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Need for actions to address the continued oppression and fake elections in Belarus
Joint motion RC-10-2025-0055-AM-005-007
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- Amendment list RC-10-2025-0055-AM-005-007
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- 20 January 2025
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| K. whereas the Belarusian regime employs anti-extremism laws to obstruct media outlets, whereby most independent media have been labelled as ‘extremist’, with at least 45 media representatives detained, around 400 in exile and others facing harassment and mistreatment; whereas independent media, such as Belsat TV, Charter 97, Nexta, Radio Racyja, Radio Svaboda and others, play a crucial role in providing essential information and serving as a platform for democratic voices; whereas the Belarusian authorities employ surveillance, online censorship and disinformation, escalating digital authoritarianism and undermining the prospects for free and fair elections in 2025; whereas Belarusian propagandists regularly spread disinformation about EU Member States and their officials and suppress access to information; | K. whereas the Belarusian regime employs anti-extremism laws to obstruct media outlets, whereby most independent media have been labelled as ‘extremist’, with at least 45 media representatives detained, around 400 in exile and others facing harassment and mistreatment; whereas independent media, such as Belsat TV, Charter 97, Nexta, Radio Racyja, Radio Svaboda, Nasha Niva and others, play a crucial role in providing essential information and serving as a platform for democratic voices; whereas the Belarusian authorities employ surveillance, online censorship and disinformation, escalating digital authoritarianism and undermining the prospects for free and fair elections in 2025; whereas Belarusian propagandists regularly spread disinformation about EU Member States and their officials and suppress access to information; |
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| 15. Urges the EU and its international partners to broaden and strengthen sanctions against individuals and entities responsible for the repression in Belarus and for Belarus’s participation in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, while closing sanctions loopholes; calls for the EU to sanction Belarusian entities and individuals responsible for the forced labour of political prisoners, as well as the goods produced using such forced labour; | 15. Urges the EU and its international partners to broaden and strengthen sanctions against individuals and entities responsible for the repression in Belarus and for Belarus’s participation in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, while closing sanctions loopholes and addressing the main sources of income financing the regime, such as exports of potash and other fertilisers; calls for the EU to sanction Belarusian entities and individuals responsible for the forced labour of political prisoners, as well as the goods produced using such forced labour; |
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| 19. Strongly condemns the Lukashenka regime’s use of migration to destabilise neighbouring EU Member States through orchestrated irregular flows, violating human rights, exploiting vulnerable individuals and threatening regional stability; calls for the EU and its Member States to work on a coordinated response to counter this hybrid threat while protecting EU external borders and protecting the rights and safety of vulnerable individuals; | 19. Strongly condemns the Lukashenka regime’s weaponisation and instrumentalisation of migration to destabilise neighbouring EU Member States through orchestrated irregular flows, violating human rights, exploiting vulnerable individuals and threatening regional stability; calls for the EU and its Member States to work on a coordinated response to counter this hybrid threat while protecting EU external borders and protecting the rights and safety of vulnerable individuals; |
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European Parliament (2025). “B10-0055/2025 } - B10-0056/2025 } - B10-0057/2025 } - B10-0058/2025 } - B10-0059/2025 } RC1/Am. 1 - Amendment 5 - Adam Bielan, Mariusz Kamiński, Małgorzata Gosiewska - on behalf of the ECR Group - Joint motion for a resolution - PPE, S&D, ECR, Renew, Verts/ALE - Need for actions to address the continued oppression and fake elections in Belarus”. Text, 20 January 2025. docId RC-10-2025-0055-AM-005-007, reference RC-B10-0055/2025. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/RC-10-2025-0055-AM-005-007 (retrieved 26 September 2026). Data: EP Open Data API: document record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/documents/RC-10-2025-0055-AM-005-007 (CC BY 4.0).
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author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{B10-0055/2025 \} - B10-0056/2025 \} - B10-0057/2025 \} - B10-0058/2025 \} - B10-0059/2025 \} RC1/Am. 1 - Amendment 5 - Adam Bielan, Mariusz Kamiński, Małgorzata Gosiewska - on behalf of the ECR Group - Joint motion for a resolution - PPE, S\&D, ECR, Renew, Verts/ALE - Need for actions to address the continued oppression and fake elections in Belarus}},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-01-20},
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url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/RC-10-2025-0055-AM-005-007},
urldate = {2026-09-26},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Text. docId RC-10-2025-0055-AM-005-007, reference RC-B10-0055/2025. Data: EP Open Data API: document record (CC BY 4.0)}
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