Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-02-14-Speech-3-031"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-02-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Accession partnership with Turkey2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010214.2.3-031"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-02-14-Speech-3-0322
lpv:speaker	lp:Lennart Sacrédeus2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Kristdemokraterna (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees and delegations for relations with Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova (1999-10-07--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Turkey is the key country above all others in creating good relations between the Christian and the Muslim worlds. This fact can never be underestimated – especially in the light of the situation that Turkey is officially a secular state, while its citizens are overwhelmingly Muslims. At the same time, modern Turkey is also the second land of the Bible, where Saint Paul built up his first Christian congregations. My first question to the Commissioner and the Council is therefore: in which way are you prepared to help promote religious dialogue between Christians and Muslims? My second question is: what concrete measures are being taken to strengthen religious freedom in Turkey, the whole of the Middle East and North Africa? There are many of us wondering, especially millions of Coptic Christians in Egypt. I would like to discuss a practical case in Turkey. On 22 February the trial of the Syrian Christian priest Yusuf Akbulut will continue from December last year before the State Security Court in Diyarbakir. The prosecution derives from Section 312 of the penal code used to try several politicians and writers, including Yasar Kemal, in which actions which “openly stir up and incite the population” to animosity and hate by highlighting differences in religion, race, social class or geographical area are prohibited. Yusuf Akbulut is on trial for having been quoted in the newspaper on 3 October 2000 as having welcomed the US Congress recognition of the genocide perpetrated against Armenians in 1915-1918. In this context he added the fact that other Christian peoples such as the Assyrians/Syrians were also murdered during the genocide. For these statements he risks several years of imprisonment. The trial raises a number of issues ranging from the absurd matter of having such a vague and, with regard to freedom of speech and opinion, unclear paragraph such as Section 312 in the penal code, to the evidence and the background to the case. We in the Christian Democratic parliamentary Group PPE-DE are following the case. My third, and final, question to the Commissioner and to the Swedish Presidency is this: are you prepared to carefully monitor the case of Yusuf Akbulut?"@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Huriyet"1

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