Amendment No. 12 | Doc. 13078 | 23 January 2013

The state of media freedom in Europe

Signatories: Ms Pelin GÜNDEŞ BAKIR, Turkey, EDG ; Ms Tülin ERKAL KARA, Turkey, EPP/CD ; Mr Fazil MUSTAFA, Azerbaijan, ALDE ; Mr Volodymyr PYLYPENKO, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Ahmet Kutalmiş TÜRKEŞ, Turkey, EDG

Origin - 2013 - First part-session

In the draft resolution, delete paragraph 6.

Explanatory note

The persons convicted or detained are not detained because of their journalism activities but because of their connections to offences such as murder, armed robbery, forgery of official documents, terrorism, attempted military coup, bombing, causing damage to property and placing explosives in public places.