Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-05-Speech-4-124"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Nigeria: The case of Amina Lawal2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020905.9.4-124"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-05-Speech-4-1252
lpv:speaker	lp:Anna Karamanou2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3 chair; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; PES (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-03-13--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, I wish to express in the strongest terms my horror and disgust at what has been happening over the last two years in the northern provinces of Nigeria, where Islamic fundamentalists have imposed Sharia law over and above the laws of the country and international law. I wonder, how can women – not men of course – be condemned to death by stoning for adultery in a country which has ratified the UN treaty on eliminating all forms of discrimination against women, in a country which has ratified the treaty against torture and the international covenant on civil and political rights, in a country with which the European Union has close ties under the Cotonou agreement? How come the federal government of Nigeria is unable to make the Islamic fundamentalists respect the very constitution of the country? What is the point of having a president if he is unable to guarantee the fundamental freedoms and human rights of his citizens? I find it impossible to believe, Commissioner Patten, that intolerance, obscurantism and misogyny can triumph over reason and human values. I cannot accept that the Union does not have ways and means of preventing these criminal practices against women and that, in this specific case, we are unable to force the federal government of Nigeria to apply the law throughout its territory. We need to send out a very strong message from this House today both to Nigeria and to any other country in which crimes are being committed against women because, as we know from the press, sentences of death by stoning are also passed in Iran. We need to tell fundamentalists the world over that no tradition or culture can sanction the violation of the rights of half of mankind, which is why we are calling here and now for Amina Lawal to be released."@en1

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