Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-11-23-Speech-2-585"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-11-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Measures to be taken to free Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20101123.41.2-585"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-11-23-Speech-2-5862
lpv:speaker	lp:Ana Gomes2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; SEDE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-10-15--2014-06-30)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Partido Socialista (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with Iraq (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; DROI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, the Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo has been a consistent and courageous human rights defender since the time of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Parliament therefore joins Baroness Ashton and the Commission in demanding that he be freed immediately so he can go to Oslo in December to receive the Nobel Prize, and demands freedom of movement for his wife, family and friends, who have been especially restricted since the announcement of the Nobel Prize on 8 October. The Chinese authorities’ threats and intimidating manoeuvres to prevent the ceremony in Oslo are a disgrace. No government that succumbed to this despicable blackmail would be worthy of respect. China is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and, according to the UN Charter, it has special responsibilities to respect and promote respect for human rights domestically and abroad. China has already done much for some of the economic, social and cultural rights of millions of Chinese, whom it has dragged out of poverty and penury, but it cannot stop there. It must respect and promote respect for the civil and political rights of its citizens: if it does not, its own development will eventually be hindered. Liu Xiaobo is not a criminal: he is a brave and committed citizen who brings prestige across the world to China and the Chinese people, and of whom the Chinese people should only be proud. Beijing must free Liu Xiaobo, his wife and his friends; it must free the Sakharov laureate, Hu Jia, and all the other brave Chinese citizens who dare to fight for democracy, for freedom and for their most basic rights. If they are not freed, it is China that will lose prestige. It is the Chinese regime that has shown itself incapable of turning its country into a respectable and influential power on the international stage. We will not stop clamouring for the release of Liu Xiaobo and of all those who are struggling for freedom in China."@en1
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