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"Mr President, my group, the European United Left, proposed a number of amendments to strengthen this important resolution.
I condemn the brutal massacre by the Kazakh state forces of oil workers and their supporters last December, and I condemn the arrest of the political opposition and the continuous clampdown against and harassment of opposition media, independent trade unions and journalists.
I supported the oil workers’ strike right from the start, as I believe that all their demands are fully justified, and I salute the courage of all the Kazakh workers, journalists and opposition activities that I have met and who have dared to speak out, despite the huge repression that they face.
In the end I had to abstain on the final vote on this resolution because, despite all the correct concerns that it raises about the alarming, serious deterioration in terms of human rights, the resolution ultimately gives in to the window-dressing attempts of the Kazakh state to suggest that they have learned lessons and that the situation on the ground is improving, when in fact the situation on the ground continues to worsen."@en1
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