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The case of human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja in Bahrain

Human Rights64%★

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "human rights"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 151460Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Human Rights
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+0 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 15

Methodology: importance-v0.1 · The Importance Score is a prioritisation indicator. It does not judge whether a vote is good or bad.

What was this vote about?

This vote concerned “The case of human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja in Bahrain”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left, NI and EPP voted mostly in favour. ECR, PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (316 for, 6 against, 38 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

316

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

310 votes

Turnout (cast)

360

Absent

345

Participation rate

51.1%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

S&D137 MEPs

For 111Against 0Abstain 0Absent 26

Renew100 MEPs

For 84Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

ECR64 MEPs

For 8Against 4Abstain 28Absent 24

The Left37 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

NI45 MEPs

For 19Against 1Abstain 4Absent 21

EPP179 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 174

PfE65 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 3Absent 62

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany45
France37
Spain35
Italy28
Netherlands16

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 7

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 1Absent 10

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 1Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 2Absent 9

Denmark14 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

France79 MEPs

For 37Against 1Abstain 0Absent 41

Germany96 MEPs

For 45Against 0Abstain 3Absent 48

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 1Abstain 0Absent 12

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Ireland13 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Italy76 MEPs

For 28Against 0Abstain 0Absent 48

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 4Absent 9

Poland52 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 19Absent 23

Portugal21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

Romania33 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 21

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 3Absent 6

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Spain59 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 0Absent 24

Sweden21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 2Absent 6

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