Georgia - Serbian travel journalist held in South Ossetia

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns Serbian travel journalist Viktor Lazic's detention since 10 September in the self-proclaimed independent republic of South Ossetia and calls for his immediate release. Arrested by border guards after entering the territory from Georgia, Lazic is being held in its capital, Tskhinvali, on a charge of crossing the border illegally. A polyglot law graduate and PhD student who has written two best-sellers about his travels, Lazic is currently on his (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - vendredi 16 septembre 2011