Question for written answer  E-002427/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Per Clausen (The Left), Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Verts/ALE), Rasmus Nordqvist (Verts/ALE), Villy Søvndal (Verts/ALE), Stine Bosse (Renew)

We are astonished to note that the Commission will now be embarking on trade and strategic partnership negotiations with the six GCC countries – Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – without first clearly demanding the release of all EU citizens who are being held as political prisoners in the GCC countries' brutal prisons.

A case in point is that of Danish national Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja. He is a sick man who has been imprisoned in Bahrain for his work for democracy and human rights, and his case has been repeatedly raised by the European Parliament.

Accordingly:

Submitted: 17.6.2025

Last updated: 30 June 2025