Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-07-03-Speech-4-182"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-07-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Laos2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030703.12.4-182"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-07-03-Speech-4-1832
lpv:speaker	lp:Patricia McKENNA2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the arrest of the European journalists and their Laotian companions raises grave concerns: first, about the freedom of the press. If one looks at what has happened since, there have been restrictions on access to people in prison, their place of detention has been kept secret for more than a week now. Clearly the trials did not respect their rights under international law. They did not get a fair trial. The situation in Laos is quite alarming. Not only are these people suffering, but so is the rest of the country. People's rights are not being respected: their civil, political and religious rights are not being respected. There are no rights, for example, for people in prison. Many of these people are unjustifiably in prison. They do not have visitation rights. This morning we met with a delegation from Laos. The evidence that they gave us raised serious concerns. Some speakers have said that we need to reconsider our relationship with Laos if the authorities do not take notice of the situation in their own country. It is clear that there should be an immediate release of these journalists. There should be freedom of the press. They need to end the persecution of the Hmong and other minorities. It must stop. The court case was also criticised by Washington. They called it a farce. They called for a fair trial. We need to be very careful here in respect of who is pointing the finger at whom, considering that Washington is responsible for the Guantanamo Bay issue. Those people have not had a fair trial, nor have they had legitimate charges posed against them. I doubt that this would happen in the European Union. The Americans need to look at what they are doing before they point a finger at anyone else."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Green Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, south-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"McKenna (Verts/ALE )."1

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