Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-06-15-Speech-4-212"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-06-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Syria: Human rights violations2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060615.30.4-212"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-06-15-Speech-4-2132
lpv:speaker	lp:Tadeusz Zwiefka2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3,3 member; JURI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2005-03-31--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2005-03-31--2007-03-13)3,3 unknown; Platforma Obywatelska (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (2005-03-31--2006-12-31)3,3 substitute; EMPL (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the previous speakers have told the House about dramatic cases in which Syrian oppositionists have been detained in recent months, and yet violations of fundamental rights have been taking place in Syria for over 40 years. It is intolerable that in a country that is a close neighbour of the European Union, absolute authority should be held by one family clan and their friends and relations. For over 40 years a state of emergency has been in place, and the parliament is an institution which is completely subordinate to one party, namely the Baas party, and which is devoid of legislative authority. Citizens do not have any electoral rights; they do not have the right to free association, nor do they have political rights. In connection with this there is no kind of legal opposition. Criticism of the authorities is impossible, and omnipresent secret services and corrupt courts with unlimited power to carry out arrests and use torture complete the dramatic picture. However, one of the most urgent problems in Syria is discrimination against a minority, namely the Kurdish minority. The one-and-a-half-million-strong Kurdish minority is currently deprived of the most basic civil rights. There is a total ban on using the Kurdish language, as there is on any manifestation of Kurdish culture. The Kurds do not have Syrian citizenship, and as a consequence they have no passports, no access to education or to the health service and no right to own land. We cannot remain inactive in view of this."@en1

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