Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-16-Speech-3-156"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-05-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation of Turkish prisoners2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010516.5.3-156"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-05-16-Speech-3-1572
lpv:speaker	lp:Andrew Duff2
lpv:spoken text	"Those of us who have studied the matter closely are certainly able to welcome the real progress that is nevertheless being made by Turkey to reform its prison system. We also share something of the suffering of the political prisoners and their families who have chosen to starve themselves to death. The Turkish judicial and penal system is in transition from a regime of retribution and oppression to a more western approach, where prisoners are penalised but not persecuted. The European Union should assist this reform process by supporting financially and also technically certainly carefully selected confidence-building measures, without which the fasting will not cease. These measures include training of judicial officials, prison officers and ensuring first-class medical services, improving conditions for prison visits and installing the independent scrutiny of the prison system and protecting lawyers. Solitary confinement must be the exception and not the norm. Prison rules must be applied scrupulously and the arbitrary treatment of all prisoners must stop."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Duff (ELDR )."1 "gendarmes"1

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