Journalist acquitted and freed after a month in detention

Latvia
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PEN International

16 April 1999

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(WiPC/IFEX) – The Latvian PEN Centre is reporting that according to Latvian newspapers of 16 April 1999, journalist Tatyana Chaladze, who was arrested on 12 March to face trial on charges of defamation, was acquitted and freed from detention on 15 April. **Updates IFEX alert of 23 March 1999**

(WiPC/IFEX) – The Latvian PEN Centre is reporting that according to Latvian
newspapers of 16 April 1999, journalist Tatyana Chaladze, who was arrested
on 12 March to face trial on charges of defamation, was acquitted and freed
from detention on 15 April.

**Updates IFEX alert of 23 March 1999**

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