Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-11-30-Speech-3-074"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-11-30"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051130.11.3-074"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-11-30-Speech-3-0752
lpv:speaker	lp:Ryszard Czarnecki2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; SEDE (2004-07-21--2006-11-14)3 substitute; AFCO (2004-07-21--2006-11-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2004-10-13--2007-03-13)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Samoobrona RP (2004-07-20--2008-01-23)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2006-11-14)3 member; NA (2004-07-20--2006-11-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia have made tremendous economic progress over the past 10 years. We very much welcome this fact, but it is a shame that to date, these reforms have not been accompanied by corresponding reforms in terms of politics and civil liberties, as noted in the motion for a resolution. Greater economic freedom is good news, but a serious lack of freedom of expression and of political and religious freedoms is quite the opposite. The religious persecution suffered by Buddhists and Christians in Vietnam is particularly alarming. Buddhist and Christian leaders are being held in re-education camps, and this month alone has seen the arrest of 84 monks. The monks belong to the Unified Buddhist Church, which has been banned for 24 years and whose property has been confiscated. The Catholic priest Pham Minh Tri has been in prison for many years. A new law on faith and religion came into force a year ago. It did not grant any real religious freedom, however, since the schools and universities that had been destroyed were not returned to the Buddhist community, to cite but one example. We are also all aware of the fact that ‘prisoners of conscience’, if I may put it that way, are being held in Laos and Cambodia. To sum up, greater economic freedom in this region is an admirable and commendable development. Yet the same does not apply to the ongoing violations of human rights, by which I also mean the right to practice one’s religion freely. Mutual relations between the European Union and Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia should be founded not only on greater economic freedom, but also on human rights, as noted by previous speakers. These should include the right to practice one’s own religion."@en1

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