Kosovo - Kosovo president sends new criminal code back to parliament

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders hails the refusal yesterday by President Atifete Jahjaga to promulgate Kosovo'as new penal code until the National Assembly has revised articles that threaten freedom of the press (see below). “We hail this decision by the president, who has shown herself to be attentive to the concerns of local journalists and the international community,” the press freedom organization said. “The dangerous implications of the law in its present form have at last been acknowledged (...)

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