Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-01-19-Speech-4-250"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-01-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Cambodia: political repression2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060119.31.4-250"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-01-19-Speech-4-2512
lpv:speaker	lp:Ari Vatanen2
lpv:spoken text	". Mr President, I can only echo the statement made by the honourable Member, Mr Smith. We do seem to be going over the same subject again and again, with no real result. Is it because Cambodia is too far away? Human suffering, regardless of where it happens, is always the same when it comes to the individual. I should cite what Human Rights Watch said about Cambodia in 2005: ‘The political opposition was effectively dismantled with the arrest or threat of arrest of opposition parliamentarians and the impunity of perpetrators of human rights abuses continued. Political trials demonstrated the Government’s ongoing control, interference and intimidation in the work of the courts.’ That is the bleak situation in Cambodia. I should remind you that in 1997 the only opposition politician, Sam Rainsy – who, paradoxically, is protected by this House’s Freedom-Passport Initiative – was giving a speech in the capital when several grenades were launched into the crowd in front of him and at least 16 people died. That is what happens when an opposition leader makes a speech in the capital of that country. We cannot continue just paying lip service; we must put our money where our mouth is. As Mr Smith said, one of the most effective penalties would be to stop giving money to Cambodia as long as the criteria of democracy and human rights are not fulfilled. Also, a travel visa ban on officials would be very effective, because the elite of that country come to the capitals of Europe to shop and so forth. In contrast, however, free trade has to be retained. Trade sanctions will only increase the poverty and misery of the people. The sympathy of this House is with those people in Cambodia who are fighting for democracy and human rights."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; SEDE (2004-10-28--2007-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 unknown; Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; TRAN (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Ari Vatanen,"1 "on behalf of the PPE-DE Group"1

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