UDebates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law during the EP pleanry session in Strasbourg. Statements on "Human rights situation in Crimea, in particular of the Crimean Tatars" by Anna Elzbieta FOTYGA (ECR, PL), Pier Antonio PANZERI (S&amp;D, IT), Tania GONZALEZ PENAS (GUE/NGL, DE) and Corina CRETU, Member of the EC in charge of Regional Policy. Statements on "Bahrain; the case of Mohammed Ramadan" by&nbsp;Marie-Christine VERGIAT (GUE/NGL, UK), Marietje SCHAAKE (ALDE, it) and Corina CRETU, Member of the EC in charge of Regional Policy. Statements on "The case of the missing book publishers in Hong Kong" by Reinhard BUTIKOFER (Greens/EFA, DE), Ignazio CORRAO (EFDD, IT), Pier Antonio PANZERI (S&amp;D, IT) and Corina CRETU, Member of the EC in charge of Regional Policy

Strasbourg

debate

plenary session

EU - China (T)

EU - Bahrain (T)

CORRAO, Ignazio (Greens/EFA, IT)

respect for human rights in the world (T)

crisis in Crimea (T)

VERGIAT, Marie-Christine (GUE/NGL, FR)

FOTYGA, Anna (ECR, PL)

GONZÁLEZ PONS, Esteban (EPP, ES)

PANZERI, Pier Antonio (S&D, IT)

SCHAAKE, Marietje (ALDE, NL)

CREȚU, Corina (S&D, RO)

BÜTIKOFER, Reinhard (Greens/EFA, DE)

Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law : Human rights situation of the Crimean Tatars / Bahrain: Mohammed Ramadan / The missing book publishers in Hong Kong

Title:  Human rights situation in Crimea, in particular of the Crimean Tatars 

SOUNDBITE (Polish), Anna El&#380;bieta FOTYGA (ECR, PL), MEP 6 and 8th parliamentary terms, I talked to ordinary citizens and I am convinced, that it is the will of the ordinary citizens what happened in Ukraine. And it is the will of the people that we lead Ukraine to change despite of difficulties. We owe them solidarity

SOUNDBITE (Italian), Pier Antonio PANZERI (S&amp;D, IT), MEP 8th parliamentary term, There are many abuses included forced disappearances, tortures and extraditions. We have to refuse the obligation of taking on Russian nationalities or dealing with subjective huge discriminations. The Tatars have been silenced, the media has been silenced, journalists has to escape Ukraine to save their lives . We denounce the situation

SOUNDBITE (Spanish), Tania GONZ&#193;LEZ PE&#209;AS (GUE/NGL, DE), We need proper negotiation under the name of the UN, we need to create the conditions which are allowed to give assistance to organisation of human rights and journalists to have access to them

SOUNDBITE (Romanian), Corina CRETU, Member of the EC in charge of Regional Policy, Ukrainian Tatars community, and Tatars residents supporting the territorial integrity of Ukraine are paying a particular high pressure for their views they express. Public event to commemorate the 1944 deportation have not been allowed. Tatar media had been closed and activists had been persecuted

SOUNDBITE (French), Marie-Christine VERGIAT (GUE/NGL, UK), Death penalty should be abolished but the question of nationality is also be used as an instrument against the people. The Bahrain authorities are not willing to reform not to implement 25 recommendations of the independent commission inquiry and continue to practise torture and judge people on the confessions obtained thought torture.

SOUNDBITE (English), Marietje SCHAAKE (ALDE, it), Mohammed Ramadan is one of 10 people on death row in Bahrain but he is the first to have exhausted all legal appeals mechanisms. We urgently call upon the Bahrain authorities to re-in-store momentum on death penalty. The only way to develop thoroughly a deep cooperation between Bahrain and the European Union is for them to respect the right of all people in Bahrain

SOUNDBITE (English), Corina CRETU, Member of the EC in charge of Regional Policy, Like many in Europe, we have been concerned by the death penalty sentence imposed of M. Mohammed RAMADAN

SOUNDBITE (English), Corina CRETU, Member of the EC in charge of Regional Policy, The EU is opposed to the use of capital punishment under all circumstances and requests its universal abolition and we will continue to make use of foreign policy.

Title: The missing book publishers in Hong Kong

SOUNDBITE (English), Reinhard B&#220;TIKOFER (Greens/EFA, DE), MEP 7 - 8th parliamentary terms, The case of the 5 booksellers from Hong Kong gives right to great deliver concern. Firstly, because theses people have disappeared and also because they have disappeared under suspicious circumstances in China.

SOUNDBITE (Italian), Ignazio CORRAO (EFDD, IT), MEP 8th parliamentary term, The European Union has to strengthen democracy and the rule of law. We have to ensure the transparency of freedom of expression, we have to avoid in difference particulary likely in this event

SOUNDBITE (Italian), Pier Antonio PANZERI (S&amp;D, IT), MEP 6 - 8th parliamentary terms, This case represents a flagrant violation of human rights and it is alarming: behaviour of a part of the authorities and doesn't respect the principle of autonomy because of the name of two systems.

SOUNDBITE (English), Corina CRETU, Member of the EC in charge of Regional Policy, At this moment there is no clear reliable answer from the Chinese government to the request of information by the Hong Kong government and by the UK and the Swedish and the EU on that issue. We continue to call upon the Chinese authorities to clarify the status of all persons associated with Mighty Current Hong Kong publishing house and to grant considerable access to the EU citizen's concern