Nick Griffin speaks on China resolution
Posted on 21. Jan, 2010 by Martin Wingfield in Constituency News
Nick Griffin explained to the European Parliament today about his decision to abstain from voting on a resolution concerning human rights violations in China.
He said:
“I decided, reluctantly, to abstain on the Resolution (as a whole) on human rights violations in China. I supported much of the resolution including: the call for the release of political prisoners and sympathy with those criticising the detentions; urging the respect for human rights; supporting freedom of expression, freedom of association, independence of the judiciary, prohibition of torture, freedom of the media etc.; opposition to media, including internet censorship etc.
“I regard the EU as hypocritical to support freedom of expression in China while tolerating censorship and the prosecution of political dissenters in Europe.
“However, I cannot support the ban on capital punishment in all circumstances. Whilst we take no pleasure in hearing about executions, as a father and the elected representative of many families and communities devastate by heroin and crack cocaine, I regard the execution of duly convicted large scale traffickers of hard drugs to be both the right of all sovereign states and also self-evidently a moral decision and action.”
