Amendment No. 4 | Doc. 15021 | 27 January 2020

Threats to media freedom and journalists’ security in Europe

Signatories: Ms Yuliya LOVOCHKINA, Ukraine, SOC ; Ms Doris BARNETT, Germany, SOC ; Mr Ervin BUSHATI, Albania, SOC ; Ms Klotilda BUSHKA, Albania, SOC ; Mr Titus CORLĂŢEAN, Romania, SOC ; Mr Piero FASSINO, Italy, SOC ; Ms Eglantina GJERMENI, Albania, SOC ; Mr Kimmo KILJUNEN, Finland, SOC ; Mr Henrik MØLLER, Denmark, SOC ; Mr Christian PETRY, Germany, SOC ; Mr Roberto RAMPI, Italy, SOC ; Mr Lars Aslan RASMUSSEN, Denmark, SOC ; Mr Axel SCHÄFER, Germany, SOC ; Mr Stefan SCHENNACH, Austria, SOC ; Mr Frithjof SCHMIDT, Germany, SOC ; Mr Gheorghe-Dinu SOCOTAR, Romania, SOC

Origin - 2020 - First part-session

In the draft resolution, before paragraph 10, insert the following paragraph:

"The Assembly expresses its concern over numerous cases of murder and attacks against journalists as well as the absence of proper investigation and punishment of perpetrators in Ukraine. In this regard the Assembly calls upon the Ukrainian authorities to ensure journalists' security and media freedom as well as to carry out full, independent and unbiased investigatinos of unresolved deaths and attacks against journalists in Ukraine."

Explanatory note

In 2019, according to Institute of Mass Information, 243 violations against media professionals were recorded. 172 out of 243 cases were physical attacks against journalists, one journalist was brutally murdered.

According to the latest figures published by National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (dated April 2019) investigations have been conducted in a lukewarm manner and 92% of crimes against journalists go unpunished.