A Montenegro court has jailedĀ a journalist for four months for libel. Journalist Petar Komnenic was convicted in February 2011 over a 2007 report in Montenegrin weekly news magazine Monitor, which alleged that the state had illegally placed several senior judges under surveillance. He was ordered to pay a fine of 3,000 Euros (2,450 GBP) or serve four months in jail. Komnenic refused to pay and appealed to a higher court, which ruled he should do community service instead. But on 18 April a magistrate in the capital PodgoricaĀ reinstated the prison sentence.
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Montenegro: Journalist jailed for libel
A Montenegro court has jailedĀ a journalist for four months for libel. Journalist Petar Komnenic was convicted in February 2011 over a 2007 report in Montenegrin weekly news magazine Monitor, which alleged that the state had illegally placed several senior judges under surveillance. He was ordered to pay a fine of 3,000 Euros (2,450 GBP) or […]
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