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"en.20120612.17.2-370-000"2
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"Madam President, the report refers to freedom of expression, including on the Internet. Only a few months ago, the Commissioner for Home Affairs was advocating the criminal prosecution of the Dutch Freedom Party because of the content on its party website.
Many Member States prosecute and imprison people for publishing heretical opinions in speech, written word or in electronic form. The freedom to express oneself is important, but not as important as the freedom to hear or read what has been said or written by others. The British Government is currently proposing a law – the Communications Data Bill – which will provide the security services with access to all of the Internet sites visited by everyone in the United Kingdom. If somebody in a sensitive government job were, just out of curiosity, to log onto a website disapproved of by a party, that person’s job would be at risk.
Freedom of association is mentioned in the report, but there have been bans or attempted bans on parties in Belgium and Germany. In the EU, human rights are for export only. Perhaps the person appointed as a special representative will pay attention to these matters."@en1
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