Document #1258875

RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières (Author)

The editor of a satirical paper sentenced for making "insulting" comments about the pope

http://en.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=12329

ecoi.net description:
Editor of satirical newspaper Nie was ordered by the court to pay a fine equivalent to 5,000 Euros, after he was convicted of insulting Pope Jean-Paul II as a "foreign head of state"
Country:
Poland
Source:
RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières (Author)
Original link:
http://en.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=12329
Document type:
Appeal or News Release
Language:
English
Published:
25 January 2005
Document ID:
1258875 (former ID 13936)

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