Draft of RDTL Media Law reported by Parliament Committee A on 2 May 2014 Page 7 Rough translation by La’o Hamutuk. See http://www.laohamutuk.org/misc/MediaLaw/14MediaLaw.htm for original and other materials. 6. Internship ends with an examination by the Press Council in which the trainee must demonstrate knowledge related to professional ethics, rights and duties of journalists, functions and duties of the media, state functions in the media sector and other relevant issues to legal regime of journalistic activity. 7. Internship takes place under the rules of principal, permanent, paid employment with at least the national minimum wage. Article 17 Incompatibilities 1. The profession of journalism cannot be performed concurrently with the following functions: a) Civil servant; b) Office-holder in a sovereign body, a local authority or in community leadership; c) Leader of a political party; d) Public relations or advisor for press, communications or images; e) Any activity aimed at promoting goods or services in the form of advertising. 2. The provisions of paragraph a) above shall not apply to civil servants who perform the functions of a journalist for the state’s media. 3. While performing the duties specified in paragraph 1, the professional must return his/her credentials to the Press Council, and is banned from exercising journalistic activity. 4. The ban ends when the situation that gave rise to it ceases, and the journalist may again exercise his/her duties as a journalist, when re-integrated into any media organization. 5. Violation of paragraph 1 of this Article shall be punished by a fine of $250 to $1,000. Article 18 Freedom of membership 1. Journalists have the right to affiliate with journalist organizations of their free choice. 2. Whoever compels or coerces a journalist to join a particular organization by any means, shall be punished with a fine of $250 to $500. Article 19 Rights 1. A journalist has the right to identify with their name any work which they have authored or in which they have collaborated. 2. A journalist has a right of access to official sources of information, in accordance with law. 3. A journalist has a right of access to all events open to the public, within the performance of their functions, as well as those which, although access is restricted, are or could be open to the media in general. 4. A journalist has the right to professional secrecy, and may not be forced to disclose their sources of information, except when so ordered by a court under the criminal procedure law. 5. A journalist cannot be compelled to express or subscribe to opinions or to do work contrary to their conscience or the Code of Ethics of Journalists, and cannot be sanctioned because of this refusal. 6. A journalist cannot be detained, or prevented in any way from performing relevant activity in a place where his/her presence as a media professional is required. 7. A journalist cannot, in any case, be dispossessed of their professional materials or forced to display collected evidence, except by judicial ruling. 8. A journalist has the right to participate in the affairs of the media organization where they are working, including on the editorial board or similar body, if any, under the respective statutes.