The protection of editorial integrity
Motion for a resolution
| Doc. 13964
| 27 January 2016
- Signatories:
- Sir Roger GALE,
United Kingdom, EC ; Mr Volodymyr ARIEV,
Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Mehmet BABAOĞLU,
Turkey, EC ; Ms Sílvia Eloïsa BONET,
Andorra, SOC ; Ms Daphné DUMERY,
Belgium, NR ; Mr Nigel EVANS,
United Kingdom, EC ; Mr Axel E. FISCHER,
Germany, EPP/CD ; Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO,
Ukraine, EC ; Mr John HOWELL,
United Kingdom, EC ; Ms Anette HÜBINGER,
Germany, EPP/CD ; Mr Serhii KIRAL,
Ukraine, EC ; Ms Julia KRONLID,
Sweden, NR ; Mr Talip KÜÇÜKCAN,
Turkey, EC ; Ms Stella KYRIAKIDES,
Cyprus, EPP/CD ; Mr Jaak MADISON,
Estonia, EC ; Mr Khalid MAHMOOD,
United Kingdom, SOC ; Sir Alan MEALE,
United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Johan NISSINEN,
Sweden, NR ; Ms Judith PALLARÉS,
Andorra, ALDE ; Ms Kerstin RADOMSKI,
Germany, EPP/CD ; Ms Ingjerd SCHOU,
Norway, EPP/CD ; Mr Serhiy SOBOLEV,
Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Chiora TAKTAKISHVILI,
Georgia, ALDE ; Ms Kelly TOLHURST,
United Kingdom, EC
This motion has not been discussed in the Assembly and commits only those who have signed it.
The Parliamentary Assembly expresses its concern that recent
coverage of events involving mass sexual attacks on predominantly
women has been less than candid.
Editorial pressure has clearly been exerted to prevent honest
handling of information related to the likely perpetrators of these
attacks.
Journalists should be able to cover politically sensitive
events without fear or favour.
The Assembly recommends that the mandate of the Council of
Europe’s “Platform to promote protection of journalism and safety
of journalists” be widened to embrace unwarranted editorial censorship
and calls upon the competent committee of the Assembly to submit
proposals for action as quickly as possible.
