Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-11-25-Speech-4-314"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-11-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Iraq - in particular, the death penalty (including the case of Tariq Aziz) and attacks against Christian communities2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20101125.28.4-314"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-11-25-Speech-4-3152
lpv:speaker	lp:Frieda Brepoels2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2009-09-16--2013-01-30)3 substitute; DROI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2013-01-30)3 unknown; Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (2009-07-14--2013-01-30)3 member; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2009-09-16--2013-01-30)3 substitute; TRAN (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; G/EFA (2009-07-14--2013-01-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance fully supports two points in the resolution. First of all, we need to continue our fight against capital punishment, as well as our appeals for the capital sentences passed on Tariq Aziz and two other former officers to be revoked. Secondly, every person in Iraq must be allowed to practise their faith in the country, and we condemn any attack on that freedom. We are pleased with those two points, but my group is less pleased with what is missing from the resolution. It appears that the European Parliament refuses to discuss the many human rights abuses in Iraq, for which we, as Member States of the EU, have been partly responsible. Foreign troops have allowed Iraqi security forces to mistreat prisoners, and even torture and murder them. In March this year, the United Kingdom stood convicted of this by the European Court of Human Rights. The recent revelations by Wikileaks have confirmed that these practices have occurred and they are unacceptable. For these reasons, we would have liked to have seen a strong condemnation of these practices committed by both American and European troops. Nor would a reference to the call of Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, for a thorough investigation of, on the one hand, the allegations of illegal abductions and, on the other, of abuse and murder in Iraqi prisons, have been out of place in the resolution. The investigation of the matter recently launched by the United Kingdom should be followed more widely and the Member States who have contributed their forces to the area must hold their people accountable for their misdeeds. The Commission and the Council, too, should insist on this; remaining silent is no longer an option."@en1
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