Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2016-12-15-Speech-4-055-000"

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lpv:document identification number	"en.20161215.5.4-055-000"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Molly Scott Cato2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, with strong cross-party agreement this resolution draws attention to human rights abuses for which the People’s Republic of China is responsible. The two cases highlighted, the Tibetan Buddhist Academy of Larung Gar and the Uighur intellectual, Ilham Tohti, reveal the continuing failure of the Chinese Government to live up to its international responsibilities for human rights. The destruction of the Larung Gar Buddhist Academy is an example of the way that China, as an occupying power, engages in attacks on Tibetan religion and culture to try to break the spirit of the Tibetan people. Subjecting former monks and nuns to so-called ‘patriotic education exercises’ is a failure to respect freedom of religion and an unacceptable humiliation. For this year’s Sakharov Prize I was proud to nominate Ilham Tohti, an economics professor and member of the Muslim Uighur minority in western China. Following a flawed legal process where he did not have a proper defence, he is serving a life sentence. We call for his immediate release. This resolution reminds European governments of their responsibility to address human rights abuses when engaging with the Chinese Government, giving human rights a priority over economic interests – a principle that the British Government has forgotten in recent years. Earlier this year, I was honoured to meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama, whose example of peaceful resistance offers important lessons to a world in turmoil. Our resolution calls on the Chinese Government to reopen the high-level dialogue with his representatives that was unilaterally suspended in 2010."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; ECON (2014-07-01--2017-01-18)3 member; Committee of Inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion (2016-06-24--2017-12-13)3 substitute; AGRI (2014-07-01--2017-01-18)3
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