Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-02-24-Speech-3-121"

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lpv:speaker	lp:Tunne Kelam2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, one parliamentary priority is also to address an alarming situation where the Human Rights Council’s activities have resulted in extreme politicisation. It is therefore of utmost importance that the EU member delegations should stand up for the establishment of criteria for becoming a member of the Human Rights Council. That applies especially to minimum requirements of cooperation with special procedures, and resisting the use of ‘no action’ motions which have prevented the adoption of resolutions on certain states who are keen to avoid criticisms of their human rights policies. I would like to refer to two other parliamentary priorities. Firstly, Belarus. Contrary to expectations, the human rights situation has not improved, but is worsening. I would like today to stress Mr Milinkevich’s message. The EU has now got real leverage to put pressure on Lukashenko’s regime to make him bring about genuine improvement as a condition for further EU economic aid and cooperation. Secondly, I would like to call for support for last week’s public address by the 18 Russian human rights activists, including Sakharov Prize winner Kovalev, who are extremely worried about a further clampdown on independent satellite information in the Russian language, which the Kremlin has achieved through applying pressure. It is really damaging to the values of the EU to praise human rights advocates like Kovalev and, at the same time, to surrender to Mr Putin’s claims that broadcasting alternative information in the Russian language by European satellites is something hostile."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Tunne Kelam (PPE )."1
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