Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-04-06-Speech-4-161"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-04-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Iraq: Assyrian community, situation in prisons in Iraq (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060406.26.4-161"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-04-06-Speech-4-1622
lpv:speaker	lp:Raül Romeva i Rueda2
lpv:spokenAs	member; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2004-09-21--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2007-03-14)3 substitute; SEDE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; FEMM (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--2007-02-14)3 unknown; Iniciativa Per Catalunya Verds - Esquerra Unida í Alternativa (2005-01-27--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, since the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, thousands of people have been arrested by foreign troops, mostly from the United States and the United Kingdom. Ladies and gentlemen, this is closely related to the issues we are dealing with in the temporary committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transportation and illegal detention of prisoners. In many of these cases, no specific charges have even been brought and these people have been denied the legal and judicial guarantees appropriate under the rule of law. According to various sources, around 15 000 people are still in US detention centres in Iraq and an unknown number of people are not contactable and their whereabouts unknown, even to the Red Cross, which is a clear and flagrant violation of international law. They are what we sometimes call ‘phantom prisoners’. Furthermore, thousands of these people have been in this situation for more than a year. Reports and evidence of torture, humiliation and abuse are not just increasing, but they are becoming increasingly frequent and alarming. We must add to this the persecution of certain groups suffering as a result of their religious affiliations, as has been said, as I believe this Resolution stresses quite correctly. Nevertheless, in addition to the Assyrians, who are especially mentioned in the Resolution, I believe that we should take account of other non-Muslim minority groups such as the Yazidi or the Turkmen, for example. In any event, I would like to make two proposals which I believe to be fundamental, even though they are not taken up in the compromise Resolution itself. Firstly, I would like to call upon the multinational forces and the Iraqi authorities to publish the names of the people being held, to guarantee them the necessary legal representation and to allow them family visits, as we also recently demanded in the case of Guantánamo. Secondly, I believe that this House should call loud and clear for all of those people who have been accused of crimes under international law, such as torture and illegal detention, to be tried."@en1

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