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Motion for a resolution | Doc. 11663 | 25 June 2008
Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code: the case of Ragip Zarakolu
The Assembly notes with regret that in June 2008, the distinguished Turkish publisher, Ragip Zarakolu, was sentenced to a term in prison by a court in Turkey under Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code; this followed the publication of a book by an English intellectual on the Armenian question.
The Assembly considers that the continuing use of Article 301 to attack freedom of expression in Turkey is in violation of Council of Europe and other international conventions and norms supporting freedom of expression.
The Assembly requests its relevant committee(s):
- to send a fact-finding mission to Turkey to examine and report on the Zarakolu case;
- to consider whether Turkey is in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights by maintaining Article 301 in its Penal Code.