Changes from resolution motion to resolution motion joint

Addedwhereas Félix Navarro was released in January 2025 under an agreement mediated by the Catholic Church, but his release was revoked in April 2025;

RemovedE. whereas since 1988, the EU has provided more than EUR 300 million to Cuba; whereas EUR 125 million has been earmarked for cooperation with Cuba for 2021-2027 under the Multiannual Indicative Programme (MIP); whereas the 2016 Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (PDCA) between the EU and Cuba contains a human rights conditionality;

Addedwhereas Félix Navarro, who suffers from diabetes and chronic respiratory illnesses aggravated by years of imprisonment and ill-treatment, was severely beaten by prison guards in April 2026 and then isolated; whereas both have refused the exile presented as a condition for their release;

Removed1. Calls for the immediate release of Félix and Sayli Navarro and all other political prisoners in Cuba; calls for the release and amnesty of all those imprisoned in connection with the July 2021 protests;

Addedwhereas 304 repressive actions and a historic high of 1 339 political prisoners, including 155 women and 38 minors, were documented in August 2026; whereas 463 of these political prisoners have serious physical illnesses and 54 have severe mental disorders, but are being denied adequate medical care;

Removed2. Calls for an end to torture and ill-treatment and for medical care for those prisoners with a serious health problem;

Addedwhereas the regime systematically resorts to forced exile and threatens family separation as a tool of repression, while making release conditional on accepting expulsion from the country;

Removed3. Strongly condemns the systematic, ongoing and worsening political repression perpetrated by the Cuban Communist regime against its own citizens; is deeply concerned that state terrorism has become the only policy pursued by the regime to maintain power;

AddedCondemns in the strongest terms the Cuban regime’s intensifying repression and systemic human rights violations against political prisoners and their families;

Removed4. Considers that the prisoner release, announced by the regime in April 2026, is only a propaganda operation;

AddedDemands the immediate and unconditional release of Félix Navarro, Saylí Navarro and all other political prisoners;

Removed5. Calls on the Commission and the Council to immediately suspend the PDCA with Cuba in light of the worsening political repression; insists that all EU funds to Cuba are frozen;

AddedCondemns the Cuban regime’s torture and inhuman and degrading ill-treatment of the political prisoners; reminds the authorities of their obligation to guarantee prisoners’ physical safety;

AddedExpresses grave concern over the deteriorating health of Félix Navarro and calls on the regime to guarantee him and all other prisoners immediate, adequate and independent medical care;

AddedReiterates the need for fair trials and the independence of the judiciary and calls for the repressive Criminal Code to be repealed;

AddedCondemns forced exile as a tool of coercion, and calls on the regime to guarantee every prisoner the right to remain in, and return to, their own country without preconditions;

AddedReiterates its call to activate the human rights clause of the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement and immediately suspend the agreement in the absence of concrete, verifiable steps by the regime towards multiparty democracy and the release of all political prisoners;

AddedReiterates its demand to apply sanctions, under the EU Magnitsky Act, against those responsible for the repression in Cuba, starting with Miguel Díaz-Canel;

AddedInstructs its President to forward this resolution to the VP/HR, the Council, the Commission and the Cuban regime.