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"Mr President, it is quite clear that the events in Bahrain have been – and continue to be – disturbing, creating a climate of fear: fear of prosecution and fear of violence – and some fear for their lives. Yet the European Union is doing nothing to stop these events but is in fact funding and supporting their continuation. Over the past years the people of Bahrain have been calling out for fair democracy, a fair voting system and free speech – many people, including this individual that we are talking about today. He, like others, has faced imprisonment, loss of citizenship and police brutality.
The EU should not be supporting these acts but, regretfully, it does, via the Member States’ trade policies. Last year the European Union Member States – not just the United Kingdom – was involved with over EUR 2.6 billion worth of trade with Bahrain, despite the mass mistreatment of the people and the complete avoidance of recognisable democratic progress. These trade figures are bad enough but, if you look further, there is an additional EUR 15 million alone worth of arms and ammunition sales.
Collectively the European Union stands upon its moral high horse, as usual, on one hand, whilst perversely facilitating the climate of fear to continue. We may well grandstand, condemning the actions and events happening in this country, but it is the European Union that is effectively supporting those horrible acts and this prosecution case."@en1
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"(The Speaker refused to take a blue card question under Rule 162(8))."1
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