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I could write a great deal about this annual report by Parliament, which, in common with previous years, has been used as a means of political pressurising and meddling, in which countries seen as ‘friends’ are exempt from criticism, and the ‘others’, those countries deemed targets by the USA and EU, are criticised.
Among many examples, the report:
glosses over the military occupation of Iraq by the USA and its allies – the occupying troops are euphemistically referred to as ‘military forces stationed in the country’;
does not condemn the Israeli Government for the military occupation of Palestine or for building the fence; instead it expresses its ‘concern’ regarding the ‘security fence/separation barrier’;
Furthermore, it:
‘condemns’ the lifting of sanctions against Cuba by the Council, bringing it into line with the USA’s policy towards the country, and;
astonishingly, calls on the Venezuelan Government to ensure ‘freedom of expression and free access to information’, when the overwhelming majority of media outlets in the country are controlled by forces that will stop at nothing to succeed in undermining democracy;
In spite of everything, this year’s report was only adopted by the Right. The number of votes in favour was much lower than the number of abstentions and of those who, like us, voted against."@en1
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