Amendment 1 Amendment 2 Amendment 3 Amendment 4 Amendment 5 Amendment 6 Amendment 7
Caption: AdoptedRejectedWithdrawnNo electronic votes
30 September 2025
Tabled by Mr Max LUCKS, Ms Filiz POLAT, Mr Julian JOSWIG, Mr Mogens JENSEN, Ms Agnes Sirkka PRAMMER, Ms Kristina IKIĆ BANIČEK
Votes: 62 in favor 67 against 2 abstentions
In the draft resolution, paragraph 2, replace the last sentence with the following sentences:
"The Assembly further recalls its Resolution 2540 (2024) "Alexei Navalny’s death and the need to counter Vladimir Putin’s totalitarian regime and its war on democracy", expressing concern regarding the sharp increase in the import of microchips by Kazakhstan and corresponding exports to the Russian Federation. It is equally alarmed by the large quantities of crude oil exported from the Russian Federation to India and subsequently sold onwards to the West."
30 September 2025
Tabled by Mr Max LUCKS, Ms Filiz POLAT, Mr Julian JOSWIG, Mr Mogens JENSEN, Ms Agnes Sirkka PRAMMER, Ms Kristina IKIĆ BANIČEK
Votes: 63 in favor 62 against 4 abstentions
In the draft resolution, at the end of paragraph 4, insert the following sentence:
"At the same time, the Assembly deplores credible reports that Kazakhstan has recently acquired and deployed commercial-scale internet censorship and surveillance infrastructure from China, severely restricting free expression and digital rights. These systems reportedly include deep packet inspection, real-time subscriber monitoring, website and application filtering, regional traffic control, internet throttling and blackouts, VPN detection, and the ability to target individuals based on online activity—capabilities which researchers have characterised as "terrifying" and far in excess of any legitimate, lawful interception framework."
30 September 2025
Tabled by Mr Max LUCKS, Ms Filiz POLAT, Mr Julian JOSWIG, Mr Mogens JENSEN, Ms Agnes Sirkka PRAMMER, Ms Kristina IKIĆ BANIČEK
Votes: 67 in favor 65 against 3 abstentions
In the draft resolution, paragraph 5, replace the second sentence with the following sentence:
"At the same time, the Assembly expects tangible progress in justice reform, anti-corruption measures, promotion of human rights, and support for democratic governance, inter alia through the co-operation with the Assembly, in particular: releasing 39 political prisoners, individuals targeted for their involvement in peaceful protests, civil society and anti-corruption activities, social media publications, or their support of peaceful opposition movements; fulfilling obligations to ensure freedom of political association and to stop the domestic and transnational persecution of representatives of the peaceful political opposition movements "Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan", "Koshe Partiyasy" and "Alga Kazakhstan", as recalled in the European Parliament Resolutions of 20 January 2022 on the situation in Kazakhstan and of 17 January 2024 on the European Union strategy on Central Asia."
30 September 2025
Tabled by Mr Max LUCKS, Ms Filiz POLAT, Mr Julian JOSWIG, Mr Mogens JENSEN, Ms Agnes Sirkka PRAMMER, Ms Kristina IKIĆ BANIČEK
If adopted, amendment 6 falls.
Votes: 69 in favor 66 against 2 abstentions
In the draft resolution, replace paragraph 7 with the following paragraph:
"The Assembly recalls that the 2004 Co-operation Agreement with the Parliament of Kazakhstan commits to the principles of parliamentary democracy, the rule of law, and fundamental freedoms. The Assembly expresses grave concern at the Ministry of Justice’s persistent refusal to register the peaceful opposition party “Alga Kazakhstan” for the twenty-fifth time and condemns the criminalisation of fundraising for opposition campaigns and the weaponisation of financial and anti-money laundering measures to restrict critics’ access to essential services and employment. The Assembly calls for the full rehabilitation and immediate release of imprisoned opposition leaders like Marat Zhylanbayev, Askar Sembai, Asylbek Zhamuratov, Aidar Syzdykov, Asanali Suyubaev, and journalist Duman Mukhametkarim—sentenced to terms of five to ten years for exercising their civil rights, including exposing Kazakhstan’s assistance in evading sanctions against the Russian Federation. The Assembly further condemns the absence of an independent investigation into the transnational assassination of opposition journalist and political refugee Aidos Sadykov, as well as the violent crackdown on protesters in January 2022, the unclear role of external intervention following the request by President Tokayev to President Putin and the subsequent order to shoot without warning. The Assembly calls for an end to these practices, and urgently calls for the immediate cessation of all forms of harassment and intimidation against human rights defender Bakhytzhan Toregozhina, in full respect of Kazakhstan’s international obligations regarding political participation and fundamental freedoms."
30 September 2025
Tabled by Mr Emanuelis ZINGERIS, Ms Birutė VĖSAITĖ, Mr Eerik-Niiles KROSS, Ms Kadri TALI, Ms Yuliia OVCHYNNYKOVA
Falls if amendment 4 is adopted.
In the draft resolution, paragraph 7, at the end of the third sentence, insert the following words:
"and contributing to rendering Kazakhstan and Central Asia an area free of political prisoners."
30 September 2025
Tabled by Mr Max LUCKS, Ms Filiz POLAT, Mr Julian JOSWIG, Mr Mogens JENSEN, Ms Agnes Sirkka PRAMMER, Ms Kristina IKIĆ BANIČEK
Votes: 60 in favor 69 against 5 abstentions
In the draft resolution, replace paragraph 8 with the following paragraph:
"The Assembly remains committed to co-operation with Kazakhstan based on shared values and expresses its determination to support Kazakhstan’s democratic reforms. However, the Assembly notes with serious concern credible allegations that internal communications of its own members have been misused in politically motivated criminal proceedings initiated in Belgium by individuals acting on behalf of Kazakhstan’s security services, targeting human rights defender Lyudmyla Kozlovska and the Open Dialogue Foundation. The Assembly notes that complaints and criminal accusations of harassment, cyberbullying, and slander were orchestrated by Kazakhstani officials as part of efforts to remove documentation of political repression, torture, and killings in Kazakhstan from the public domain. The Assembly further notes with concern the decision of the Belgian court, which dismissed all charges for lack of jurisdiction, and the investigating judge’s explicit warning regarding the use of legal proceedings in Belgium to gather extensive personal travel, communication, and financial data for purposes unrelated to the pursuit of truth. The Assembly condemns Kazakhstan’s attempts to instrumentalise cybersecurity and anti-money laundering laws, INTERPOL Red and Purple notices, legal systems, and international parliamentary procedures for the purpose of transnational repression, and urges member States to develop effective legal remedies against such practices."
30 September 2025
Tabled by Ms Laura CASTEL, Mr George LOUCAIDES, Mr Emmanuel FERNANDES, Ms Anne STAMBACH-TERRENOIR, Mr Berdan ÖZTÜRK
In the draft resolution, at the end of paragraph 13, insert the following words:
", and stresses that any positive assessment must remain conditional on measurable progress in the reform agenda."