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听听President. 鈥� The next item is the debate on six motions for resolutions on the human rights situation in Bangladesh, notably the case of Odhikar ()*.

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* See minutes.

听听Ivan 艩tefanec, author. 鈥� Madam President, dear colleagues. I do believe it鈥檚 time to express our deep concerns about current developments in the area of human rights and its violation in Bangladesh. The mass arrests of more than a thousand opposition representatives, the excessive use of force against protesters and persecution of human rights defenders, union workers and journalists, it is the current reality in this large South Asian country.

Dear colleagues, current situation there resulted in the reduction of trust of citizens in democracy and less respect and partnership on the international level. The Government of Bangladesh should restore a safe environment for NGOs, human rights defenders, activists, religious minorities and uphold the country鈥檚 international commitments, notably under the ICCPR. Particularly the Odhikar case is a regrettable step backwards.

Adilur Rahman Khan and Nasiruddin Elan, two leaders of Odhikar, have been faced for more than 10 years with various legal cases against them. Government should investigate allegations of forced disappearances with permission to international observers to attend court hearings. All of this can be achieved only when the ruling government will initiate a dialogue with all major political parties to find out a sustainable and democratic solution to the ongoing crisis. Basis of these equal conditions should be represented as well by guarantee access to the best possible medical treatment for the former prime minister of Bangladesh, Begum Khaleda Zia.

Especially in the light of the upcoming 12 general elections in the country in the beginning of 2024 you must bear in mind that the right of the people to choose their representatives is yet to be determined, as no mechanism is in place for acceptable elections. This is a problem as riggings, manipulations and non-attendance of the voters marred the 10th and also the 11th parliamentary elections. Independent internal and international observations mission from EU, UN and other institutions should be ready to help achieving this goal.

Dear colleagues, we believe that EU has strong reasons to stand with the people of Bangladesh as the country is our long-time partner in the trade and development cooperation. Therefore, I consider this resolution as an important call for improvement in the above-mentioned areas. Thank you very much for supporting this resolution, thank you for defending human rights and democracy, and thank you for supporting people in Bangladesh.

听听Carina Ohlsson, 蹿枚谤蝉濒补驳蝉蝉迟盲濒濒补谤别. 鈥� Fru talman! Situationen f枚r de m盲nskliga r盲ttigheterna i Bangladesh har kraftigt f枚rs盲mrats. Vi talar om utomr盲ttsliga avr盲ttningar och tv氓ngsf枚rsvinnanden, samtidigt som yttrandefriheten begr盲nsas kraftigt och arbetstagares r盲ttigheter undergr盲vs.

Det 盲r en djupt oroande utveckling, som EU m氓ste markera mot. Myndigheterna i Bangladesh m氓ste omedelbart upph枚ra med kriminaliseringen och f枚rf枚ljelsen av civilsamh盲llets organisationer som strider f枚r m盲nskliga r盲ttigheter, s氓som Odhikar.

Det g氓r inte att bortse fr氓n de systematiska trakasserierna av medlemmar av Odhikar, och att fabricerade brottsanklagelser anv盲nds mot ledande individer i organisationen.

Odhikar har i sj盲lva verket kriminaliserats av landets myndigheter, d氓 deras tillst氓nd att bedriva verksamhet i landet inte har f枚rnyats. Tio 氓r efter att Odhikar publicerade en rapport om utomr盲ttsliga avr盲ttningar i landet forts盲tter organisationens sekreterare, Adilur Rahman Khan, och direkt枚r, Nasiruddin Elan, att uts盲ttas f枚r trakasserier i en juridisk fars. Ett r盲ttsligt utslag v盲ntas under morgondagen d盲r de riskerar upp till tio 氓rs f盲ngelse.

