Document #1001311

CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author)

Story satirizing Putin’s birth goal prompts government retaliation

http://www.cpj.org/news/2006/europe/russia23may06na.html

ecoi.net description:
Criminal libel investigation against editor-in-chief of news Web site Kursiv for insulting President Putin; he satirized president’s goal to boost birth rate
Country:
Russian Federation
Source:
CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author)
Published:
23 May 2006
Original link:
http://www.cpj.org/news/2006/europe/russia23may06na.html
Document type:
Appeal or News Release
Language:
English
Document ID:
1001311 (former ID 49479)

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