Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-11-17-Speech-4-431-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-11-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Egypt, in particular the case of blogger Alaa Abd El-Fattah2
dcterms:Language	"bg"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20111117.23.4-431-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-11-17-Speech-4-432-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Kristian Vigenin2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Coalition for Bulgaria (2009-07-14--2013-05-28)3 member; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2009-09-30--2013-05-28)3 chair; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-30--2013-05-28)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2013-05-28)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2013-05-28)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2013-05-28)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, colleagues, the subject of today’s debate and resolution concerns the specific cases of the bloggers Alaa Abd El-Fattah and Maikel Nabil Sanad. As representatives of 500 million European citizens we call for their immediate release. However, these cases are symptomatic of the stage which Egypt is at. We are receiving a great deal of information and analyses about the pressure and harassment which journalists, human rights defenders and activists are being subject to. Between March this year and now, more than 12 000 civilians have appeared before military courts. The election campaign is starting, but the country is still applying emergency legislation which grants the army and military courts special rights. We still do not know the exact details of what happened on 9 October in Cairo and who is to blame for the 25 human lives taken. The Egyptian authorities must be accountable, above all, to their people, but also to us Europeans who are continuing to look upon Egypt with hope, sympathy and readiness to provide support. We are very much aware from our own history that the path to democracy is long, complicated and involves many internal tensions and conflicts. The removal of Mubarak can be compared with a strong earthquake which rearranges the strata, changes the relief, opens old wounds and creates new tensions. We know that there will be lots of after-shocks. However, we want to be sure that the course set for democracy in the spring, the defence of human rights and social progress will be maintained and that Egypt will progress with ever-increasing certainty along it. This is why we express our solidarity with everyone who is working for this in Egypt at the moment."@en1
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