Most of those killed, such as opposition party members, church people, community leaders, peasants, journalists, lawyers, human rights activists, trade unionists, have been accused by the government of being front organisations for illegal armed groups and 'terrorists'.
Par "Trešās kuģniecības drošības paketes" likumprojektiem Parlaments lemj saskaņā ar koplēmuma procedūru, t.i., ar tādam pašām likumdevēja pilnvarām kā ES Padome.