Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-10-22-Speech-4-253"

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dcterms:Date	"2009-10-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Sri Lanka2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20091022.24.4-253"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-10-22-Speech-4-2542
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, everything that my colleagues here testified to concerning the current situation in Sri Lanka was confirmed when the Subcommittee on Human Rights recently organised a hearing on this nightmarish situation. We can actually confirm that the movements of these 260 000 Tamils are still being restricted, contrary to all international laws, even though it has been months now since the war itself ended. We can confirm that there are serious restrictions on the freedom of the press. Yesterday, Reporters Without Frontiers ranked Sri Lanka number 162 on the Press Freedom Index out of 175 countries. We must now demand that the representatives of all the delegated UN bodies be allowed into these camps. The resolution mentions the organisation of local elections and we, as the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, are saying something rather less forceful, and I hope that people will support it. We would just like to record that these elections are being organised. As regards the question of policy on trade, I am very glad that the Commission is now examining how Sri Lanka is implementing the requirements of the various human rights agreements. I expect the Commission to work very objectively and impartially and, in time, to draw conclusions as to whether Sri Lanka has actually deserved this preferential treatment under GSP+."@en1
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