Netherlands - Arrest warrant against ex-spokeswoman smacks of revenge by Hague tribunal

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is dumbfounded by the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) against its former spokeswoman, Florence Hartmann, who was convicted of contempt of court in 2009 for disclosing confidential documents. The Hague-based court imposed a fine of 7,000 euros on Hartmann, a French journalist and onetime spokeswoman of prosecutor Carla del Ponte, after ruling that she “knowingly and wilfully interfered with the (...)

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