Samtidigt 盲r jag f枚rf盲rad 枚ver det brutala mordet p氓 fackf枚reningsledaren Shahidul Islam i juni i 氓r. I samband med att han f枚rs枚kte bist氓 textilarbetare med att f氓 en utebliven l枚n blev han brutalt slagen till d枚ds. Det 盲r b氓de om盲nskligt och skaml枚st.

Bangladesh regering 盲r ensam ansvarig f枚r att s盲kerst盲lla r盲ttss盲kerhet och trygghet f枚r civilsamh盲llets organisationer, f枚rsvarare av m盲nskliga r盲ttigheter, fackf枚reningsmedlemmar och religi枚sa minoriteter.

Bangladesh m氓ste leva upp till sina internationella 氓taganden, s盲rskilt FN:s konvention om medborgerliga och politiska r盲ttigheter. Bangladesh regering beh枚ver samarbeta med FN f枚r att unders枚ka f枚rekomsten av tv氓ngsf枚rsvinnanden, samtidigt som internationella observat枚rer m氓ste ges tilltr盲de till domstols枚verl盲ggningar.

Jag vill uppmana Bangladesh regering att villkorsl枚st l盲gga ner alla anklagelser mot Odhikars representanter, att 氓terst盲lla dess registrering och s盲kerst盲lla utl盲ndska bidrag till civilsamh盲llets organisationer.

Jag vill uppmana utrikestj盲nsten, dess delegation och medlemsstaternas beskickningar att ih盲rdigt lyfta fr氓gan om m盲nskliga r盲ttigheter p氓 h枚gsta politiska niv氓. St枚det m氓ste 枚ka till f枚rsvarare av m盲nskliga r盲ttigheter. EU:s f枚rm氓nliga handelsavtal med Bangladesh b枚r kunna p氓verkas negativt fram枚ver om inte situationen f枚r de m盲nskliga r盲ttigheterna avsev盲rt f枚rb盲ttras.

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听听Katalin Cseh, author. 鈥� Mr President, the EU Bangladesh partnership is a prime example of the prosperity that a principled European foreign policy can deliver globally. The European Union has become the country鈥檚 number one trading partner, thanks to our fair terms.

But unfortunately, the global rise of authoritarianism did not avoid Bangladesh, and there is a very much worrying tendency of crackdowns on human rights and political opposition: disappearances, incarcerations, extrajudicial killings and curbing freedom of expression show a real erosion of Bangladeshi democracy.

The ongoing harassment of the country鈥檚 most prominent human rights NGO, Odhikar, and the flawed court case against its leaders, crosses a line that we cannot ignore.

Our resolution stands by the fundamental rights of the people of Bangladesh. It urges the government to return to the democratic path, and for the ridiculous charges to be dropped.

I would also like to remind Mr听Borrell to show some resolve and stick to binding agreements when representing European interests abroad. Otherwise, how would we expect any country to take the European Union seriously.

听听Heidi Hautala, author. 鈥� Mr President, Commissioner, we are voting tomorrow, on 14 September, on a resolution on the human rights situation in Bangladesh, notably on the case of an important human rights organisation, Odhikar. And this coincides with the knowledge that we have that tomorrow its leaders may be sentenced to long prison sentences and we, of course, need to defend them because these charges are completely trumped up.

So the case of Odhikar is very emblematic in our relations. We do have evolution and progress on our labour law cooperation since many years, but we can only regret that the political rights and the rights of the opposition have deteriorated a lot, and this is something that we cannot ignore.

So we expect that Odhikar will be acquitted, the leaders will be acquitted of these prison sentences, because there is no grounds for those and this legal harassment that has been going on over a decade already.

And we want to remind the government of Bangladesh that we have an enhanced engagement process in the framework of the 鈥楨verything but Arms鈥� benefit programme, which is important for us 鈥� it鈥檚 important for Bangladesh 鈥� and we cannot guarantee that there would be no consequences of the sentencing of Odhikar to our trade relationship with Bangladesh.

So we need to give all our support to the civil society and expect that the government will respect their rights.

