Amendment No. 7 | Doc. 15021 | 27 January 2020

Threats to media freedom and journalists’ security in Europe

Signatories: Mr Eerik-Niiles KROSS, Estonia, ALDE ; Mr Iulian BULAI, Romania, ALDE ; Mr Luís LEITE RAMOS, Portugal, EPP/CD ; Mr Kęstutis MASIULIS, Lithuania, EPP/CD ; Mr Aleksander POCIEJ, Poland, EPP/CD ; Mr Martin POLIAČIK, Slovak Republic, ALDE ; Mr Mihail POPSOI, Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD ; Mr Sergiy VLASENKO, Ukraine, EPP/CD

Origin - 2020 - First part-session

In the draft resolution, after paragraph 9.5.7, insert the following paragraph:

"Georgia to address concerns of prosecution of media owners and managers:

- shareholder of opposition TV Mtavari Giorgi Rurua, who has also backed a pro-European protest movement in Georgia, was arrested on alleged illegal possession of a firearm in a case which the country’s civil society views as politicised. The arrest came after the 28 November statement of the Chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party Bidzina Ivanishvili that some [politicians] have been serving jail terms for many years and many more will have to serve such years. Nika Guaramia, CEO of Mtavari and Vato Tsereteli, owner of critical TV station Pirveli, are also being prosecuted."