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"Mr President, today we are examining a resolution on Iran, as part of the urgent resolutions; this is the sixth time we have done so since the start of the legislative term and the third time since the start of the year. I shall support this resolution, the terms of which I obviously endorse. However, once again, I am going to protest against the double standards that prevail in this House where human rights are concerned.
All over the world, men, women and children are being arrested, tortured and executed, but in many countries this is happening amid a deafening silence, including from the European Parliament.
I should like to give an example: this morning a young Tunisian, aged 27, was executed in Iraq. He protested his innocence until the end, and his father says that he was tortured into confessing. Fifty-two others were sentenced at the same time as him and can expect to be executed at any time in Iraq, as the country’s President has ratified their sentence. The European Parliament has not voted on a single resolution on Iraq since July 2009.
Ladies and gentlemen, I shall let you be the judge of that."@en1
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