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In a resolution regarding
Egypt, adopted at Strasbourg, the European Parliament asks
the Cairo government to take measures in order to improve
the democracy and the respect of the human rights, among
which are the stop of the press harassment and of the human
rights` defenders harassment. According to this resolution
Egypt has to take away the emergency state, the
investigation of the suspect cases of torture and the
guarantee of the justice`s independence.
The parliament ‘recognizes
the role of Egypt in the peace process from the Middle
Orient and the importance of the relations between the
European Union and Egypt for the Euro- Mediterranean zone as
well as in the fight against the terrorism and of
international fundamentalism’.
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The deputies ‘underline that
respecting of the human rights represents a fundamental
value of the UE Egypt Accord of Association and re state the
importance of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership in
promoting the Rule of Law and of the fundamental liberties.’
The Cairo government has to guarantee the fundamental rights
and liberties. Considering the ‘recent arrestments and the
actions against the non governmental organizations and
against the human rights defenders’, the European deputies
ask the Egyptian government ‘to end all the forms of
harassment, including the judicial measures, the detaining
of the mass media professionals and, generally, the human
right defenders.’
They ask Egypt to ‘respect the freedom
of speak, according to the Article 19 of the ONU
International Convention regarding the civil and the
political rights, signed and ratified by Egypt.’ The Egypt`s
government was asked to raise the emergency state, to ‘amend
the law 25 from 1966 regarding the martial courts’ and to
assure that all the measures adopted to counteract the
terrorist acts are ‘totally in full concordance with the
international legislation for human right.’ Other problems
are the association freedom and the independence of justice.
The parliament supports the academic life, the press and the
freedom of religion. The deputies underline the importance
of the justice`s independence as well as the protection of
the association freedom and expression for judgers, in
conformity with ONU`s principles.
Another problem is the right of the
immigrant workers. These rights should be protected, say the
European Deputies, which support the request of an ONU
committee regarding the re opening of the investigations of
the 27 Sudanese people in 2005. These people were demanding
for political asylum. There are also some torture
accusations that have to be investigated. The deputies asked
the government from Cairo to end all the forms of torture
and of inhuman treatments and to allow a visit of the
special protractor of ONU for torture. The parliament asks
the European Union to place the problem of the human rights
‘at a priority place’ on the agenda of the next meeting of
the UE-Egypt sub-commission on political problems themes.
The resolution from Strasbourg was voted with 52 votes pro,
0 against and 7 forbearances. The Egypt`s government will
certainly respect this resolution regarding the human
rights.
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