Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Austin Mitchell (Labour), on Tuesday, 13 November 2012, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 29 members in total.

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MEDIA FREEDOM IN TURKEY

That this House condemns the continued imprisonment of approximately 76 journalists in Turkey, the highest number in the world, on what appear to be politically motivated terror charges; expresses alarm over the arbitrary nature of these prosecutions and the lack of due process or fair treatment in the courts received by these journalists; holds deep concerns that a number of journalists in prison are on indefinite hunger strike; expresses apprehension over the deterioration in media freedom in Turkey, in particular the Kurdish media and those who are critical of government policy; and echoes the call of the European Federation of Journalists that Turkey should make urgent reforms to protect press freedom and drop charges against journalists being prosecuted under anti-terror and anti-state laws.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

724 

Session

2012-13

Other sponsors

John McDonnell

Jeremy Corbyn

Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

Bob Russell

Ian Lavery

Subjects

Human rights Middle East Eastern Europe

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk