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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-06-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020613.8.4-192"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-06-13-Speech-4-1932
lpv:speaker	lp:John Walls Cushnahan2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, it is important that the European Parliament makes its views known on the deteriorating human rights situation in Equatorial Guinea. Since March this year, opponents of President Obiang's regime have been arbitrarily detained and tried under deplorable and unacceptable conditions. Detainees have been subjected to brutal and inhumane torture and often prevented from contacting their families and lawyers. In some cases, detainees' family members have been arrested merely because of their connection to the accused. Independent journalists reporting on political trials have come under extreme pressure, while several human rights organisations report that deaths have occurred from injuries sustained from torture while in detention. The nature and timing of the arrests lead me to detect a cynical attempt by the authorities to spread fear in advance of the elections due to be held next year. I believe the Red Cross should be given immediate access to detainees, international monitors should be introduced and arbitrary detention must be brought to an end. Equatorial Guinea is in clear breach of every human rights convention it has signed. It is undermining its own commitment to the Union on democratisation and the full implementation of human rights. This Union must take a firm stand with the authorities in Equatorial Guinea and demand that prior commitments be honoured. To speak of justice in that country is to speak the language of torture and of systematic brutality. This betrayal of core human values serves to remind us of the often-tragic gap between words and action and human rights in many parts of the world. This House must meet the challenge of bridging that gap with vigour and authority. We demand that the EU as a whole makes its concerns known to the authorities in Equatorial Guinea and call for an end to the current abuse of human rights."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Fine Gael Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Cushnahan (PPE-DE )."1

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