Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-06-05-Speech-4-233"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-06-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Zimbabwe2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030605.9.4-233"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-06-05-Speech-4-2342
lpv:speaker	lp:Bas Belder2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AFCO (2002-09-25--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, south-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2002-03-18--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the United States (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, intimidation, rape, land theft, murder, fraud, electoral fraud, deprivation of liberty, starvation: these are the instruments that Mugabe’s reign of terror uses to throw the once prosperous Zimbabwe ever deeper into ruin in a staggering spiral of violence. Cries of distress from individual victims are still reaching us today from this humanitarian disaster. What are we to think, for example, of a secretary of the MDC, the opposition party, who was attacked in her house one night by one of Mugabe’s teams of gangsters? The accusation: being a prostitute of the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. The punishment: having the barrel of a gun inserted into her vagina, with death threats and other demands I do not wish to mention here. It is in this horrifying context that Tsvangirai called on the stricken population to stage a week of peaceful protest. The dictator, who will stop at nothing, attempted to suppress this cry for help with the now routine arrest of the opposition leader. Like the present resolution, I also find it incomprehensible and extremely unbelievable that the Council, circumventing the prohibition on travel which it imposed itself, is in consultation with this criminal regime in Brussels. This is an affront to the Zimbabwean people in need, as is the willingness of other African regimes to maintain contact with the regime. With the greatest possible emphasis I call on the Commission and the Council to reject this regime without compromise. In accordance with paragraph 5, I would also ask the Council to set an example to the international community and actually follow a general strategy of restoring democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights in Zimbabwe."@en1

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