(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has condemned as “absurd inflexibility” the decision of a federal appeal court to refuse to rehear the case of blogger Josh Wolf, who has been in prison since 18 September 2006 for refusing to hand over video footage shot at a demonstration that turned violent in July 2005. Wolf is […]
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has condemned as “absurd inflexibility” the decision of a federal appeal court to refuse to rehear the case of blogger Josh Wolf, who has been in prison since 18 September 2006 for refusing to hand over video footage shot at a demonstration that turned violent in July 2005. Wolf is therefore likely to remain in custody until July 2007, when a grand jury could decide to release him on bail.
“This young blogger does not represent any threat to national security, so keeping him in custody is a completely disproportionate step,” the worldwide press freedom organisation said after the 16 November ruling.
“The judges seem to want to teach a lesson to Wolf, a young man whose insolence has exasperated them, when their role should be simply to interpret the law,” it added.
For more information on this case: http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=18928
