Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-05-15-Speech-4-150"
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"Mr President, Mr Nassauer is absolutely right. There has been some progress, but quite frankly that progress is not enough. We are talking about fundamental and universal human rights. I stand here as an atheist, but defend the right to freedom of religion, freedom of belief, freedom of association and the freedom to exchange ideas. What do we have to fear from people who have different ideas or different beliefs from us?
We must call upon the Vietnamese Government to do what is absolutely right, which is to respect universal human rights and release prisoners of conscience, to stop detentions and to allow journalists to go about their business, which is to report and criticise.
Let me refer to what was said by my colleagues Mr Mann and Mr Casaca with reference to the cooperation agreements and our association agreements. We have to enforce these human rights clauses otherwise we will never be taken seriously by the international community. We must state clearly that these are our standards and our principles, and that they are non-negotiable."@en1
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