"Freedom under threat, say journalists"

No kidding.

Freedom under threat, say journalists
10/11/2007

A report claiming press freedom is under threat in Europe is to be launched in Dublin today.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern will officially open the 45th Annual Congress of the Association of European Journalists (AEJ) which takes place in Dublin Castle.

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Entitled Goodbye to Freedom?, the report claims restrictive laws, unjustified political interventions, jail, death threats and in some cases even murder have been used to limit or suppress media freedom.

The countries included are Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey and the UK.... [link]

Same could be said, of course, for restrictive laws and threats/violence against bloggers and other activists -- not to mention the upcoming restrictive laws the EU Empire has in store for us all!