dinsdag 22 januari 2008

Egypte kwaad om mensenrechtenkritiek Europees Parlement


"Egypt totally rejects attempts by anyone who takes it upon himself to be an investigator of human rights in Egypt," Abul Gheit said according to remarks reported by the agency."
... Maar men heeft er geen enkel probleem mee een zeker buurland voortdurend de maat te nemen en van de meest verschrikkelijke misdaden te beschuldigen, zowel op eigen intitiatief als in VN verband of binnen de Arabische Liga.
 
De kritiek van het Europarlement op Egypte is ongelofelijk mild in vergelijking met wat Israël continu over zich heen krijgt, terwijl Egyptes mensenrechtenschendingen vaak juist erger zijn, omdat er geen democratie is, er geen sprake is van onafhankelijke en eerlijke rechtsspraak en processen, en de regering permanent de noodtoestand heeft uitgeroepen om de vrijheid van meningsuiting te kunnen beknotten en mensenrechten met voeten te treden.
 
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Egypt Rejects European Parliament Rts Resolution
-AFP
http:// www.nasdaq. com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080118%5CACQDJON200801180442DOWJONESDJONLINE000440.htm


CAIRO (AFP) -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Friday rejected a European Parliament resolution criticizing Egypt's human rights record, the official MENA news agency said.
"Egypt totally rejects attempts by anyone who takes it upon himself to be an investigator of human rights in Egypt," Abul Gheit said according to remarks reported by the agency.
"The resolution reveals the (European) assembly's ignorance of the situation in Egypt...as well as ignorance of the political, economic and social reforms that Egypt has witnessed in recent years," he said.
On Thursday European lawmakers in Strasbourg adopted a resolution criticizing Egypt's human rights record, even after Cairo threatened to sever ties with the European assembly and called in E.U. ambassadors to complain.
Fifty-two out of the 59 deputies present voted in favour of the text, which slammed Egypt over the status of religious minorities, alleged torture practices and a decades-long state of emergency. Seven abstained.
The resolution also called for the immediate release of jailed dissident Ayman Nur, who was jailed for five years for fraud after mounting a virulent campaign against President Hosni Mubarak in the 2005 presidential elections.

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