Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-09-08-Speech-4-158"

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dcterms:Date	"2005-09-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Political prisoners in Syria2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050908.20.4-158"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-09-08-Speech-4-1592
lpv:speaker	lp:Véronique De Keyser2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; IMCO (2004-07-21--2006-11-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; FEMM (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Parti Socialiste (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, Commissioner, if we had to choose the subjects of our debates today, in relation to breaches of human rights, we would perhaps have chosen Tunisia, where human rights defenders were besieged yesterday by the Tunisian army. The problem concerning Tunisia demonstrates in a general manner how seriously we treat human rights in our Association Agreements. That is the reason why we wanted this resolution on Syria. We want Syria to open up and become democratic. For months now, we have been calling for cases involving political prisoners such as Riad Seif and Mamoun al-Homsi to be treated seriously. Mrs Patrie and I, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the President of Parliament, Mr Borrell, sent letters in August calling for the release of these two political prisoners who have already served two thirds of their prison sentences. They are former members of Parliament who are in a poor physical condition. These letters have remained unanswered. We want the forthcoming Association Agreement with Syria to clearly indicate that human rights are a condition on which we will not compromise. We do not wish to isolate Syria. It is a country that we consider to be a friendly country, which must become democratic and which we can assist. However, for the time being, we are keen to address the following message to the Syrian Government: now that it is time to reach a decision on this Association Agreement, please take this message seriously; do not think that, in every instance, we will have to table resolutions in order to finally start a constructive dialogue with Syria on human rights, in particular with the subcommittee on human rights that we are calling on you to set up."@en1

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