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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-06-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:North Korea: Human rights violations2
dcterms:Language	"hu"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060615.31.4-218"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-06-15-Speech-4-2192
lpv:speaker	lp:István Szent-iványi2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Szabad Demokraták Szövetsége (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; INTA (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)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 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-12-06--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2004-09-21--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the primary objective of our debate today is to save the life of an innocent man. Song Jong Nam is a North Korean man aged 48, who was arrested and tortured by North Korean authorities in January 2006, and was subsequently sentenced to death without a court procedure. The date of the execution is not known. We strongly hope that he is still alive, and will be released as a result of the pressure exerted by the international protest. Son Jong Nam is an innocent man. His crime is that he left his country, because he was unable to bear the oppression; he subsequently became a Christian, the Chinese authorities returned him to North Korea, and in the meantime he made comments criticising the system. All he did was exercise his human rights. Today, this is punishable by death in North Korea. His case reflects the direness of the situation of human rights in North Korea. Tens of thousands of people are imprisoned in camps and forced labour camps, political prisoners are constantly tortured, many are executed, the majority of the population are destitute, and millions of people are starving in this country. The leaders of the country are responsible for their citizens, and I strongly hope that they will not manage to avoid being called to account. The European Union has indicated on several occasions that it is ready for a dialogue on human rights, but the North Korean authorities have always rejected it. We are also ready to provide humanitarian assistance, but only if it can reach those who really need it; we do not want to support the government authorities with our aid. Finally, the practice of the Chinese authorities is unacceptable. Chinese authorities have been continuously returning North Korean refugees, fully knowing that the majority of the refugees will be locked up in camps straight away; therefore we call on the Chinese authorities to address this issue in conformance with the international standards of refugee rights. Also, we call on the European Commission and the European Council to act more firmly against the North Korean government, to inform them more firmly that we are not indifferent to the way people live in North Korea, that we support them, and we want North Korea to observe human rights."@en1

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