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Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (11 Oct 2005)

Dermot Ahern: I regret that there have been no positive developments in this matter. The situation remains as set out in my reply of 5 May 2005 to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (11 Oct 2005)

Dermot Ahern: The information available to my Department regarding the status of the investigation into the deaths of the two former members of the Burundian Parliament, Mr. Sylvestre Mfayokurera and Mr. Innocent Ndikumana, remains as stated in my reply to the Deputy of 5 May 2005. A related but wider concern is to seek to end the culture of impunity which has persisted for too long in Burundi. The...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (11 Oct 2005)

Dermot Ahern: The information available to my Department regarding the status of the investigation into the attempted assassination of Mr. Ndihokubwayo remains as stated in my reply to the Deputy of 5 May 2005. A related but wider concern is to seek to end the culture of impunity which has persisted for too long in Burundi. The establishment of a national truth and reconciliation commission and the...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (11 Oct 2005)

Dermot Ahern: There have been no developments since my reply to Question No. 210 on 10 May 2005 to the Deputy on this matter. I can assure the Deputy that we, together with our partners in the EU, will continue to monitor closely the political situation in Cambodia, including the position of parliamentarians.

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (11 Oct 2005)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 228 to 230, inclusive, 244 and 245 together. In my responses of 5 and 10 May 2005 to written questions from the Deputy regarding these cases, I referred to the importance for the Colombian peace process of a comprehensive legal framework for the process of disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration of the illegal armed groups, based on the principles of...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (11 Oct 2005)

Dermot Ahern: Regrettably, there has been no progress towards the release of these 11 Eritrean parliamentarians since I replied to the Deputy's Question No. 220 on 10 May 2005. Ireland is greatly concerned by the negative human rights situation in Eritrea and the authorities' unwillingness to respond to concerns expressed by the European Union and the international community. Although Eritrea has ratified...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (11 Oct 2005)

Dermot Ahern: I refer to my reply to the Deputy's question of 10 May. Of the 15, the most prominent cases have been those of Ms Leyla Zana and three other members of her Democracy Party, DEP, Mr Hatip Dicle, Mr Orhan Dogan and Mr. Selim Sadak. The second retrial of their case, which opened in December 2004, is continuing. A hearing took place in Ankara on Friday 7 October and the next hearing is scheduled...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (11 Oct 2005)

Dermot Ahern: An earlier reply to the Deputy's question of 10 May also refers to this matter. Further to the information supplied in May, I understand that a hearing on the case of Ms Merve Safa Kavakci is scheduled to take place at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg on Thursday 13 October. As the Deputy will be aware, on Monday 3 October the General Affairs and External Relations Council,...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (11 Oct 2005)

Dermot Ahern: Mr. Roy Bennett, the former Movement for Democratic Change, MDC, member of the Zimbabwean Parliament, was released from prison on 28 June 2005, having served eight months of the 12-month sentence imposed on him for pushing the Zimbabwean Justice Minister during a parliamentary debate in May 2004. In a statement which I issued at the time, I very much welcomed Mr. Bennett's release, while...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (11 Oct 2005)

Dermot Ahern: There have been no developments since my reply to Question No. 207 on 10 May 2005 on the particular cases that the Deputy raises. Insofar as the general human rights situation in Burma-Myanmar is concerned, I refer the Deputy to my reply to Questions Nos. 37, 44, 66 and 104 on 6 October 2005.

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (11 Oct 2005)

Dermot Ahern: The situation remains as set out in my reply of 10 May 2005 to a question from the Deputy on this case. The Government shares the concerns which have been expressed about the conduct of the case and the conditions under which the person is being held. We are continuing to monitor the case. In bilateral contacts with Israel, and together with its partners in the EU, the Government has...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (11 Oct 2005)

Dermot Ahern: My Department does not have any new or additional information regarding the disappearance of Dr. Hitimana, other than that contained in my reply to the Deputy's Question No. 210 of 10 May 2005.

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (11 Oct 2005)

Dermot Ahern: The position remains as set out in my reply of 10 May 2005 to a question from the Deputy on these cases, which involve the imprisonment of two former members of the People's Council of the Syrian Arab Republic. The EU has conveyed its concerns to the Syrian authorities, and continues to monitor the cases through the Presidency's and member states' missions in Damascus.

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (11 Oct 2005)

Dermot Ahern: There have been no developments since my reply to Question No. 212 on 10 May 2005 to the Deputy on this matter. I can assure the Deputy that we, together with our partners in the EU, will continue to monitor closely the political situation in Indonesia. Human rights issues are regularly raised in discussions with the Indonesian authorities. In this regard, the EU troika of heads of mission in...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (11 Oct 2005)

Dermot Ahern: Mr Anwar, the former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, was recently awarded approximately €1 million in damages by the Malaysian High Court against the author of a book entitled "50 Reasons Why Anwar Cannot Be PM". The book, which contained graphic sexual allegations as well as allegations of corruption, was published in 1998 and was used against Mr. Anwar in his dismissal from office in...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (11 Oct 2005)

Dermot Ahern: There have been no developments since my reply to Question No. 214 on 10 May 2005 to the Deputy on this matter. I assure the Deputy that we, together with our partners in the EU, will continue to monitor closely this particular case and more generally the political and human rights situation in Mongolia.

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (11 Oct 2005)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 242 and 243 together. There have been some developments in these cases since my reply to Questions Nos. 215 and 216 from the Deputy on 10 May 2005. I understand that Mr. Asif Ali Zardari, leader of the Pakistan People's Party and husband of exiled former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, has recently been in the United States receiving treatment for a heart...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (11 Oct 2005)

Dermot Ahern: As I have previously informed the Deputy in reply to a written parliamentary question on 10 May 2005, I am aware that the Inter-Parliamentary Union, IPU, at its meeting from 3 to 9 April 2005 in Manila adopted a resolution regarding the murders of Jaime Ricaurte Hurtado González and Pablo Vicente Tapia Farinango. I share the view of the IPU that due process is essential in such cases. In a...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (11 Oct 2005)

Dermot Ahern: As I have previously informed the Deputy in reply to a written parliamentary question on 10 May 2005, I am aware that the Inter-Parliamentary Union, IPU, at its meeting from 3 to 9 April 2005 in Manila adopted a resolution regarding ongoing court proceedings in the case of the murder of Mr. Miguel Angel Pavón Salazar in Honduras. I share the view of the IPU that due process is essential in...

Written Answers — Official Travel: Official Travel (11 Oct 2005)

Dermot Ahern: There are no plans for ministerial or State visits between Venezuela and Ireland at this time. Our programme of visits, both outward and inward, is kept under review on an ongoing basis.