Andrew BOREHAM BXL (+32) 2 28 42319 STR (+33) 3 881 74005 PORT (+32) 498 98 34 01 EMAIL press-en@europarl.europa.eu The fact that Saudi journalist Hamza Kashgari faces the death penalty for posting "blasphemous" comments on Twitter, and the opening of a Dutch web site to collect complaints against central and east Europeans, were criticized as affronts to universal and EU values by President Martin Schulz at the opening of the Strasbourg plenary session.
Andrew BOREHAM BXL (+32) 2 28 42319 STR (+33) 3 881 74005 PORT (+32) 498 98 34 01 EMAIL andrew.boreham@europarl.europa.eu Agnese KRIVADE BXL (+32) 2 28 43562 STR (+33) 3 881 74794 PORT (+32) 498 98 39 83 EMAIL prese-LV@europarl.europa.eu Atklājot plenārsesiju Strasbūrā, Eiropas Parlamenta priekšsēdētājs Martins Šulcs kritizēja Saūdi Arābijas žurnālistam Hamzam Kašgari piespriesto nāvessodu par "zaimojošu" komentāru ievietošanu "twitterī", un Nīderlandē izveidoto tīmekļa vietni, kurā apkopo sūdzības par darba ņēmējiem no Centrāleiropas un Austrumeiropas.