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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-09-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights 20022
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030903.7.3-168"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-03-Speech-3-1692
lpv:speaker	lp:Konstantinos Alyssandrakis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Kommounistiko Komma Elladas (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, when the European Union talks about human rights, the people have every reason to worry. Memories of the criminal invasions of Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and Iraq are still fresh. The problem, of course, is that the peoples suffering the ‘benevolence’ of the European Union and its imperialist friends insist on resisting their liberators. The same applies to the people of Cuba, who are not convinced of the advantages of the free market. The European Union, which has appointed itself as the global defender of human rights, uses them selectively as a lever for exercising pressure in order to impose its policy. It has in its sights regions and states which are of geostrategic and economic importance and states such as Cuba, Vietnam, China, Belarus etc. with inconvenient social and political systems. Even religious freedom is being used for this purpose, while the Turco resolution reaches the point of proposing an ‘offshore’ law with punishments and sanctions in accordance with the US standard. On the other hand, the European Union and the report turn a blind eye to the violations of human rights in the USA, with the anti-terrorism legislation allowing secret arrests and special courts martial. They do the same for Israel, Turkey and the candidate countries which prosecute and ban communist parties. There is an urgent need, ladies and gentlemen, for the people to put an end to this hypocrisy."@en1

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