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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-07-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Freedom of expression in Belarus, in particular, the case of Andrzej Poczobut (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120705.24.4-236-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-07-05-Speech-4-237-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Charles Tannock2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the case of the journalist and political activist, Andrzej Poczobut, who is from the Polish minority in Belarus, illustrates the brutality and paranoia of the Minsk regime. Poczobut was detained by the KGB and imprisoned for allegedly slandering President Lukashenko in an article written for an Internet newspaper. In the EU, criticism of one’s government is rightly considered legitimate debate and encouraged as an integral constituent part of the democratic processes. However, in Belarus, such free expression earned Poczobut the personal ire of the President, a suspended three-year prison sentence and enduring house arrest while awaiting trial. It has long been clear that, under the Lukashenko dictatorship, there is no rule-of-law provision, independence of the judiciary or even basic standards of human rights in Belarus. EU sanctions against the regime should be increased until Lukashenko steps down and gives Belarusians a democratic vote to determine their own future governance freely. We have had enough, in this Parliament, of another Cuba in Europe."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; DROI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-29--2014-06-30)3 member; AFET (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; PECH (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2012-03-28--2014-06-30)3 substitute; SEDE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Conservative Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2012-03-28--2014-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Charles Tannock,"1 "on behalf of the ECR Group."1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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