Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-07-05-Speech-2-314"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-07-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The political situation in Belarus: student protests and the independence of the media2
dcterms:Language	"lv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050705.32.2-314"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-07-05-Speech-2-3152
lpv:speaker	lp:Aldis Kušķis2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Belarus (2004-09-22--2007-03-13)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Jaunais laiks (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; TRAN (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, Lukashenko, the dictator of Belarus, is successfully creating a totalitarian regime, learning from the classics of Soviet totalitarian communism and praising them; this time he is not using the dictatorship of the proletariat and communist ideology as a mask but is methodically destroying the civil and political liberties of the people of Belarus, and destroying the right to freedom of speech and truthful information. The people of Belarus receive minutely detailed reports of the dictator’s heroic deeds from the enslaved media. Songs of joy come from the radio and a propaganda machine worthy of Goebbels is crippling the confidence of society. The need for democratic freedoms is being destroyed, hopelessness is degrading people’s dreams and belief in their own strengths. How can this process of mankurtism be halted? How can we preserve those shoots of civil society that still remain intact? How can we create anew an internal demand for honest and truthful information? We can do this if the European Union fulfils its own rights and obligations. By fulfilling the right and obligation to create a free information space with budgetary funds that have already been voted this year. I call on the European Commission to stop playing at its exaggerated diplomacy and to carry out its obligations. The launch of independent radio broadcasts currently depends purely on the goodwill of the European Commission. Financial, technical and organisational issues can be resolved during the course of this year. Professional journalists are standing by at this moment to create objective content. This work would be an even greater honour to them than the Sakharov prize presented by the European Parliament last year. I call on you to support this resolution. Support it and carry it out, so that Belarus does not become a totalitarian state."@en1

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