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Madam President, a few weeks ago we heard the testimonies of several people from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Their testimonies were truly worrying, particularly in terms of fundamental rights violations.
In Cambodia, as has been said, it is not just the attacks on democratic plurality — arbitrary persecutions and detentions of several leaders — that are alarming, but also, as Mrs Valenciano has pointed out, the doubly worrying situation of women and children in that country.
In Laos, the humanitarian situation is becoming increasingly serious and it does not just affect the hmong population, but also many other ethnic and national communities; and what is more, local authorities are denying humanitarian organisations access.
In Vietnam, many people are still in prison for having defended the right to free expression or to be members of certain communities, peacefully or by means of Internet activism.
For all of these reasons, it seems to me to be reasonable, timely and necessary to call upon the Commission once again, and the Council too, to monitor these events closely and to promote the human rights working groups already in place in Laos and Vietnam. I am pleased to hear from the Commission that they are operating, but we would insist not just that they must operate properly, but that they must also report back. And one of the institutions to which they must report is this very House. We have been asking this for some time and we are also doing so within the context of the debate on another report: the Agnoletto report on the democratic clause.
The important thing, therefore, is not just — I would insist — to work to deal with these issues, to work in favour of research and the monitoring of the policy implemented in those countries, but also — and this is the most important thing as far as I am concerned — to report on how this work is being carried out.
To report — I insist — to the European organisations, but also to the population in question. Too often it is only those of us on the outside who know what is happening and how to solve it; sometimes it is also necessary for those on the inside to have access to that information."@en1
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