听听Stanislav Pol膷谩k, za skupinu PPE. 鈥� Pane p艡edsedaj铆c铆, odbor谩艡i, ob膷ansk谩 spole膷nost, 膷lenov茅 opozice, pracovn铆ci, ti v拧ichni 膷el铆 sledov谩n铆, fyzick媒m 煤tok暖m, sv茅voln茅mu zat媒k谩n铆, zneu啪it铆 st谩tn铆 moci, 煤nos暖m a dokonce mimosoudn铆m poprav谩m. Takov谩to je situace v Banglad茅拧i.

D暖razn臎 odsuzujeme zabit铆 Shahidula Islama, ke kter茅mu do拧lo v 膷ervnu leto拧n铆ho roku. Po啪adujeme transparentn铆 vy拧et艡en铆 t茅to popravy, k n铆啪 do拧lo. Tak茅 d暖razn臎 odsuzujeme a pova啪ujeme za nep艡ijateln茅 pron谩sledov谩n铆 膷len暖 organizace Odhikar.

Banglad茅拧, ale tak茅 obchodn铆 korporace, kter茅 tam p暖sob铆, mus铆 pos铆lit pracovn铆 pr谩va pracovn铆k暖 a tak茅 dodr啪ovat z谩kladn铆 standardy pracovn铆ho pr谩va. J谩 v铆m, 啪e Banglad茅拧 je na拧铆m obchodn铆m partnerem. To ov拧em neznamen谩, 啪e budeme ml膷et v p艡铆pad臎, kdy vych谩zej铆 najevo takto nep艡ijateln谩 jedn谩n铆. Je na拧铆 povinnost铆 vzn茅st n谩拧 hlas, a z谩rove艌 z铆tra, douf谩m, schv谩lit navr啪enou rezoluci.

听听Svenja Hahn, on behalf of the Renew Group. 鈥� Mr President, colleagues, you mentioned it: the human rights situation in Bangladesh is deteriorating. We see reports on extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances and restriction on freedom of expression. The decade-long case against Odhikar is such an example. We see human rights defenders and the opposition being oppressed ahead of the elections next year.

It is this serious violation of international conventions that has led to the EU and Bangladesh being in an enhanced engagement on the current trade preferences. The minimum criteria for preferential access to the single market is meeting international human rights standards. Therefore, we must see Bangladesh comply with ILO core standards and they must guarantee free and fair elections in 2024.

The human rights commitments in order to gain EU trade preferences are not just a checkbox to cross off once. I expect the Commission to work closely with Bangladesh to live up to their current human rights obligation, and in order to meet further commitments under the soon-to-be-revised GSP scheme, because if the human rights situation does not improve, we must draw the conclusions also on the trade side.

听听Maximilian Krah, im Namen der ID-Fraktion. 鈥� Herr Pr盲sident, Frau Kommissarin, meine Damen und Herren! Zun盲chst einmal ist es bemerkenswert, dass wir uns um diese Uhrzeit 眉ber Bangladesch unterhalten. Es ist auch bemerkenswert, dass ein slowakischer Christdemokrat sein Herz f眉r eine islamistische Oppositionspartei entdeckt.

Aber das Entscheidende ist doch: Ich wundere mich 眉ber diese einhellige Verurteilung Bangladeschs. Ich bin der Berichterstatter im INTA-Ausschuss f眉r Bangladesch, und ich kenne die Berichte von der Internationalen Arbeitsorganisation, von all den internationalen Organisationen, die die Wirtschaftsbedingungen in Bangladesch 眉berwachen. Und da lese ich von best盲ndigen Fortschritten in Bangladesch. Bangladesch ist ein Land, das eine bemerkenswerte Entwicklung in den letzten Jahrzehnten hingelegt hat.

