Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-06-19-Speech-4-146"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-06-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Burma: continued detention of political prisoners2
dcterms:Language	"lt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080619.20.4-146"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-06-19-Speech-4-1472
lpv:speaker	lp:Laima Liucija Andrikienė2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Tėvynės sąjunga (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2007-10-09--2009-07-13)3 member; DROI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; BUDG (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Belarus (2008-01-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Temporary Committee on Climate Change (2007-05-10--2009-02-04)3
lpv:translated text	"Today we are talking about Burma, about the thousands of political prisoners suffering in its jails, about Aung San Suu Kyi, the charismatic leader of the National League for Democracy. The party under her leadership won the election in 1990 with 82% of the vote, but the generals ruling the country refused to respect the will of the nation and Aung San Suu Kyi has been under house arrest for 13 years since then. ‘Use your liberty to promote ours’, as the Nobel Prize laureate once said. I have no doubt that the people of Burma would then overcome the power of the generals. There are no immortal dictators, but the spirit of freedom is timeless. We have no right to remain impartial when confronted with barbaric inhuman behaviour. I would like to quote Martin Luther King, who said: ‘In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.’ Therefore, the question facing the European Parliament today is: whose side are we on? We are on the side of Aung San Suu Kyi, of the thousands of political prisoners! We demand their immediate release; we demand that human rights be respected in Burma."@en1

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