Israel - Tel Aviv court approves Uri Blau's plea bargain with district attorney

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Read in Arabic (بالعربية) Reporters Without Borders notes that a Tel Aviv court today approved the plea bargain that Haaretz reporter Uri Blau reached with the district attorney on 5 July under which he pleaded guilty to illegally possessing classified documents in exchange for a sentence of four months of community service. Blau, who will begin serving the sentence on 11 September, could have received a sentence of up to seven years in prison under article 113-c of the penal code on a charge of (...)

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