Pravidelna sprava predstavitelky OBSE pre media o stave slobody medii v clenskych statoch OBSE. Toto je v sprave o Slovensku: Slovakia On 24 June I issued a public statement expressing concern about a recent ruling in which a district court ordered the newspaper Nový Čas to publish an apology to a plaintiff, who was one of three members of the Slovak judiciary suing a daily newspaper for defamation. I said that international standards call for public officials to endure a higher threshold of criticism by the public, including members of the media. On 8 September I issued a public statement saying that criminal libel charges filed against journalist Dušan Karolyi pose a threat to free media. Karolyi was brought to court for an article published in August 2013 in the weekly magazine Trend, about a court case against a former police employee. If convicted, Karolyi faces up to 5 years in prison. I called for the 25 full decriminalization of defamation since criminal charges can be used to protect public officials from criticism. On 1 October the charges were dismissed.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 18:39:11 +0000