Liisa Jaakonsaari (S&D), rapporteur. – Mr President, due to the latest bad news in Kazakhstan, I have an oral amendment. The latest news is that the human rights situation is deteriorating in Kazakhstan. This oral amendment is supported by many groups in Parliament. It is: ‘expresses great concern with regards to the lawsuit introduced on 20 November 2012 by Kazakhstan’s Prosecutor General demanding unregistered opposition party Alga, Khalyk Maidany association and a number of opposition media outlets to be banned as extremist; strongly underlines that the legitimate fight against terrorism and extremism should not be used as an excuse to ban opposition activity and hinder freedom of expression;’.