17 Amendments of Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL related to 2022/2057(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to Article 4 of the Third Geneva Convention referring to ‘war correspondents’, Article 79 of additional Protocol I on ‘measures of protection for journalists’ and the other articles protecting such professionals as civilians in times of armed conflict,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas every human being has the right to freedom of opinexpression and expressinformation; whereas this right includes the freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any medium and regardless of borders; whereas democracies can only function when citizens have access to independent information; whereas media freedom and pluralism are crucial components of the right to freedom of expression and information; whereas key democratic tasks of the media include strengthening transparency and democratic accountability; whereas journalists play an essential role in promoting democratic values, human rights and fundamental freedoms;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas states have obligations to safeguard the fundamental rights associated with journalists, such as the right to freedom of expression and opinion, the right to life and the right to personal dignity; whereas international human rights law establishes thatitarian law provides for the protection of journalists includes preventingand war correspondents, giving them immunity in armed conflict; whereas international human rights law also prohibits all forms of discrimination against journalists without distinction of any kind, including race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, and property, birth or other status;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas recent years have shown a growing pattern of intimidation aimed at silencing journalists, in particular war correspondents and journalists reporting on situations in certain totalitarian states or dictatorships; whereas this is a situation that requires urgent action to uphold the essential role of the independent media in ensuring transparency and accountability;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas investigative journalists working to expose corruption are being particularly targeted; whereas there is no definition of ‘corruption’ at international level, which makes it difficult to harmonise international rules for prosecuting people for it and complicates cooperation among countries to bring to justice those who commit the crime of corruption, leaving the journalists who reveal those crimes, and their families, unprotected;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas technological innovation has increased the capacity of individuals, governments and other bodies to spy on journalists, compromise their digital security and force censorship upon them; whereas such attacks may include compromising journalists’ accounts, locking them out of their accounts, subjecting them to intrusive malware, targeting them with hateful and violent content, publicly discrediting them and gathering and publishing personal information about them onliner their families; whereas surveillance and digital threats are having a negative impact on press freedom worldwide and limit journalists’ ability to investigate and report;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, in 2022, 667 journalists were killed and 64 were reported missing; whereas, according to that committee, Latin America was the most deadly region for members of the press, with 30 journalists having been murdered, and whereas this accounts for almost 50% of the total number of journalists and media workers killed globally; whereas this region is regarded as ‘peaceful’, with no large-scale armed conflict;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the safety of journalists is crucial to guarantee their ability to do their job properly; whereas countries have to be guarantors of the integrity of the journalists operating on their territory;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the rapid growth of online and social media has amplified mis- and disinformation, as well as the spread of fake news, seeking to discredit credible sources of information and targeting journalists, fact checkers and media workers who are endeavouring to limit this spread; whereas an increasing number of people are turning to the internet and social media to keep themselves informed;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the killing, forced exile and imprisonment of journalists, cartoonists, bloggers and media workers continue to be a widespread phenomenon, as does impunity for these actions; whereas online spaces are increasingly becoming a hostile environment and violence against female journalists has been intensifying;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas media capture, a lack of institutional transparency, hate speech and disinformation are increasingly being exploited for political purposes to intensify social polarisation; whereas these practices are used by totalitarian regimes to hold on to power;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital V
Recital V
V. whereas data analysis and algorithms are having an increasing impact on the information made accessible to citizens; whereas several countries have adopted cybercrime laws that furtherlaws falsely purporting to combat cybercrime, which stifle press freedom by targeting independent and critical journalists whose investigations, in many cases, were focused on state actors; whereas journalists have been imprisoned, forcibly exiled and tortured for reporting on corruption and other human rights abuses;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that every human being has the right to freedom of expression, opinion and expressinformation and that this right includes the freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any medium and regardless of borders; recalls the essential role that journalists play in promoting democratic values, human rights and fundamental freedoms;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls the essential role played by political and investigative journalists in fighting against human rights violations by performing their role as watchdogs for democracy and the rule of law through the collection of reliable and relevant information, thereby exposing state repression, corruption, criminal networks and all kind of human rights abuses, which ensures the necessary checks and balances to hold persons in power to account; highlights the fact that these activities put journalists at increased personal risk;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates its concern about the lack of specific legal or policy frameworksCalls on states to uphold the international standards to which they subscribe in order to protecting journalists and, correspondents and all media workers from violence, threats and intimidation at global scale; calls onondemns the fact that some public figures and authority/or representatives to refrain fromof state authorities publicly denigratinge journalists in public, as this undermines trust in the media across society; underlines the important role of journalists in reporting on protests and demonstrations and calls for them to be protected so that they can carry out their jobs without fear;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the EU delegations to apply the EU human rights guidelines on freedom of expression online and offline in a uniform and consistent manner as they pertain to protecting journalists and defending press freedom; strongly encourage the EEAS to undertake all efforts to promote, harness and share examples of good practices, especially with EU officials prior to assignments in third countries; urges EU delegations in third countries to mount information campaigns to ensure that the general public is aware of the dangers that fake news poses and questions its veracity;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the EEAS to establish, an urgencys a matter of urgency, an immediate response plan to be followed by all the EU delegations with a range of protective tools, such as the issuing of statements, assisting and coordinating trial monitoring, conducting prison visits, visiting the homes or offices of at-risk journalists, raising cases urgently with the authorities, using bilateral dialogues to raise press freedom concerns, facilitating rest and respite opportunities for at-risk or traumatised journalists, supporting temporary relocation and/or evacuation, providing physical accompaniment in extreme situations, and seeking to advocate and build the capacity of local law enforcement, judicial and governmental authorities to protect journalists and their families, including by pushing for full accountability for abuses of press freedom;