(RSF/IFEX) – On 4 December 1997, legal proceedings against Davor Buktovic, journalist with the weekly “Globus”, were to begin in a Zagreb court. Charges of “defamation” have been brought against Buktovic by 22 ministers and a former prime minister of Croatia following the recent publication in “Globus” of an article on corruption that was accompanied […]
(RSF/IFEX) – On 4 December 1997, legal proceedings against Davor
Buktovic, journalist with the weekly “Globus”, were to begin in a
Zagreb court. Charges of “defamation” have been brought against
Buktovic by 22 ministers and a former prime minister of Croatia
following the recent publication in “Globus” of an article on
corruption that was accompanied by a photo of the officials in
question. The ministers have also launched individual suits
seeking to obtain from the newspaper 222,000 kunas (US$ 32,800)
each for moral harm they claim was done to them. Buktovic himself
could be imprisoned for eight years.
Recommended Action
Send appeals to authorities:
Davor Buktovic and “Globus”
are carried out in a fair manner and so that the harassment of
journalists who write articles critical of the government stops
Appeals To
His Excellency Franjo Tudjman
President of the Republic of Croatia
Zagreb, Croatia
Fax: +385 1 443 075/444 532/456 5188
Please copy appeals to the source if possible.
