9. Welcomes new radio and TV laws which provide for several positive developments such as an increase in the percentage that foreign entities may lawfully own in Turkish media companies (50%, up from 25%), but expresses concern at the fact that broadcasting may be stopped on grounds of national security without a court order or a ruling by a judge; notes with concern the practice of bringing criminal prosecutions – especially under Article 285 of the Penal Code on ‘breaching the confidentiality of a criminal investigation’ and Article 288 on ‘attempting to influence the judiciary’ – against journalists who communicate evidence of human ...[+++]rights violations or raise other issues in the public interest; considers the criminalisation of opinions as a key obstacle to the protection of human rights in Turkey and deplores disproportionate restriction of the freedoms of expression, association and assembly; urges Turkey to comply rigorously with its international human rights obligations in this respect by amending its relevant legislation and by training its police and judiciary;

Welcomes new radio and TV laws which provide for several positive developments such as an increase in the percentage that foreign entities may lawfully own in Turkish media companies (50 %, up from 25 %), but expresses concern at the fact that broadcasting may be stopped on grounds of national security without a court order or a ruling by a judge; notes with concern the practice of bringing criminal prosecutions – especially under Article 285 of the Penal Code on ‘breaching the confidentiality of a criminal investigation’ and Article 288 on ‘attempting to influence the judiciary’ – against journalists who communicate evidence of human r ...[+++]ights violations or raise other issues in the public interest; considers the criminalisation of opinions as a key obstacle to the protection of human rights in Turkey and deplores disproportionate restriction of the freedoms of expression, association and assembly; urges Turkey to comply rigorously with its international human rights obligations in this respect by amending its relevant legislation and by training its police and judiciary;

A number of interest groups came to make clarifications about the problem of rebroadcasting certain programs on the internet, including BCE, CBC, the Société professionnelle des auteurs et des compositeurs du Québec, the Society for Reproduction Rights for Authors, Composers and Publishers in Canada, the Canadian Cable Television Association, the Société des auteurs de radio télévision et cinéma (SARTEC), the Association des producteurs de films et de ...[+++]télévision du Québec, the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada and the Fédération nationale des communications .

J. whereas massive crackdowns on free media took place, including threats to the personal integrity of journalists, during the demonstrations on 19 October; whereas the police assaulted a number of Belarussian and foreign journalists, stopping the street action in downtown Minsk, special units beat the cameramen of the Russian NTV and REN TV channels and smashed the camera of the NTV crew, security forces hit a Radio Liberty reporter in the stomach and the Associated Press photo reporter Syarhey Hryts was detained together with some ...[+++] protesters,

Only 12 stakeholders were opposed to it, namely Vidéotron Communication Inc.; Cogeco Cable Canada Inc.; the Specialty and Premium Television Association; Action Réseau consommateurs; Astral; Télé-Québec; the Association des producteurs de films et de télévision du Québec; the Canadian Association of Broadcasters; the Canadian Cable Television Associati ...[+++]on; Pierre de Savoye and Roland Saumure.

Member States shall ensure that the noise maps are made available to the public as well as to appropriate organisations such as environmental organisations, consumer organisations, organisations representing the interests of sensitive populations and other relevant health-care bodies by means, for example, of broadcast media, press, information screens or computer-network services, by publishing them on the Internet or any other on-line facility, or are published in some other suitable way, within two months of their approval by the competent authority.