"It is necessary to make the EU action more effective, to solve the problems linked with violation of human rights in non-EU countries". Simon Coveney, Irish MEP, is the author of the report which the European parliament will examine during the plenary assembly next week, concerning the situation of human rights in the world in 2006, "whose objective is to examine and maybe criticize the activities of the European Union on the matter", "formulating suggestions, later on". The text confirms "commitment in favour of the moratorium on death penalty", and asks for "an immigration policy respecting human rights". The part concerning the denunciation of the violations carried out in several countries, starting from China, Russia and Turkey, is remarkable. In this case, the report points out the "scanty progress" made by Turkey, "in relation to the accomplishment of freedom of religion and the full enjoyment of the rights of property by all religious communities, protection of minorities, freedom of expression and the human rights relating to the population with Curd origins". The document underlines failed respect of fundamental liberties in Byelorussia, too, as well as beyond the borders of the European Union, in several countries such as Burma, North Korea, Darfur, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Iran, and Uzbekistan.
