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Resolution
adopted by the AEJ General Assembly, 9 November 2007 |
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In connection
with the issue of media freedom and the obligation of all members of
the Council of Europe to abide by the European Convention on Human Rights, in
particular article 10, the AEJ's General Assembly adopted the following
resolution: The Association of European Journalists deplores
the action of Slovakia's Supreme Court in rejecting
the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights
in Strasbourg concerning the right of journalist Martin
Klein to publish a satirical article about a church
leader, Archbishop Jan Sokol. The position of Slovakia's judicial
authorities places the country in breach of its legal obligations as a member
of the Council of Europe to uphold freedom of expression. This has happened
at a time when Slovakia should be setting a correct example as it starts
its six-month term as chairman of the Committee of Ministers,
the Council of Europe's executive body, on
12 November 2007. Resolution passed at
the Annual General Assembly of the AEJ in Dublin, Ireland, on
9 November 2007 |
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