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{
    "time": "2010-06-09 14:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mrs. Bonnie Crombie (Mississauga\u2014Streetsville, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2025586\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, we are constantly reminded of the events against human rights, and religious intolerance around the world. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2025587\" data-originallang=\"en\">We remember the invasion of the Golden Temple in Amritsar against the Sikh faith in 1984, then quickly following, the bombing of Air India flight 182 over the shores of Ireland. We still deeply mourn these losses.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2025588\" data-originallang=\"en\">Last year, thousands of innocent Sri Lankans lost their lives in defenceless attacks against humanity. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2025589\" data-originallang=\"en\">This past Christmas Eve, six members of the Coptic community were shot down for practising their faith. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2025590\" data-originallang=\"en\">Not even two weeks ago, Ahmadiyya Muslims worshipping and attending prayers on a Friday in Lahore, Pakistan faced violent and brutal attacks.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2025591\" data-originallang=\"en\">We have a duty to defend against religious intolerance and the violation of human rights that these deplorable acts of violence, fear and intimidation represent. I urge all members to join together today in condemning these violent acts and call on all governments around the world to bring justice to the perpetrators to ensure religious freedom for all people.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2025586\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les \u00e9v\u00e9nements caract\u00e9ris\u00e9s par des atteintes aux droits de la personne et de l'intol\u00e9rance religieuse nous sont constamment rappel\u00e9s.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2025587\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous nous souvenons de l'invasion du Temple d'or d'Amritsar, lieu saint de la foi sikhe, en 1984, et de l'explosion, peu apr\u00e8s, d'une bombe \u00e0 bord du vol 182 d'Air India au-dessus des c\u00f4tes de l'Irlande. Nous ne nous sommes pas encore remis de ces pertes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2025588\" data-originallang=\"en\">L'ann\u00e9e derni\u00e8re, des milliers d'innocents Sri-Lankais ont perdu la vie lors d'attaques contre de simples citoyens sans d\u00e9fense.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2025589\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u00c0 No\u00ebl, six membres de la communaut\u00e9 copte ont \u00e9t\u00e9 abattus parce qu'ils pratiquaient leur religion.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2025590\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il y a deux semaines seulement, un vendredi, des musulmans ahmadis qui \u00e9taient r\u00e9unis pour la pri\u00e8re ont \u00e9t\u00e9 la cible d'attaques brutales et violentes \u00e0 Lahore, au Pakistan.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2025591\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il est de notre devoir de nous opposer \u00e0 l'intol\u00e9rance religieuse et \u00e0 la violation des droits de la personne que repr\u00e9sentent ces actes de violence et d'intimidation. J'invite tous les d\u00e9put\u00e9s \u00e0 unir leurs voix aujourd'hui pour condamner ces actes violents et pour demander \u00e0 tous les gouvernements du monde de traduire en justice les auteurs de ces crimes afin de garantir la libert\u00e9 de religion \u00e0 tous.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2010/6/9/bonnie-crombie-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/bonnie-crombie/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1000/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "3217522",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Religious Freedom",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2010/6/9/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2010%2F6%2F9%2F"
    }
}