Vatileaks verdict welcomed by media freedom campaigns
by Alberto SpaminatoThe so-called Vatileaks 2 trial shows how, even in a western country that is a member of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) journalists can be accused of serious crime by judges from other countries and must defend themselves in front of foreign courts. They suffer because they have to pay high expenses (often not supported from publishers) to defend themselves. They risk being sentenced to prison even when the prosecutors recognise they did their job correctly, by gathering information on facts of public interest and publishing them in the public interest.…
