Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-06-06-Speech-1-043"
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"en.20050606.11.1-043"2
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"Mr President, for several months we have been hearing very worrying news from Sudan, specifically from Darfur. We are facing a crisis with no foreseeable outcome, that some people have described as genocide, and which has led to thousands of deaths and hundreds and thousands of displaced persons, within a context of horrendous violations of human rights and an enormous humanitarian disaster.
One of the most recent pieces of news we have received relates to the arrest of two officials of Médecins sans Frontières, a Briton, Mr Foreman, and a Dutchman, Mr Hoedt, accused of espionage and spreading false information. In particular, the supposedly false report notes more than 500 cases of rapes of women in Darfur. I believe that the report is important; the credibility and solvency of Médecins sans Frontières organisation are proven and for all of these reasons Parliament has the duty to take action to defend these two officials of that organisation.
On behalf of several colleagues from the Socialist Group in the European Parliament, I would call for action, perhaps a letter from the President to the Sudanese authorities expressing Parliament’s concern about the events being condemned and calling for the release of Mr Foreman and Mr Hoedt without charge."@en1
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