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"Stop threats to journalists" / Reporters Without Borders against the Albanian prosecution

2022-09-29 19:01:00, Aktualitet CNA
 
"Stop threats to journalists" / Reporters Without Borders against the
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Reporters Without Borders  has come out with a statement where they call on the Albanian authorities to stop threatening journalists regarding the publication of news.

The statement states that "Albanian prosecutors have prohibited the media from covering matters of public interest, including threats to state institutions and a case of organized crime."

They appealed to prosecutors and courts to take into account the right to information.

"Reporters Without Borders (RSF) asks the authorities to avoid disproportionate measures and condemns the fact that journalists have been threatened with imprisonment for violating these prohibitions".

According to them, "State security and the confidentiality of judicial investigations are legitimate reasons for limiting the freedom of the press, but the authorities must take proportionate measures not to arbitrarily restrain this fundamental right.

No journalist should be threatened with prison sentences if they cover topics of public interest such as threats to state institutions and organized crime in accordance with media ethics. We call on the prosecutors and courts of Albania to take into account the right to information". / CNA.al

 





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