Belgian bill threatens investigative journalism

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Belgian authorities to exempt journalists and whistleblowers acting in the public interest from a proposed law under which divulging classified information would be punishable by up to five years in prison.Proposed by Didier Reynders, Belgium’s minister for foreign affairs and defence, the bill was hardly noticed when it was approved by the cabinet in early May.

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