Montenegro appeal court quashes Jovo Martinović’s 18-month jail sentence

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomes a Montenegro appeal court’s decision to quash investigative journalist Jovo Martinović’s conviction on charges of marijuana smuggling and criminal association, for which he was given an 18 month jail sentence, and calls on the court that retries him to issue an impartial and courageous decision.The appeal court in the capital, Podgorica, ruled on 24 October that the prosecution failed to prove that Martinović committed any crime or to produce enough hard evidence to justify a prison sente

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