Slovak president urged to veto extending politicians’ right of reply

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) urges Slovakia’s president not to sign the media law amendments that the country’s parliament passed today, because they would give Slovak politicians an automatic right of reply in the media whenever they think their “honour or reputation” has been affected.Robert Fico, who was forced to resign as prime minister in March 2018 after investigative reporter Ján Kuciak’s murder the previous month, had declared a “war” on journalists and had threate

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