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From · resolution motion joint · 11 Feb 2026 RC-10-2026-0120 on the targeted expulsions of foreign journalists and foreign Christians in Türkiye under national security pretexts
To · Adopted text · 12 Feb 2026 TA-10-2026-0047 Targeted expulsions of foreign journalists and foreign Christians in Türkiye under national security pretexts
✦ In short · AI narration of the differences below, generated 4 Sept 2026

Adds a recital and a paragraph linking the expulsions to broader restrictions on freedoms and democratic decline. #3#4 The other changes are formal or wording: a date is completed and a phrase is rephrased. #1#2

2 changes of substance, plus 1 formaland1 wording-only. Each change below carries a one-line ✦ note from the same model. Written from the two texts only — read the highlighted passages before relying on it.

The changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations (“having regard to …”), standard resolution paragraphs and punctuation-only edits are left out — they are in “Show every difference”.

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Change #3 Substance

Adds a recital citing the conversion of Hagia Sophia, destruction of churches, and pressure on Christians as evidence of systematic restrictions on freedoms.

F. whereas the conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque, the destruction of Christian churches, and sustained pressure on Christian communities, illustrate a broader and systematic pattern of restrictions on fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression and freedom of religion;

Change #4 Substance

Adds a paragraph stating that the expulsions occur amid democratic backsliding, judicial erosion, criminalisation of dissent, and attacks on civil society.

3. Considers that these targeted expulsions take place in a broader context of democratic backsliding, erosion of judicial independence, criminalisation of dissent and attacks on civil society;