-Belarusian border, increased significantly by 66 % compared to 2023; strongly supports Poland’s efforts to push migrants back over its border;
- Amendment 3ECRJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 5Current text
5. Welcomes the sanctions on the President Property Management Directorate and the Central Election Commission, which issued politically motivated judgments;
Amendment5. Welcomes the sanctions on the President Property Management Directorate and the Central Election Commission, which issued politically motivated judgments; urges the immediate imposition of personal sanctions on all members of the Belarusian Investigative Committee and officials from other state institutions complicit in the transnational persecution and intimidation of Belarusian citizens;
- Amendment 4ECRJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 5 a (new)Amendment
5a. Strongly advocates the swift development and enforcement of a legal mechanism to identify, freeze and confiscate all assets and property outside Belarus owned by Lukashenka and his inner circle, with a view to reallocating them to a fund supporting victims of repression;
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