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Speeches in plenary
One-minute intervention
Monday 15 November 2004
Whitehead (PSE). - Mr President, I want briefly to raise two issues regarding freedom of expression. The first is the re-arrest of Mordechai Vanunu in Israel. He completed an 18-year sentence - much of which was in solitary confinement - was released and has now been re-arrested on the grounds that he associates with foreigners. As he is seeking sanctuary in the cathedral in Jerusalem it is hard for him to do otherwise.
The second issue I should like to raise concerns the series of raids that have been carried out by FBI agents against 21 independent media outlets, most of them in the European Union. Most have been closed down.
No clear explanation has been given for either of these actions. I would remind the House to consider that in troubled times we should be more and not less concerned with liberty and issues of freedom of expression. I hope that the authorities here can seek some explanation for these actions.
www.phillipwhiteheadmep.net
One-minute intervention
Monday 15 November 2004
Whitehead (PSE). - Mr President, I want briefly to raise two issues regarding freedom of expression. The first is the re-arrest of Mordechai Vanunu in Israel. He completed an 18-year sentence - much of which was in solitary confinement - was released and has now been re-arrested on the grounds that he associates with foreigners. As he is seeking sanctuary in the cathedral in Jerusalem it is hard for him to do otherwise.
The second issue I should like to raise concerns the series of raids that have been carried out by FBI agents against 21 independent media outlets, most of them in the European Union. Most have been closed down.
No clear explanation has been given for either of these actions. I would remind the House to consider that in troubled times we should be more and not less concerned with liberty and issues of freedom of expression. I hope that the authorities here can seek some explanation for these actions.
www.phillipwhiteheadmep.net
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