8 Amendments of Ilhan KYUCHYUK related to 2022/2057(INI)
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas female journalists face gender-specific forms of violence, such as sexual and online harassment; whereas online harassment and abuse are often highly sexualised, based not on the content of victims’ work, but on their physical traits, cultural backgrounds or private lives; whereas these threats may lead female journalists to self-censor and have a chilling effect on press freedom and freedom of expression; whereas experts have consistently found evidence that women are in the minority across media sectors, particularly in creative roles, and are severely underrepresented at senior decision-making levels; whereas several countries discourage or even ban women from pursuing carriers in journalism;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls on the EU and the Member States to enact emergency visa programs to create a pathway specifically for journalists at risk; stresses the importance of facilitating the resettlement process for journalists at risk and supporting their work in exile;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Calls for special attention to be paid to ensuring the continuity of the work of journalists and media professionals working in conflict zones, as very often they are financially prevented from continuing their important work as a result of conflicts;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Reiterates its call for the EU to establish a European Democratic Media Fund to support independent journalism in (potential) enlargement and European neighbourhood countries and in candidate and potential candidate countries;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Calls on the EU and Member States to exert political and diplomatic pressure to change the policies and practices of third countries to discourage or even ban women from pursuing carriers in journalism;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Calls on the Council and the EEAS to impose targeted sanctions under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions (the EU Magnitsky Act) against individuals and entities responsible for human rights violations against journalists and media workers;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Highlights the importance to ensure that EU support for media development is not limited to providing skills to journalist and media workers, but also enables obtaining technical work equipment, which is regularly voiced by independent journalists from third countries;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Strongly encourages increasing support for funding programmes, statements and public events aimed at enhancing protection mechanisms of the UN and the Inter-American Court on Human Rights in consultation with journalists and CSOs supporting journalists; stresses that some crimes against journalists and media workers should be investigated by the International Criminal Court and calls on the EU and the Member States to provide the necessary support for the investigation;