Amendment No. 8 | Doc. 14792 Part 1 | 23 January 2019

The progress of the Assembly's monitoring procedure (January-December 2018) and the periodic review of the honouring of obligations by Iceland and Italy

Signatories: Mr Kamil AYDIN, Turkey, EC ; Mr Ziya ALTUNYALDIZ, Turkey, NR ; Ms Emine Nur GÜNAY, Turkey, EC ; Mr Akif Çağatay KILIÇ, Turkey, EC ; Mr Yıldırım Tuğrul TÜRKEŞ, Turkey, EC

Origin - 2019 - First part-session

In the draft resolution, paragraph 5.7, replace the words:

"the continuing concerns regarding freedom of the media; the pretrial detention of members of parliament following the lifting of their immunity in 2016; the repeated violations of freedom of expression and freedom of the media"

with the following words:

"the continuing concerns regarding freedom of expression and the media; the pretrial detention of members of parliament following the lifting of their immunity in 2016".

Explanatory note

For the sake of brevity and avoiding repetition, it is better to merge the mentioned two sentences.