"The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia": : Media prohibition on publishing information on possible criminal activities

• Autores: Borce Manevski
• Localización: IRIS: Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory, ISSN-e 1023-8565, Nº. 3, 2015, págs. 22-23
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • “The Public Prosecutor’s Office holds it necessary to emphasise that the publishing of materials which may become the subject of possible future criminal proceedings is prohibited and punishable by law” reads the press release, published on the Public Prosecutor’s website. This reaction of the Public Prosecutor came after undercover footage was shown in the media of the leader of the opposition informing the Prime Minister that he possesses materials on corrupted activities of high-ranking state officials. In a police action which has been named “Coup”, the leader of the opposition was charged with violence against representatives of high-ranking state authorities and was ordered to surrender his passport, while three more persons were detained under suspicion of espionage for a foreign secret service.