by Petra Reski
The investigative journalist and author Petra Reski protests in her blog that the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights represents an attack on freedom of expression. Its ruling hinges on the fact that she used internal documents from the Criminal Investigator’s Office as the source for her story. And Europe’s highest court has now decided – with one dissenting judge – that that is not good enough and a journalist must do his or her own research. As ECPMF has reported, Reski is a brave investigative journalist who has specialised in researching mafia cases.
Petra Reski.…