Montenegro - Four-month jail term for libel seen as test for EU membership will

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is outraged by a Podgorica court's decision this week to sentence journalist Petar Komnenic to four months in prison on a libel charge for reporting in 2007 that high court judges had been illegally placed under surveillance. “We are extremely disappointed and disturbed,” Reporters Without Borders said. “Imposing a jail sentence on a journalist for a press offence is absolutely unacceptable, especially in a country that is a candidate to join the European Union. “The (...)

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