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"Madam President, there are a lot of negative aspects to bring out in a debate on human rights, but there are also a lot of positive aspects to see, too, as Baroness Ashton mentioned. I recall the fact that the Sakharov prize goes to representatives who are fighting for human rights in North Africa. I would also like to remind everyone of the Yemeni woman who spoke in Oslo’s City Hall. Those of us who heard it will not forget her speech, either.
I would also like to emphasise the importance of us having a representative devoted specifically to human rights issues and I would be so bold as to say here in plenary that it would be worthwhile for every national parliament to have a special minister for human rights. Then there is something that has been mentioned previously and that I would like to emphasise and that is how absurd it is that we are so silent on what is happening in Russia. I am sure that opinions are divided in this regard, but it seems to me that we are being silent on this.
This is the fact that an election in Mr Putin’s Russia should need to be guarded by 50 000 police officers, or maybe it was soldiers, and that the authorities are throwing hundreds of opponents into prison. Mr Putin ought to take a step back. He really has not made as much progress as he should have done when it comes to respect for human rights and freedoms. We really must also speak plainly in our relations with the ‘big bear’ that is Russia."@en1
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