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"Mr Coveney’s report exudes strength, is balanced, and, if Europe wants to prove its reputation in the world as an exporter of human rights, it will do well to adopt this report in its entirety as its key asset in foreign policy and also for the coming conference in Geneva. I should like to mention three points from it: first of all in my capacity of Vice-Chairman for the delegation in Central Asia. The report is right to put its finger on the sore spot in a number of countries, Uzbekistan, in particular. I know that the Uzbekistani Government claims there are no political prisoners, but you can also get politicians behind bars on a different charge, which has happened, and has not been resolved as yet. This is, in fact, also evident from the Council of Europe’s report further to the most recent parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan. The second point which illustrates that international pressure can be effective, is the situation in Kyrgyzstan. What matters now is for that region to be taken seriously and monitoring to be continued. The third point concerns the freedom of the press in Kazakhstan. Only recently, Irina Petrushova was locked up on account of possible offences completely unrelated to her work, except that she happens to be the most prominent journalist for the opposition newspaper in Kazakhstan. We in this House must continue to put countries like those under pressure, because we have a great deal in common with them; they can take a step forward and we can help them achieve this. My final point concerns the situation in Iran and that country’s way of dealing with people who do not adhere to the main religion, in this case Islam. It was found once again recently that Hamid Pourmand, a former army colonel, had been sentenced to death, his only offence being that he is a Christian. For that reason, he should not have served in the army, although his religious conviction was known. An appeal from this House, in this specific case where a death sentence is pending, is of the utmost importance. I should once again like to congratulate Mr Coveney, and I hope that the Council and the Commission will take this report very seriously as an asset in our foreign policy in the field of human rights."@en1
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