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"Mr President, this year I would like to focus on a very important issue raised in this report. I am speaking of journalists who are arrested under various pretexts, for example on the basis of anti-terrorist legislation, for allegedly disseminating the views and propaganda of terrorist organisations as, in the course of their work, they raised matters that Ankara finds inconvenient.
The Antiterrorism Act has an enormous impact on free speech by journalists. Under Articles 6 and 7 of this Act it is enough for a journalist to publish information about a Kurdish demonstration to find themselves in jail. Such arrests are a reality and, acting as the European Parliament, we must insist on court cases involving journalists being carried out transparently, under appropriate conditions and with due respect for the law. Unfortunately we still do not have precise data concerning the number of journalists arrested or the number of current court cases involving journalists. Work is continuing on constitutional reform and the criminal code. The repeal of existing regulations is not, however, a solution. Turkey must change the way it applies existing laws. Even the best legal regulations will not ensure justice and respect for human rights if they are not interpreted sensibly."@en1
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