PACE Appoints Rapporteur on Safety of Journalists and Human Rights Defenders
Strasbourg/11.10.22/Turan: Issues related to the threats to the life and safety of journalists and human rights defenders in Azerbaijan were discussed on October 11 in the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
The committee appointed British MP Hannah Bardell as rapporteur to investigate and prepare a report on the topic.
A group of PACE deputies called for the preparation of a draft resolution on the subject of threats to the life and safety of journalists and human rights defenders in Azerbaijan for the summer session of PACE.
For two years, Hanna Bardell will deal with these issues and prepare reports for PACE.-16d-
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