Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-12-12-Speech-3-389-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2012-12-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2011 and the European Union's policy on the matter - EU's human rights strategy (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20121212.29.3-389-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-12-12-Speech-3-390-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Paul Murphy2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, how credible are the noble commitments in these reports to human rights if, after they are passed, the EU simply reverts to type, realpolitik takes over and the economic interests of big business in Europe take priority in external relations? Kazakhstan is a perfect example of this in action. Only a few days before Catherine Ashton’s recent visit to Kazakhstan, the regime stepped up its clampdown on the political opposition, banning opposition parties and shutting down opposition media. Vadim Kuramshin, one of the most outspoken human rights defenders in the country – who previously was acquitted by a jury of all but one minor charge that the regime had fabricated against him – was now sentenced to 12 years in prison on the very same charges. Yet Catherine Ashton’s comments on the human rights situation simply amounted to box-ticking, and instead she emphasised the need for strong economic ties between businesses in Kazakhstan and in the European Union. Those ties are dominated by multinational companies extracting, exploiting and exporting the enormous wealth of natural resources out of Kazakhstan. The EU stand in relation to Kazakhstan and many other countries is entirely hypocritical and a slap in the face for those human rights defenders and independent trade unions fighting for human rights, workers’ rights and democratic rights."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (2012-01-23--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Socialist Party (2011-04-01--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2012-02-29--2014-06-30)3 substitute; PETI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; INTA (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; EMPL (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2011-04-06--2014-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Paul Murphy,"1 "on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group"1
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