Activities of Karol KARSKI related to 2022/2057(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the protection of journalists around the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter
Amendments (5)
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas professional journalists have a mission to provide the public with information on general or specialised topics of interest as responsibly and as objectively as possible; whereas the need to distinguish berween facts and opinion is a widely accepted standard of journalistic practice; whereas it is important to consider the societal role played by all media workers and support staff, as well as community media workers and so-called citizen journalists;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the challenges that journalists encounter in undertaking their work are manifold, including restrictions on movement, such as deportations and denial of access to a country or a particular area, arbitrary arrests and detention, violation of due process guarantees; sentencing on trumped-up charges; torture, sexual violence, particularly against female journalists, confiscation of and damage to equipment, information theft, illegal surveillance and office break- ins, intimidation, harassment of family members, death threats, stigmatisation and smear campaigns to discredit journalists, abductions, enforced disappearances, killings and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas in addition to violence against and intimidation and, harassment and killing of journalists, impunity and a lack of prosecution lead to self-censorship or have a chilling effect;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the attempts by public authorities to silence independent media or undermine their freedom and pluralism and to restrict the public's access to reliable information via internet shutdowns, surveillance, blocking or filtering online content and through requests for content removal to platforms; warns against practices that indirectly subdue such media by means of financial patronage and condemns, in particular, attempts to control media public service;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote sustainable measures in all their agreements and partnerships with third countries aimed at financing and supporaimed at protecting independent journalism in third countries ; calls, in this regard, on the Commission and the Member States to allocate funds to that end, including by increasing the allocation for the human rights and democracy thematic programme of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe (NDICI);