Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-04-10-Speech-4-159"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-04-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights in Egypt2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030410.8.4-159"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-04-10-Speech-4-1602
lpv:speaker	lp:John Bowis2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, 'Egypt: where everyone wears a smile' is the slogan advertising Egypt to the world. There are no smiles on the faces of the gay men and boys of Egypt who have been harassed and their homes raided, and who have been entrapped via the Internet on trumped-up charges. There is no smile on the face of Wissam Abyad, in prison and badly treated since January, after just one meeting. There is no smile on the face of Zaki 'Abd al-Malak. There is no smile on the faces of the 21 Egyptians from the infamous 'Queen's Boat' discotheque trial, whose sentences have been increased on appeal to three years' imprisonment and forced labour. There is no smile on the faces of those anti-war demonstrators who were arrested on 20 March in Cairo and reportedly tortured. There is no smile, as we have heard, on the members of Coptic Church in Egypt persecuted for their faith. Egypt has contributed so much to our civilisation, we must urge it now to follow a civilised path on these issues. You do not have to agree with other people's beliefs, their political opinions, and their sexual preferences. You do, if you believe in the fundamental principles of democracy, have to defend their right to believe, their right to hold opinions, their right to choose their personal lifestyles. Those are the principles this Parliament must uphold."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-05-30--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (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:unclassifiedMetadata	"Bowis (PPE-DE )."1

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