Death threats against Swiss journalist

NewsThe Swiss section of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is extremely concerned to learn of the death threats received by Arnaud Bédat, a Swiss journalist with the weekly L’Illustré, in connection with his reporting on Andriy Pavelko, the president of the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU). RSF calls on the Swiss authorities to give him full protection.Bédat’s articles focused on a 4 million euro loan that Pavelko received on behalf of the FFU from the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), based in the Swiss town of Nyon.

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