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dcterms:Date	"2009-05-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights in the world 2008 and the EU's policy on the matter (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20090506.37.3-311"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-05-06-Speech-3-3122
lpv:speaker	lp:Marios Matsakis2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, to be critical of others in a credible way, one has first to be critical of oneself. In this respect, as we condemn human rights violations around the world, we must always bear in the mind the human rights violations that take place within the EU. Let me remind you of two examples. Firstly, Turkey, a candidate Member State, for the last 35 years has kept the northern part of Cyprus under military occupation, having violently expelled around 200 000 people from their homes. In Turkish-Army-occupied Cypriot territory, more than 500 Christian churches and monasteries have been subjected to destruction and hundreds of Christian cemeteries have been desecrated. Today 1 600 EU citizens are still missing since the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus. Secondly, Britain. A Member State keeps under the sovereignty of its crown two colonies in Cyprus: the areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. Thousands of civilians – EU citizens – living in these areas are subjected to..."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Dimokratiko Komma (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DROI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The President cut off the speaker.)"1 "Marios Matsakis (ALDE ). -"1
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