Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-09-13-Speech-4-303-000"
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"The international community recently learnt of the sentencing to two years’ imprisonment of three members of a feminist punk group for alleged hooliganism and incitement to religious hatred after they burst into the main Orthodox cathedral and performed a song against the regime of Vladimir Putin. I will divide the issue into three parts: taste, religion and politics. Although freedom of expression is of great value to our civilisation, this should not exempt us from critically appraising its manifestations. For my part, and without denying freedom of expression, I think the action of the band ‘Pussy Riot’ was in very bad taste. In religious terms, we have seen actions carried out in places of worship across Europe clearly disrespecting believers’ religious sentiments and, often, exhibiting clear hostility towards them. Believers are not lesser citizens than others. There are certainly other ways to condemn the Russian regime. Nonetheless, more important than all this is the political issue and the functioning of the rule of law, the proportionality of punishment and its use for political aims. Russia has a long way to go in this area. It is up to us to help this happen."@en1
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