Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-11-20-Speech-4-174"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-11-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vietnam: freedom of religion2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031120.9.4-174"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-11-20-Speech-4-1752
lpv:speaker	lp:Anne André-léonard2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Parti réformateur libéral/Front démocratique des francophones (2003-06-16--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2003-09-22--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2003-08-29--2004-07-19)3 member; ELDR (2003-06-16--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the recent events that have taken place in Vietnam demonstrate once again the repression suffered by the monks of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, the UBCV. The Vietnamese authorities have placed eleven dissident bonzes of the UBCV under house arrest for two years, including the Patriarch of the Buddhist Church, the Venerable Thich Huyen Quang, who has already spent twenty-one years in prison. This repression followed the first extraordinary assembly of the UBCV since it was outlawed by the communist authorities in 1981. The UBCV, which is an important religious grouping in Vietnam, and was founded decades ago, is still not allowed to exist. The Hanoi Government has justified these detentions by using violations of national security legislation as an excuse. Vietnamese law authorises local authorities to place individuals under administrative detention lasting between six months and two years, without trial, in cases of attacks on national security. In actual fact, through their behaviour the Vietnamese authorities are contradicting their grand declarations in favour of reforms and democracy. I should point out that religious freedom is a fundamental right in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the European Union/Vietnam Cooperation Agreement is based precisely on fundamental respect for human rights. This policy of repression, not only of the monks of the Unified Buddhist Church but also of the Hoa Hao Buddhist Church, the Catholic Church and the Christian Montagnards must end. In fact, all of these religions are outlawed and have no legal status. Vietnam is a multiethnic, multicultural and multi-religious country. This diversity is a wealth that should not be squandered. The Hanoi regime must show good will and implement a series of concrete reforms, beginning with those that guarantee complete freedom of religion, and in this way launch a real process of democratisation. Then we will be able to have confidence in them once again."@en1

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