Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-09-06-Speech-4-141"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-09-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Bangladesh2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070906.18.4-141"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-09-06-Speech-4-1422
lpv:speaker	lp:Koenraad Dillen2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2007-03-15--2007-09-11)3 member; ITS (2007-01-15--2007-11-13)3 substitute; LIBE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; DEVE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2007-05-23--2008-10-22)3 unknown; Vlaams Belang (2004-11-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it is obviously a good thing that the human rights situation in Bangladesh is being exposed here in the northern hemisphere. After all, we have seen the present regime attempting to silence the legitimate political protest of students and journalists through arbitrary arrests and detentions. Since the new government took over in January 2007 more than 250 000 people have already been locked up. Since the declaration of the state of emergency, the army has been responsible for countless cases of torture and murder. However, I would really like to expose another issue, an issue that is endemic in that state and that carries on regardless of changes of government. It is something that is often neglected by all kinds of human rights organisations, because evidently it is something that simply cannot be spoken about. I am talking about the wholesale and systematic gang rape that takes place in Bangladesh. The violence against women and young girls is one of the most heinous violations of human rights in that Islamic state. This kind of violence encompasses sexual and domestic violence, gang rape, throwing acid over women and honour killings. Whether or not people want to hear about it, it is undeniable that by means of these atrocities extremist Muslims want to cleanse Bangladesh of its religious minorities in order to transform the country into a monolithic, Islamic state. Every government of Bangladesh has failed to act and this is a downright disgrace. Bangladesh ratified the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in 1984. It is high time that Parliament sent out a very clear signal to the Bangladeshi Government to inform it of its responsibilities."@en1

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