Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-12-13-Speech-4-180"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-12-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011213.12.4-180"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-12-13-Speech-4-1812
lpv:speaker	lp:Matti Wuori2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; - (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, at a dinner in honour of this year’s Sakharov prizes the possibility of bringing all these prize winners together was once again spoken of. The two female winners face the same barrier: they are still without their freedom – Leyla Zana is in a Turkish prison and Aung San Suu Kyi is under house arrest in Burma. This is an intolerable situation and, at the same time, a reminder to us that human rights work needs not only to be celebrated but requires us to persevere and remain vigilant. Furthermore, as both women – in the eyes of their governments - are dangerous criminals, I cannot help asking myself whether Sakharov prize winner Nelson Mandela and the ANC led by him at the time would not seem to fit the definition of terrorism now being put together by the EU. Now, on hindsight, we opponents of apartheid are also being exposed as supporters of terrorism. We are in danger of forgetting that without conflict and social controversy however heated and powerful, there can be no democracy. The right to different political views and their expression, as well as the legal protection of those suspected of crimes – even with just cause, perhaps – must be guaranteed to a far greater extent than is now the case at Laeken."@en1

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