Und wenn wir dann den Entschlie脽ungsentwurf uns anschauen, wenn wir diese Sprache, die von oben herab ein Entwicklungsland, das etwas geschaffen hat, ma脽regelt, sehen, dann ist das nichts anderes als offener, unsympathischer Neokolonialismus, wo wir meinen, als Europ盲er mal so eben locker ein Entwicklungsland abkanzeln zu k枚nnen und belehren zu k枚nnen.

Nehmen Sie doch eins zur Kenntnis: Die Zeiten, wo man uns das durchgehen l盲sst, die sind vorbei. Gott sei Dank.

听听Herv茅 Juvin (NI). 鈥� Monsieur le Pr茅sident, Madame la Commissaire, chers coll猫gues, c鈥檈st une chose grave pour une assembl茅e comme la n么tre que de mettre en cause le syst猫me judiciaire d鈥檜n pays souverain et de mettre en cause sa libert茅 de se gouverner lui-m锚me.

Je ne vous rappellerai pas l鈥檋istoire compliqu茅e du Bangladesh: les crimes contre l鈥檋umanit茅 qui ont marqu茅 sa guerre d鈥檌nd茅pendance, les remarquables progr猫s aujourd鈥檋ui en mati猫re de croissance et de d茅veloppement, notamment la formation des jeunes, qui en font l鈥檜n des pays moteurs du Sud-Est asiatique. Je ne vous 茅voquerai pas non plus la g茅n茅rosit茅 du Bangladesh dans l鈥檃ccueil de centaines de milliers de r茅fugi茅s rohingyas de la toute proche Birmanie.

Je voudrais simplement souligner qu鈥檈n encourageant des ing茅rences ext茅rieures, en nous immis莽ant dans le fonctionnement d鈥檌nstitutions, certes 脿 perfectionner, mais qui dans la r茅gion restent marqu茅es par un fonctionnement d茅mocratique sur lequel nous devons 锚tre prudents, nous pouvons obtenir le r茅sultat inverse de ce que nous poursuivons. Consolider les institutions, consolider la l茅gitimit茅 et la souverainet茅 du Bangladesh doit 锚tre notre objectif. Attention aux ing茅rences, attention aux manipulations dont nous pouvons 锚tre les objets.

听听Elisa Ferreira, Member of the Commission. 鈥� Mr President, honourable Members of the European 合法博彩网站, the European Union is closely following the political and human rights situation in Bangladesh. The European Union recognises the immense development and economic gains that the people of Bangladesh have made since their country became independent more than 50听years ago.

But the European Union is also aware of the narrowing political and civic space in Bangladesh. The stifling of freedom of expression and the obstacles presented to political and civil society leaders, such as the leadership of the human rights organisation Odhikar. The European Union remains concerned over the reports of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances in Bangladesh.

The European Union joins the United Nations鈥� calls for an independent mechanism to investigate enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.

Bangladesh should also allow a visit by the United Nations Working Group on Enforced Disappearances.

Elections in Bangladesh are due by January听2024. The European Union encourages all stakeholders to work towards an inclusive election process, which should be credible, transparent and peaceful and allow voters to freely cast their votes. The European Union encourages stakeholders 鈥� including institutions, political parties and civil society 鈥� to work together to build confidence in the electoral process.

It is crucial to safeguard key freedoms, such as the freedom of expression and freedom of assembly. Freedom of expression is key to creating a culture of accountability, to creating a society where no one is afraid to denounce cruelty and corruption.

Bangladesh is finding its place on the world stage, taking the lead on issues such as climate change and development. At the start of the year, Bangladesh joined the United Nations Human Rights Council, securing 160听votes 鈥� the largest share of the Asian candidate countries. But with the membership of the United Nations Human Rights Council comes a responsibility to uphold high human rights standards. The upcoming Human Rights Council鈥檚 Universal Periodic Review of Bangladesh in November听2023 will be an important occasion to show progress in addressing the human rights issues mentioned here.

Thank you, also on behalf of High Representative Vice President Josep Borrell.

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