Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-01-20-Speech-4-140"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-01-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000120.9.4-140"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-01-20-Speech-4-1412
lpv:speaker	lp:Jonas Sjöstedt2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Vänsterpartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the situation regarding human rights in China is still very serious. The most basic of democratic and human rights are not respected. Attempts to form political opposition are met with imprisonment, horrific punishments and expulsions. There are now thousands of political prisoners in the country. When they are not controlled by the Communist party, attempts to organise independent trade unions, together with union struggles for workers’ rights, are not tolerated. It is depressing to see how a state which pretends to act in the interests of the working class oppresses that self-same working class when the latter fights for its legitimate rights. The death penalty is imposed and carried out in a frightening number of cases. Religious freedom is not respected. The persecution of supporters of the Falun Gong movement is astounding and indefensible. Many minority peoples, such as the Tibetans, are oppressed and do not only lack democratic, but also cultural rights. There is a string of documented cases of violence and other outrages committed by prison staff and police. There is therefore a very good basis for the critical resolution we are to vote through in a while. I shall naturally be voting for it. That does not mean that I think that all parts of the text are perfect. I think, for example, that part of the content of paragraph 4 should have been expressed differently. I should also like to have seen a line in the resolution about the lack of union rights in China. We see, of course, how the Chinese government has reacted against the strikes and demonstrations and attempts at union organisation which we have seen in recent times. I should also like to warn against a development which involves toning down criticism of the lack of human rights in order to achieve economic and trading advantages."@en1

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