Ongoing persecution of Christians in Nigeria, notably the Kawel village massacre

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.

1. Amendment 1ESNJoint motion for a resolution · Recital E
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   E. whereas Christians are among the most persecuted religious groups globally, and the failure to address this persecution undermines the protection of freedom of religion or belief;

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   E. whereas Christians are the most persecuted religious group globally, and the failure to address this persecution undermines the protection of freedom of religion or belief;

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2. Amendment 2ESNJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 1
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   1. Strongly condemns all violence perpetrated against civilians in Kawel and the wider Middle Belt; particularly deplores the disproportionate impact on women and girls, and firmly denounces the alarming rise in targeted abductions and kidnappings; expresses its deepest condolences to the families of all victims and all those affected by this horrific attack, including the Christian community of Plateau State;

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   1. Strongly condemns the Kawel village massacre as part of a systematic pattern of Islamist violence and violent persecution of Christian communities; takes note of the communication by UN Special Rapporteurs of June 2026 that Christian women and girls across Northern Nigeria and the Middle Belt are victims of targeted violence, abductions, forced marriages and conversions to Islam; expresses its deepest condolences to the families of all victims and all those affected by this horrific attack, particularly the Christian community of Plateau State;

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3. Amendment 3ESNJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 4
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   4. Calls on the Nigerian Government to remedy intelligence failures, improve early-warning sharing, strengthen state-led civilian protection, invest in regional mediation, implement sustainable land management policies, foster food security and address ecological drivers;

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   4. Calls on the Nigerian Government to remedy intelligence failures, improve early-warning sharing, strengthen state-led civilian protection, invest in regional mediation and strengthen considerably its police and justice apparatus, making policing and prosecution robust and accountable, and tackling persistent impunity;

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4. Amendment 4PfEJoint motion for a resolution · Recital C
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   C. whereas this attack forms part of a wider pattern of violence in Plateau State and the Middle Belt, including attacks on predominantly Christian farming communities, traditional leaders, clergy, schools, health facilities and places of worship;

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   C. whereas this attack forms part of a wider pattern of violence in Plateau State and the Middle Belt, including attacks on predominantly Christian farming communities, traditional leaders, clergy, schools, health facilities and places of worship; notes that the systematic targeting of Christian communities in Plateau State and Nigeria’s Middle Belt constitutes Islamist persecution and displays genocidal characteristics;

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5. Amendment 5PfEJoint motion for a resolution · Recital E
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   E. whereas Christians are among the most persecuted religious groups globally, and the failure to address this persecution undermines the protection of freedom of religion or belief;

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   E. whereas Christians are reported to be the most persecuted religious group globally, and the failure to address this persecution undermines the credibility of international efforts to protect freedom of religion or belief;

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6. Amendment 6PfEJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 7
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   7. Calls on the EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU to pay particular attention to the deteriorating situation of Christians and all persecuted religious communities in Nigeria;

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   7. Calls on the EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU to pay particular attention to the deteriorating situation of Christians and to address the Islamist persecution of Christians and risk of genocide in the dialogue with Nigeria;

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7. Amendment 7The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 3 a (new)
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   3a. Warns against any response to the violence in Nigeria based solely on counter-terrorism operations, which risks addressing only the symptoms of insecurity while leaving its root causes untouched; stresses that banditry, armed violence and mass displacement are also driven by competition over land, water and grazing routes, climate-related pressures, desertification, droughts and floods, historical ‘indigene-settler’ discrimination, impunity, State failure and the absence of trusted justice mechanisms; calls for a comprehensive civilian protection strategy combining security, accountability, early warning and early response, land and resource mediation, climate adaptation, equal citizensh…

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