Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-04-17-Speech-2-044-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2012-04-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights in the world and the European Union's policy on the matter (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120417.14.2-044-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-04-17-Speech-2-045-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Philip Claeys2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AFET (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; NA (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Vlaams Belang (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; LIBE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, it is impossible to comment on all the elements of this left-inspired human rights report. I would therefore like to focus on an element that is not mentioned in the report and that is the situation in South Africa, principally the murders of white farmers. South Africa faces a huge crime problem. All ethnic groups are affected by that insecurity, but the systematic nature of attacks on white farmers and their families is very obvious and therefore deserves our special attention. In the past fifteen years, 3 000 farmers have been murdered in South Africa, often in horrific circumstances, and even children have not been spared. This is a very vulnerable section of the population, not only because it is a very small minority, but also because of its geographical distribution and the extreme remoteness of many farms. The American NGO Genocide Watch has warned of several factors indicating that this is a potential genocide in the making. This is not just part of the existing culture of crime; this is a campaign targeted against farmers and it is likely that the land reform which is being planned will result in a witch-hunt that will escalate the violence further. We will then have even more murders, even more farmers will leave South Africa and then we will reach a situation reminiscent of that of Zimbabwe. It is therefore high time that the silence around this situation was broken and I therefore urge you, Baroness Ashton, to strongly condemn the violence against farmers and suspend aid to South Africa if the country fails to take effective action."@en1
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