MEPs deplored, once again on Friday 18 December, the continued and intensified repression of fundamental and human rights activists “solely in response to the exercise of their fundamental freedoms or the expression of their dissent” by state authorities and security forces in Egypt.
The joint resolution by the Greens/EFA, S&D and Renew Europe groups adopted by MEPs (434 votes in favour, 49 against and 202 abstentions) reiterates Parliament’s call for the immediate and unconditional release of those arbitrarily detained and sentenced for carrying out their legitimate and peaceful work in favour of human rights.
They also call for an end to the intimidation of human rights organisations and the increasing restrictions on freedom of expression, online and offline, association and peaceful assembly.
MEPs also call on the EU to consider restrictive measures against senior Egyptian officials responsible for the most serious human rights violations in the country.
During the debate on Thursday 17 December several MEPs denounced the Legion of Honour awarded to Egyptian President Al-Sissi last week by France and Paris’s promise to sell new weapons in Cairo.
See the resolution: http://bit.ly/38gm42D (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)