Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-11-18-Speech-4-222"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-11-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human Rights2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991118.11.4-222"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-11-18-Speech-4-2232
lpv:speaker	lp:Arlette Laguiller2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2001-05-09)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Lutte ouvrière (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"I shall vote in favour of the resolution asking for a moratorium on capital punishment, since it is the best on offer, but I consider that not having the courage to take up a stance in favour of the immediate and unconditional abolition of capital punishment is an abdication of responsibility in the face of barbarism. Among the many cases of death sentences where the sentence is so unfair that carrying out the sentence would be a heinous act, I wish to draw attention to the case of the Iranian students condemned to death for taking part in the demonstrations last July. These sentences come in addition to the equally ignominious sentences of 13 Iranian Jews, not to mention here the thousands of victims of repression in the past. All those under threat of capital punishment for political reasons should be released immediately, as should the great numbers of students sentenced to imprisonment. And if these sentences show the worth of the regime of oppression and terror which is that of Iran, they are just as indicative of the essence and worth of trusts such as Shell, for example, which has just signed a USD 800 million contract with the Iranian Government. It also shows the worth of the pronouncements on human rights by Europe’s Heads of State and Government who received the President of Iran with great pomp and ceremony, so that other trusts could sign other just as fat contracts. Finally, while I am delighted to see that Mumia Abu-Jamal, the victim of the schemes of a corrupt and racist police force, was not executed, I consider that the fight is not yet over, and it is his release that we have to achieve."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause)"1

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