THE RESOLUTION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ON THE STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND RUSSOPHOBIA
THE RESOLUTION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ON THE STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND RUSSOPHOBIA

Summary/Abstract: In November 2016, the European Parliament passed the resolution “EU Strategic Communications to Counteract Propaganda against It by Third Parties”. In this resolution, initiated by Polish deputy Anna Fotig, Russia is equated with the terrorist Islamic State, while Russian media, like RT and Sputnik, are listed in a totalitarian manner as “unacceptable”. The resolution is in legal conflict with Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which have guaranteed freedom of expression and information on the European soil since 1953. It is also in violation of the universal international conventions, such as: the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Therefore, it must be viewed in the context of politically motivated sanctions that the UN introduced against the Russian Federation in 2014.

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