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dcterms:Date	"2013-03-14"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Jean Lambert2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I am speaking both in my capacity as Chair of the delegation for South Asia and as a Group member. The European Parliament has supported the need for war crimes trials in Bangladesh, given the atrocities committed during the liberation war 40 years ago and the shadows still cast over the country by those events. Commitment to hold such trials was part of the Awami League manifesto in the last general election, the result of which was widely accepted, and that party is now in government. Many of us have mixed feelings in relation to the issue. We recognise the need for the trials, but deplore that the death penalty is still on the statute books. We understand the political dimension of the trials, but believe it is essential for the courts to be fully in control and that political interference from any quarter is unacceptable and must be resisted for the outcome to be trusted. We understand the desire of Bangladesh to deal with its past, but that should not mean that such trials fall below national and international standards, and there is cause for concern at present. Recent changes to the rules on appeal are particularly worrying. We recognise that public passions will run high but, as the war crimes trials themselves bear witness, there has been enough death, violence and intimidation. It is an absolute tragedy to see the numbers of recent dead, targeting of minorities, hacking to death of law enforcement officers and the use of live ammunition against civilians. So we call on all sides and all those in positions of power and influence to call a halt to the violence."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Jean Lambert,"1 "author"1
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