Sub-Amendment to Amendment No. 12 | Doc. 13664 | 28 January 2015
Protection of media freedom in Europe
Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media
In amendment 12, replace the paragraph with the following paragraph:
"Concerned by the detention of Khadija Ismayilova, the criminal charges against Emin Huseynov and the closure of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Baku in December 2014, the Assembly calls on the authorities of Azerbaijan to respect the right to the presumption of innocence as well as freedom of expression of foreign media in Azerbaijan. Given the wide attention given to those criminal proceedings, judicial authorities should inform the media about their essential acts, without prejudice to the secrecy of investigations and the rights of victims or defendants."