Latvia - Special security police question two investigative reporters

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Latvia's special security police, the Drošības Policija, wednesday questioned two journalists with the Riga-based news website Pietiek for allegedly publishing classified information. One was placed under formal investigation. One of the two, Agnese Margēviča, a well-known investigative reporter, was questioned for two hours at Drošības Policija headquarters about an article published in the leading daily Diena on 7 April about the fraudulent privatization of a bank. After interrogation, she was (...)

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