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Azerbaijan’s Chairmanship of the Council of Europe: what follow-up on respect for human rights?
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Amendment 1 | Doc. 14397 | 10 October 2017
Signatories: Ms Lotta JOHNSSON FORNARVE, Sweden, UEL ; Ms Ute FINCKH-KRÄMER, Germany, SOC ; Ms Annette GROTH, Germany, UEL ; Mr Matjaž HANŽEK, Slovenia, UEL ; Ms Gabriela HEINRICH, Germany, SOC ; Mr Andres HERKEL, Estonia, EPP/CD ; Mr Tiny KOX, Netherlands, UEL ; Mr Ertuğrul KÜRKÇÜ, Turkey, UEL ; Mr George LOUCAIDES, Cyprus, UEL ; Mr Dirk Van der MAELEN, Belgium, SOC ; Mr Marco NICOLINI, San Marino, UEL ; Mr Georgios PSYCHOGIOS, Greece, UEL ; Ms Ulla SANDBÆK, Denmark, UEL ; Mr Frank SCHWABE, Germany, SOC ; Mr Søren SØNDERGAARD, Denmark, UEL ; Ms Olena SOTNYK, Ukraine, ALDE ; Ms Tineke STRIK, Netherlands, SOC
In the draft resolution, at the beginning of paragraph 3, replace the words "The Assembly takes note that in the course of 2014 several" with the following words:
"The Assembly regrets that the 2014 Azerbaijani Chairmanship coincided with an unprecedented crackdown on human rights in Azerbaijan where dozens of"
Explanatory Note :
During 2014, the authorities rounded up the country's best-known civil society leaders and journalists, imprisoning them on politically motivated charges. Charges against those wrongfully imprisoned are not related to their work but the government uses a range of politically motivated charges to incarcerate its critics.
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