Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-06-09-Speech-4-168"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-06-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Freedom of the press in Algeria2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050609.29.4-168"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-06-09-Speech-4-1692
lpv:speaker	lp:Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; BUDG (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	". There is nothing new about problems relating to freedom of the press in Algeria. Since the early 1990s, journalists and intellectuals in the country have suffered constant pressure, attacks and arrests. I need only mention the fact that around 60 journalists were murdered during the civil war of the 1990s. At present, the main problem is that the Algerian state authorities are openly hostile to the private press, and the international community must respond to this threat. A number of Algerian publications are the target of frequent and routine persecution. Official censorship is imposed, and the state is the sole owner of the printing houses. Publishers are constantly in debt to the latter, which means that the state gains even greater control over both the press and the media market as a whole. Journalists face huge problems, as it is inordinately difficult for them to work under such conditions. They have no official status, no employment contracts and no regular wages, and in practice their trade union is not yet worthy of the name. Lawsuits against many journalists are in progress, while a great many others have already been sentenced to prison. It is not hard for the authorities to put pressure on the press and to control and curtail its freedom under such circumstances, and yet the press is a key source of information and a powerful tool for shaping public opinion. In order to promote democracy and respect for fundamental civil liberties in Algeria, which after all is one of the EU’s neighbours, we should take firm action to boost the status of the independent media and to foster the provision of information that is both pluralistic and diverse. I would call for the EU to give priority to freedom of the press, the strengthening of democracy and respect for human rights in Algeria when pursuing its neighbourhood policy in the Mediterranean region."@en1

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