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"Madam President, we are a small delegation of MEPs who have just come back from the Clinique Sainte Barbe here in Strasbourg, to which a former Chechen minister, Mr Ibragimov, had been admitted after having been on hunger strike for 27 days. We went there to talk with Mr Ibragimov and to alert the world to the fact that this hunger strike took place here in Strasbourg. Mr Ibragimov naturally drew attention to the fact that he wanted international organisations and politicians to try to convince President Putin to put an end to the war in Chechnya and to adhere to the agreements entered into between Chechnya and Russia, and I should like to convey this message of his. Mr Ibragimov has begun to eat again. He is still very weak, but human rights campaigners have encouraged him to abandon his hunger strike. He will begin it again later, together with other human rights campaigners, if there is still no progress on Chechnya in the future. However, I think it was important to visit him. My point is that we must not forget that human rights are being violated. Now that we are combating terrorism, we must not forget human rights, and I should like to call upon you to tell Mr Ibragimov that you are willing to meet him – if that is possible – during the next part-session in Strasbourg."@en1
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