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"Mr President, once again, the House is due to vote on human rights violations in Tunisia and today we are dealing with the conviction of three activists from the Communist Workers’ Party of Tunisia. After four years of living in hiding, the three activists decided to appear freely before the court in order to challenge their sentence in a court of law.
The trial of 2 February, as other Members have said, was a sham. The defendants were seized from their seats, taken away by the police during the court proceedings, and swiftly condemned to harsh prison sentences – Hamma Hammami was sentenced to nine years and three months. These men were not given the chance to defend themselves and were not given access to their lawyers. All this happened before a number of Tunisian and foreign observers and protesters. They are being detained in a civilian prison in disgraceful conditions. This trial is a real parody of justice. In response to this situation, the Tunisian Lawyers Council declared a strike. Hamma Hammami and Abdel Jabarmadouri decided to go on hunger strike in protest at their conditions of detention and to demand that their lawyers be given the right of visit.
These events are part of a continuing campaign of intimidation and repression, which targets political opponents, human rights protesters, journalists, trade unionists, students, lawyers and magistrates. We note that the EU-Tunisia Association Agreement, stipulating that relations between the two parties are based on the respect of democratic principles and human rights, has once again been flouted.
We ask for an exceptional meeting of the EU-Tunisia Association Council to be organised as soon as possible to tackle the issue of human rights. Parliament must demand the release of Hamma Hammami and his co-defendants, and that Article 2 of the Agreement be respected. The Council and the Commission must use all the means provided for by the agreement in order to secure respect for democratic freedoms and human rights in Tunisia."@en1
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