Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-02-12-Speech-3-207"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-02-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2002 Annual debate on an area of freedom, security and justice2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030212.6.3-207"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-02-12-Speech-3-2082
lpv:speaker	lp:Koldo Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the President-in-Office has just reminded us that the Tampere Conclusions in the area of Freedom, Security, Justice and Home Affairs proclaimed in 1999 the principles of transparency and democratic control for the protection of citizens' human rights. In the Kingdom of Spain on 13 February 1983, that is to say 20 years ago, Joseba Arregi, a Basque political prisoner, died under torture while he was in police custody. That was 20 years ago tomorrow. In 2002, 634 politically motivated people were arrested. 127 of them subsequently claimed in court that they had suffered ill treatment or torture. Have the Council and the Commission received clear information about this issue from the Spanish Government? Do the Council and the Commission consider that the transparency principle has been respected by the Spanish Government? Last year the Spanish Government proposed the banning of several social organisations - media and cultural associations - that had denounced the political repression suffered by Basque dissidents. Through a Spanish initiative, the European Union has drawn up a black list of associations and individuals accused of specific or tacit support for terrorism. The accused have neither the legal means of defence nor effective access to the courts. Do the Council and the Commission consider there to have been real enforcement of the democratic control principle with regard to Spain? Will the Council and the Commission put forward a judicial instrument in the new texts being prepared for those included on the European Union's black list? I would like to thank Baroness Ludford and express my recognition of the effort she has made in this important area."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2003-03-11)3 unknown; Euskal Herritarrok (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; NA (1999-07-21--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso (NI )."1

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