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Document 92003E000935
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0935/03 by Graham Watson (ELDR) to the Commission. Seychelles.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0935/03 by Graham Watson (ELDR) to the Commission. Seychelles.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0935/03 by Graham Watson (ELDR) to the Commission. Seychelles.
OJ C 33E, 6.2.2004, pp. 94–95
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WRITTEN QUESTION E-0935/03
by Graham Watson (ELDR) to the Commission
(26 March 2003)
Subject: Seychelles
What is the Commission's view of the legal actions brought by the President and Vice-President of the Seychelles against the publication REGAR?
Does the Commission believe that press freedom in the Seychelles can be protected?
Answer given by Mr Nielson on behalf of the Commission
(14 April 2003)
The Commission has on several occasions underlined that the Community's relations with the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States, as defined in the Cotonou Agreement, are based on respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.
The Commission has received no official information on the case raised by the Honourable Member but will follow it and, if appropriate, will remind the Government of Seychelles of its commitments as a signatory of the Cotonou Agreement.