Azerbaijan’s Chairmanship of the Council of Europe: what follow-up on respect for human rights?

Amendment No. 2 | 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

Origin

2017 - Fourth part-session

In the draft resolution, at the end of paragraph 3, replace the words "on the basis of alleged charges relating to their work" with the following words:

"allegedly in retaliation for their work."

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.