Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-02-03-Speech-2-283"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-02-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Resettlement of Guantánamo prisoners - Alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20090203.20.2-283"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-02-03-Speech-2-2842
lpv:speaker	lp:Willy Meyer2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; SEDE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; PECH (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Izquierda Unida (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2007-06-21--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DEVE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; PETI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it is my hope and wish that President Obama’s statement on the closing of the Guantánamo detention centre will herald a change in US foreign policy. I hope it will mean the rejection of a policy that repaid terror with terror and crime with crime, one that, ultimately, rode roughshod over international law. My hope and wish is for this to be the case. The problem for the European Union is that many European states have been committed to Mr Bush’s former policy of repaying crime with crime and torture with torture. And they have been accomplices in that policy. This is why the committee of inquiry into CIA flights could not finish its work: there were European governments that were hiding their shameful acts, the shameful acts of Mr Bush’s foreign policy. And this is why we must insist they be held accountable. The American people have done so through the polls. I also hope that President Obama shows courage and brings to justice those officials who have tortured and those officials who have detained people illegally, because, ladies and gentlemen, for the Guantánamo prisoners, there is only one solution as far as the law is concerned. If there is proof against any of them, they should be tried. If there is no proof, then they must be released. And US Administration officials must take responsibility for those people who have been detained illegally. That is what happens in my country and that is what happens in any democracy that is fundamentally based on democratic rights. Thank you very much."@en1
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