Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-11-21-Speech-4-205"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-11-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Bangladesh2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021121.10.4-205"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-11-21-Speech-4-2062
lpv:speaker	lp:Bob van den Bos2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2003-03-05)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; PETI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Democraten 66 (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Acts of violence have afflicted Bangladesh ever since that country was founded. From the beginning, the political system has been undermined by murder, revenge and rivalry between the most important families. The spiral of ceaseless revenge has not been broken. On the contrary, the situation is going from bad to worse, in particular through the alarming growth of radical Islamic groups. The government’s approach is, unfortunately, not aimed at reducing the tension and solving the problems. Members of Parliament are put in prison. Large-scale indiscriminate arrests take place, and people are tortured and even murdered in prisons. The European Union must actively concern itself with the situation in Bangladesh on the basis of the cooperation agreement we have with that country. Cooperation cannot continue unconditionally if human rights are being violated on a huge scale. We must insist that a national human rights commission be set up to carry out independent examinations, and immunity from punishment must be brought to an end. The police and military must prevent and combat violence instead of fuelling it. What is crucial to a solution is to restore a minimum basis of trust between government and opposition. The future must not forever remain the hostage of the past. Nothing will come of the development of this impoverished country if it is possible for the acts of violence to continue unabated."@en1

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