Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-09-17-Speech-4-237"

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dcterms:Date	"2009-09-17"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Heidi Hautala2
lpv:spokenAs	chair; DROI (2009-07-20--2011-06-21)3 unknown; Vihreä liitto (2009-07-14--2011-06-21)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2011-06-21)3 member; G/EFA (2009-07-14--2011-06-21)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2009-07-20--2011-06-21)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2009-09-16--2011-06-21)3 substitute; LIBE (2009-07-16--2011-06-21)3 member; AFET (2009-07-16--2011-06-21)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we really ought to spare a thought here for the human rights activists who were recently murdered in the North Caucasus and light a candle in memory of them. We have to remember that Natalia Estemirova, Zarema Sadulayeva, Alik Dzhabrailov and many others who have suffered and lost their lives in their defence of human rights deserve the support of all of us. Unfortunately, we were not able to support them enough while they were alive. It is alarming that Russia has not been able to conduct criminal investigations rigorous enough to solve these murders and bring the guilty to justice. I have noted that the European Union has communicated with Russia officially on the subject. Quite obviously, however, our efforts are insufficient, and we will have to consider seriously how we can make the rule of law work in Russia and how we can raise this issue’s profile a lot higher when we negotiate the new partnership and cooperation agreement with that country . We also need to think about how we might support human rights defenders in Russia better than we do now. We should discuss whether we could offer protection to those in danger and whether the EU institutions can arrange visas for them promptly, so that they can escape from Russia, where they and their lives are at risk. In the opinion of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, it is important that the European Parliament should have a centre which disseminates information on the situation of human rights activists whose lives are in danger and which endeavours to help them in collaboration with the other institutions. There is much we can do. Anna Politkovskaya once said that the West can do so much, but the West does so little."@en1
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