Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-09-04-Speech-4-130"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-09-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030904.5.4-130"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-04-Speech-4-1312
lpv:speaker	lp:Luís Queiró2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partido Popular (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; PETI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South America and MERCOSUR (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3,3 vice-chair; UEN (2000-09-21--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	". I voted in favour of the joint resolution on Cuba. I did so because the Cuban people still lacks the most basic civil, political and human rights, just when we thought we had seen the last of the ramifications of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The European Parliament had to take a firm political stand against Fidel Castro’s regime. I wanted to contribute to that goal, because the Cuban people live under a dictatorship which has chosen to turn in on itself rather than open up, to imprison rather than set free. If there is one people still asking to be set free in 2003, then, it is the Cuban people. The dictator’s latest pronouncements, in which he displayed the irresponsible attitude we have come to expect from him by spurning all European Union assistance, are thus all the more deplorable. More importantly, I would like to conclude by recalling that the European Parliament awarded the Sakharov Prize to Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas in 2002. In doing so, it sent a political message to the Cuban regime: we in Europe were also watching to see how matters developed. In 2003, the regime responded to that message by taking more political prisoners, by continuing to violate human rights and trample the rule of law under foot. This resolution requests that Mr Payá Sardiñas come to Europe and explain in person what is happening in Cuba. The regime will not let him. It is our duty not to abandon him."@en1

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