14 February 2007
Council of Europe to Set Up Watchdog on Free Expression
13 February 2007
The Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly has announced plans to establish an office to monitor attacks on journalists in Europe.
On 25 January 2007, the Assembly passed a resolution stating that it would "establish a specific monitoring mechanism for identifying and analysing attacks on the lives and freedom of expression of journalists in Europe as well as the progress made by national law enforcement authorities and national parliaments in their investigations of these attacks."
The resolution also called on all member states of the Council of Europe to "conduct parliamentary investigations into the unresolved murders of journalists as well as attacks and death threats against them, in order to shed light on individual cases and develop as a matter of urgency effective policies for the greater safety of journalists."
The resolution followed the release of a Council of Europe report that expressed grave concerns about the impunity surrounding attacks on journalists in the region, including the recent murders of Russian reporter Anna Polikovskaya and Turkish editor Hrant Dink.
Visit these links:
- Council of Europe Resolution: http://tinyurl.com/2u8t5u
- Council of Europe Report: http://tinyurl.com/3ahzcc
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