Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-09-17-Speech-4-240"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-09-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Murder of human rights activists in Russia2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20090917.18.4-240"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-09-17-Speech-4-2412
lpv:speaker	lp:Bernd Posselt2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2013-06-30)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; CULT (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern e.V. (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, our former Oldest Member, Otto von Habsburg, was once asked whether he regretted being an MEP rather than an emperor. He said no, because if he was an emperor he would have to call a fool ‘Your Excellency’ but as an MEP he could call a fool a fool. I am reminded of this story when human rights issues come up. We are not a diplomatic body; we are a political parliamentary body. We can speak the truth. There is a saying that goes ‘the fish stinks from the head down’. It is not the case – and I would like to thank Mrs Weber for giving such a clear speech – that these incidents and murders in the Caucasus are in any way random or the work of some dark force, but rather, since Mr Putin came to power, which is linked to the matter of Chechnya and the mysterious explosion of houses in Moscow, there has been a trail of blood there for years that always leads back to Chechnya and affects innocent people: civilians and, in particular, human rights activists who, like those mentioned – and many of these people were known to us personally – not only work for the human rights of Chechens but also for a democratic Russia, for an understanding between the peoples of Chechnya and Russia and for peace in the Caucasus. These people are being murdered one after the other. Mrs De Keyser, this is why it was necessary to hold an emergency debate. We will make ourselves a laughing stock if a woman who received praise in this House and who visited us in Strasbourg on account of her commitment to human rights is murdered in front of our eyes and we then postpone the debate on the subject to some later date. Russia is watching closely to see whether we are in a position to respond immediately – and we must respond immediately by saying very clearly: put an end to the murders, to the violation of human rights and grant freedom to Chechnya and Russia, but above all put an end to the systematic violation of human rights and murders in mysterious circumstances."@en1
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