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Detention of EU citizens abroad

Decisions
9 on 6 sitting days
Outcomes
9 adopted · 0 rejected
Period
23 Jan 2025 – 22 Jan 2026
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A model, not checked by hand
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Kind
EU initiative
Status
Dormant (no decision for six months)
Also called
Ryan Cornelius detention in Dubai
Last 90 days
0 decisions
Roll-call votes
7
By kind
Resolutions 9
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Cases of EU citizens detained in third countries and EU calls for their release.

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Decisions, 9

The latest decisions on this issue, newest first. No CSV for issues yet: the registers cannot filter by issue.

Effect: what the decision did. Final vote: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
DateDecisionKindEffectFinal vote
22 Jan 2026Conviction and imminent sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong ResolutionsAdopted503 for, 9 against, 100 abstained by roll call
22 Jan 2026Case of Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic ResolutionsAdopted582 for, 0 against, 35 abstained by roll call
9 Oct 202510th anniversary of the detention of jailed Swedish publisher Gui Minhai in China ResolutionsAdopted546 for, 3 against, 44 abstained by roll call
9 Oct 2025Arbitrary detention of EU citizens Javier Marañón Montero and David Rodríguez Ballesta in Equatorial Guinea ResolutionsAdoptedshow of hands — no count
11 Sept 2025Case of Abdoul Aziz Goma, arbitrarily detained in Togo ResolutionsAdoptedshow of hands — no count
10 Jul 2025Case of Ryan Cornelius in Dubai ResolutionsAdopted511 for, 50 against, 75 abstained by roll call
10 Jul 2025Arbitrary arrest and torture of Belgian-Portuguese researcher Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic ResolutionsAdopted617 for, 4 against, 18 abstained by roll call
19 Jun 2025Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran ResolutionsAdopted486 for, 8 against, 29 abstained by roll call
23 Jan 2025Case of Boualem Sansal in Algeria ResolutionsAdopted533 for, 24 against, 48 abstained by roll call

Dossiers, 9

The dossiers these decisions belong to, the one voted on most recently first.

Decisions: decisions on the dossier counted here. Latest decision: its date and outcome.
DossierDecisionsLatest decision
Case of Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic 2026-2572Decisions122 Jan 2026 · Adopted
Conviction and imminent sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong 2026-2573Decisions122 Jan 2026 · Adopted
Arbitrary detention of EU citizens Javier Marañón Montero and David Rodríguez Ballesta in Equatorial Guinea 2025-2904Decisions19 Oct 2025 · Adopted
10th anniversary of the detention of jailed Swedish publisher Gui Minhai in China 2025-2906Decisions19 Oct 2025 · Adopted
Case of Abdoul Aziz Goma, arbitrarily detained in Togo 2025-2862Decisions111 Sept 2025 · Adopted
Case of Ryan Cornelius in Dubai 2025-2796Decisions110 Jul 2025 · Adopted
Arbitrary arrest and torture of Belgian-Portuguese researcher Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic 2025-2797Decisions110 Jul 2025 · Adopted
Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran 2025-2753Decisions119 Jun 2025 · Adopted
Case of Boualem Sansal in Algeria 2025-2512Decisions123 Jan 2025 · Adopted

Group lines

How each group voted on the final votes of this issue: its clear line or divided.

The last 7 final roll-call votes. Each group’s line on the final votes, with members counted in the group they sat in on the day; a clear line = at least two thirds of the group’s votes with at least 10 members voting (method). For / Against / Abstained: its clear line. Divided: no clear line. With the outcome: votes where its majority line matched the result. Votes: finals the group voted on.
GroupForAgainstAbstainedDividedWith the outcomeVotes
The LeftFor5Against0Abst.0Divided2With outcome5of7
GreensFor7Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome7of7
S&DFor7Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome7of7
RenewFor7Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome7of7
EPPFor7Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome7of7
ECRFor6Against0Abst.0Divided1With outcome7of7
PatriotsFor5Against0Abst.0Divided2With outcome5of7
ESNFor2Against1Abst.3Divided1With outcome3of7

Connections

Topics and issues that come up together with this one, and its main dossiers.

Topics that come up with it

  • Topic Foreign affairs Ukraine, the Middle East, China, enlargement, human rights abroad.

Running issues

Sources & citation

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Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/detention-of-eu-citizens-abroad
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

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EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Detention of EU citizens abroad”. Running issue, 22 January 2026. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/detention-of-eu-citizens-abroad (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-issue-detention-of-eu-citizens-abroad,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Detention of EU citizens abroad}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-01-22},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/detention-of-eu-citizens-abroad}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/detention-of-eu-citizens-abroad},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Running issue. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}