RSF decries Montenegrin journalist’s 18-month jail sentence

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled by the 18-month prison sentence that a Montenegro high court imposed today on investigative reporter Jovo Martinovic because of his journalistic investigations into arms trafficking, and calls on international bodies not to tolerate this flagrant violation of the freedom to inform.The court convicted Martinovic on charges of drug trafficking and criminal association despite the overwhelming evidence that his contacts with organized crime were solely the results of his invest

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