(RSF/IFEX) – On 9 August 2002, RSF protested the intimidation campaign targeting journalist Silvia Vranceanu, of the opposition daily newspaper “Evenimentul Zilei”. “It is intolerable that an opposition journalist is personally targeted because of what her newspaper publishes, especially when her private life is affected,” RSF Secretary-General Robert Ménard said in a letter to Prime […]
(RSF/IFEX) – On 9 August 2002, RSF protested the intimidation campaign targeting journalist Silvia Vranceanu, of the opposition daily newspaper “Evenimentul Zilei”.
“It is intolerable that an opposition journalist is personally targeted because of what her newspaper publishes, especially when her private life is affected,” RSF Secretary-General Robert Ménard said in a letter to Prime Minister Adrian Nastase. “We ask you to rein in the political figures in the Social Democratic Party who have been responsible for this intimidation,” Ménard added.
Vranceanu, aged 26, is her newspaper’s correspondent in Focsani (200 km east of the capital). She has been the target of intimidation since the newspaper ran articles raising questions about the ruling Social-Democratic Party’s regional leaders, including the head of the county government, Marius Oprisan. In early August, the private television station OTV broadcast a 50-minute video recording showing the journalist dancing naked at a private party eight years ago. Oprisan had earlier warned her of the broadcast. The journalist says she has also received anonymous threats.
