Myanmar, notably the dissolution of democratic political parties

Reference RC-B9-0240/2023

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How the groups voted

GroupForAgainstAbstainedAbsentUnity

The Left37

2405883%

S&D143

1190024100%

Greens/EFA72

660

The European Parliament adopted by 454 votes to 5, with 39 abstentions, a resolution on Myanmar, notably the dissolution of democratic political parties.The text adopted in plenary was tabled by the S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA, ECR, the Left groups and Members.Since January 2022, the junta had imprisoned hundreds of members of the NLD, some of whom have died in detention. On 28 March 2023, forty political parties in Myanmar were dissolved, including the National League for Democracy (NLD), as they did not register in accordance with the regime’s Political Parties Registration Law.According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, Myanmar has risen to the position of third-worst nation for imprisoning journalists, after Iran and China…