European Parliament Passes 3 Rights Resolutions, Urging New Iran Sanctions and Taliban Pressure
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Updated · The European Sting · May 22
European Parliament Passes 3 Rights Resolutions, Urging New Iran Sanctions and Taliban Pressure
6 articles · Updated · The European Sting · May 22
Three resolutions passed on Thursday condemned abuses in Iran, Afghanistan and Indonesia, with the strongest backing for Iran at 516-14 and the others approved 480-5 and 469-38.
In Iran, lawmakers called for wider EU sanctions on officials, the IRGC and entities tied to the Supreme Leader, citing secret executions, mass killings of protesters and an internet blackout.
In Afghanistan, Parliament demanded repeal of the Taliban’s new criminal procedure code, saying it entrenches persecution of women and girls, and urged ICC warrant enforcement, more sanctions and humanitarian aid.
In Indonesia, MEPs pressed for investigations into acid attacks on activists Andrie Yunus and Muhammad Rosidi and warned that legal reforms expanding military power and speech controls risk deeper impunity.
The resolutions also push the EU to tie diplomacy and partnerships more closely to human rights, from funding the UN mission on Iran to raising Papua and West Papua in talks with Indonesia.
As genocide allegations mount in West Papua, can the EU's partnership with Indonesia survive its human rights commitments?
The EU has designated Iran's IRGC a terrorist entity. Will this bold move cripple the regime or backfire?
With the Taliban codifying gender apartheid into law, is international justice powerless to intervene?