The detention and conviction of Julian Assange and their chilling effects on human rights

Amendment No. 3 | Doc. 16040 | 01 October 2024

Signatories:

Lord Richard KEEN, United Kingdom, EC/DA ; Ms Iwona ARENT, Poland, EC/DA ; Mr Pavlo BAKUNETS, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Lord David BLENCATHRA, United Kingdom, EC/DA ; Sir Christopher CHOPE, United Kingdom, EC/DA ; Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Ms Sally-Ann HART, United Kingdom, EC/DA ; Mr Paweł JABŁOŃSKI, Poland, EC/DA ; Ms Olena KHOMENKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Mr Michał KRAWCZYK, Poland, EPP/CD ; Sir Edward LEIGH, United Kingdom, EC/DA ; Mr David MORRIS, United Kingdom, EC/DA ; Lord Simon RUSSELL, United Kingdom, EC/DA ; Ms Alexandra SCHOOS, Luxembourg, EC/DA ; Ms Katarzyna SÓJKA, Poland, EC/DA ; Ms Victoria TIBLOM, Sweden, EC/DA ; Mr Rostyslav TISTYK, Ukraine, EC/DA

Origin

2024 - Fourth part-session

In the draft resolution, replace paragraph 18 with the following paragraph:

"The Assembly considers that the charges brought against Julian Assange by the United States of America, and in particular the heavy penalties foreseen under the Espionage Act 1917, may fulfil some of the criteria set out in Resolution 1900 (2012) "The definition of political prisoner"."