11.1. Belarus: arrest of Ales Bialatski, human rights defender

Verbatim reports

Motions for resolution B7-0496/2011, B7-0497/2011, B7-0498/2011, B7-0499/2011 and B7-0500/2011

The following spoke: Véronique De Keyser, who brought up the case of Rafah Nashed, who had been detained and in Syria and had subsequently disappeared.

Raül Romeva i Rueda, Charles Tannock, Justas Vincas Paleckis, Leonidas Donskis and Cristian Dan Preda introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Csaba Sógor, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mitro Repo, on behalf of the S&D Group, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Adam Bielan, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bernd Posselt, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Jiří Maštálka, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Bernd Posselt and Cristian Dan Preda, and Krzysztof Lisek.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Seán Kelly, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Franz Obermayr, Sari Essayah, Bogusław Sonik and Michael Gahler.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.9.2011, item 12.1.