Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-03-16-Speech-4-202"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-03-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000316.7.4-202"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-03-16-Speech-4-2032
lpv:speaker	lp:Olle Schmidt2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ECON (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Folkpartiet liberalerna (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, having access to independent media in the context of an open and free debate is one of the most important cornerstones of a free and democratic society. This is something which the world’s dictators have always known. All societies and all States which stifle their own press are after one thing only: to silence debate and to extinguish the vital spark of democracy, which is to say the open and free society. This is now happening every day in Serbia. The few independent TV and radio stations in Serbia are being harassed and persecuted in order finally to be closed down entirely. Dissenting voices are silenced. A desperate, dictatorial leader is oppressing his own people. Mr Milosevic is threatening Montenegro, attacking the weak opposition in Serbia and infiltrating Kosovo. Mr Milosevic and his fellow criminals must be removed. Democracy must be saved. I therefore want to ask Commissioner Nielson what he and the EU are doing to ensure that Mr Milosevic is brought to justice before the International War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague. It is to the world’s shame that Mr Milosevic has not been tried in court for his war crimes and that he is allowed to continue his attacks upon freedom, peace, democracy and the free press."@en1

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