Slovenia - Slovenian justice system sanctions journalists in climate of political hostility to media

Reporters without borders

The Slovenian social democratic party – SDS – took a regressive step in 2008 by pushing through a new penal code that eliminated previous authorization to publish classified information deemed to be in the public interest. Now, four journalists are being prosecuted for bringing secret documents to light. In three similar cases, journalists reported on classified documents. These had been leaked by a political group trying to weaken its opponents. The journalists were then hit with legal (...)

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