ZAGREB, Jan 29 (Hina) - "Reporters Without Frontiers" (RSF), a non-government organisation seated in France, on Friday issued a public statement requesting envoys at the Council of Europe to review Croatia's status in the Council, due
to the situation of media freedom in the country, RSF coordinator for Europe, Alexandre Levy, said. Ahead of this year's elections, "authorities in Zagreb are using it monopoly over the distribution of press to quench the recent voicing of discontentment," the statement said. The "Tisak" distribution company is refusing to pay back debts to the "Feral Tribune" and "Nacional" independent weeklies, disturbing their functioning, they stressed. The RSF called on Croatian authorities to "cease the legal and economic disturbing of independent media". Croatia is the only country in Europe where it is allowed to detain a reporter for libelling the President or for giving out inform
ZAGREB, Jan 29 (Hina) - "Reporters Without Frontiers" (RSF), a non-
government organisation seated in France, on Friday issued a public
statement requesting envoys at the Council of Europe to review
Croatia's status in the Council, due to the situation of media
freedom in the country, RSF coordinator for Europe, Alexandre Levy,
said.
Ahead of this year's elections, "authorities in Zagreb are using it
monopoly over the distribution of press to quench the recent
voicing of discontentment," the statement said.
The "Tisak" distribution company is refusing to pay back debts to
the "Feral Tribune" and "Nacional" independent weeklies,
disturbing their functioning, they stressed.
The RSF called on Croatian authorities to "cease the legal and
economic disturbing of independent media".
Croatia is the only country in Europe where it is allowed to detain a
reporter for libelling the President or for giving out information
which could disturb citizens, the statement said.
(hina) lml