Amendment No. 5 | Doc. 13800 | 22 June 2015

Consideration of the annulment of the previously ratified credentials of the delegation of the Russian Federation (follow-up to paragraph 16 of Resolution 2034 (2015))

Signatories: Mr Serhiy SOBOLEV, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Pedro AGRAMUNT, Spain, EPP/CD ; Mr Volodymyr ARIEV, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr David BAKRADZE, Georgia, EPP/CD ; Mr Boryslav BEREZA, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Christopher CHOPE, United Kingdom, EC ; Mr Giorgi KANDELAKI, Georgia, EPP/CD ; Mr Georgii LOGVYNSKYI, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Andrii LOPUSHANSKYI, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Robert WALTER, United Kingdom, EC ; Mr Jordi XUCLÀ, Spain, ALDE

Origin - 2015 - Third part-session

In the draft resolution, before paragraph 4, insert the following paragraph:

"The Assembly is deeply concerned by the increased harassment and repression of activists and human rights organisations and the intimidation of dissident voices in Russia. Through the setting up and the application of a repressive legal framework, Russian authorities have placed restrictions on opposition, independent media and civil society, hindering the freedoms of expression and of assembly. In order to assess the conformity of these recent developments with Council of Europe standards, the Assembly encourages the Secretary General of the Council of Europe to prepare a report on the situation of human rights and democracy in the Russian Federation."