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The cases of unjustly imprisoned Uyghurs in China, notably Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas

Effect
Adopted
Result
540 for · 23 against · 47 abstained roll call
Date
10 October 2024, 13:23
Kind
Resolution
More facts (9)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Motion B-10-2024-0118
Dossier
2024/2857(RSP)
Source
Motion for a resolution
Topics
Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
9 votes · 2 roll calls · 1 amendment
Requested by
The Left (1 roll call) · Renew (1 roll call)
Sitting
Thursday 10 October 2024
Final vote
169857
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Votes on this decision
Members on the final vote

Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Final vote: 540 for, 23 against, 47 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 1 amendment (1 rejected) and 1 part of the text voted on separately (1 rejected). 6 alternative motions lapsed once the text was adopted.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR and Patriots; ESN mostly abstained.

Groups

Members' votes, each counted in the group they belonged to on the day. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Majority line: the most common position. Clear line: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided. Cohesion: Agreement Index, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all voted the same (method).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 24Against 1Abst. 10No vote 11 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.53
GreensFor 50Against 0Abst. 0No vote 3 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 111Against 1Abst. 0No vote 24 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
RenewFor 73Against 0Abst. 0No vote 4 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 156Against 0Abst. 1No vote 31 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 67Against 0Abst. 4No vote 7 of 78Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.92
PatriotsFor 52Against 0Abst. 11No vote 23 of 86Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.74
ESNFor 1Against 2Abst. 19No vote 3 of 25Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.80
No groupFor 6Against 19Abst. 2No vote 3 of 30Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group, Diego SOLIER changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Fernand KARTHEISER changed group, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Malika SOREL changed group, Milan MAZUREK changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Nora JUNCO GARCÍA changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 31

Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast, at least 10 members voting) of the group they sat in that day. A group without a clear line is divided and not counted.

Countries

The final vote by national delegation.

Votes by country (27 delegations)
Members' votes by country. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Cohesion: Agreement Index of the delegation, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all the same; it reflects the mix of groups (method).
CountryForAgainstAbst.No voteCohesion
Austria180021.00
Belgium160061.00
Bulgaria71360.45
Cyprus3003—
Czechia152220.68
Germany6681390.64
Denmark130110.89
Estonia7000—
Spain490290.94
Finland130021.00
France730350.94
Greece43113—
Croatia110011.00
Hungary1000111.00
Ireland120021.00
Italy5608120.81
Lithuania7004—
Luxembourg5001—
Latvia8010—
Malta5001—
Netherlands250600.71
Poland451520.82
Portugal181020.92
Romania1702140.84
Sweden210001.00
Slovenia9000—
Slovakia77010.25

Members

Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.

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Debate speakers and how they voted

No plenary speech is linked to this dossier.

All votes on this decision, 9

In voting order. Result: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 3 B10-0101/2024 – After § 3 – Am 1 Roll call59 for, 524 against, 30 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
2Separate vote on recital D Show of hands Rejected
3Final vote — text as a whole B10-0101/2024 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call540 for, 23 against, 47 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Renew
Show the other 8 votesShow the other 6 votes
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Separate vote on recital D Show of hands Rejected
3Final vote — text as a whole B10-0101/2024 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call540 for, 23 against, 47 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Renew
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0101/2024 Show of hands Lapsed
5Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0114/2024 Show of hands Lapsed
6Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0115/2024 Show of hands Lapsed
7Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0116/2024 Show of hands Lapsed
8Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0117/2024 Show of hands Lapsed
9Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0118/2024 Show of hands Lapsed

Roll calls requested by The Left, Renew.

Text

The text voted on.

Motion B-10-2024-0118

AI: What this vote decides Written by AI from the official text — check the source

Parliament adopted a resolution on the cases of unjustly imprisoned Uyghurs in China, notably Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas.

The text calls for their immediate and unconditional release, as well as that of other arbitrarily detained human rights defenders, lawyers, and intellectuals.

It also urges China to close all detention camps, respect religious freedom, and urges the Council to continue imposing human rights sanctions on officials involved in abuses.

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AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source

This resolution condemns China's treatment of Uyghurs and calls for the release of Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas, among others.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2024/2857(RSP) · Resolution on a topical subject

The cases of unjustly imprisoned Uyghurs in China, notably Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas

Parliament adopted the text on 10 October 2024. This is its final position on the matter.

Show the 3 steps of the dossier
  1. Tabled for plenary (done)
  2. Plenary vote · Adopted 10 October 2024 (done)
  3. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

Show 12 connections: Running issue: China human rights · Running issue: Religious freedom

Running issue: China human rights

Running issue: Religious freedom

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-10-10/2
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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “The cases of unjustly imprisoned Uyghurs in China, notably Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas”. Decision, 10 October 2024. votingId 169857, document B-10-2024-0118, reference 2024/2857(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-10-10/2 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 10 October 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-10-10-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 10 October 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-10-10-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-10-10, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-10-10/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2024-10-10-2,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{The cases of unjustly imprisoned Uyghurs in China, notably Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-10-10},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-10-10/2}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-10-10/2},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 169857, document B-10-2024-0118, reference 2024/2857(RSP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-10-10-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-10-10-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-10-10 (CC BY 4.0)}
}