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"Madam President, I wish to seek closer relations between the Azeri people and those of the European Union, but this is increasingly frustrated by their government. Journalists, bloggers, politicians and others who dissent from the government’s opinion are regularly – indeed, almost routinely – harassed, imprisoned and maltreated.
Azerbaijan is bound by the European Convention on Human Rights, yet frequently violates its provisions. It participates in our Eastern Partnership programme, and yet its elections 18 months ago came nowhere near meeting our standards. In hosting the Eurovision Song Contest, it wishes to be seen as a modern democracy, yet fails to allow its own citizens the freedom to sing their own songs. Azerbaijan would score
for freedom. The imprisonment of members of the Liberal Musavat party, the fate of the Aliev brothers, the harassment of Leila Yunus: these are among thousands of cases of blatant injustice. That is why I supported the excellent report by Ms Jäätteenmäki insisting on improvements in the respect of fundamental freedoms before any association agreement can be signed."@en1
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