Some countries reverse free expression, seeing it as threat ~ AJJ News

Sunday 31 December 2017

Some countries reverse free expression, seeing it as threat

December 31, 2017

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two Turkish journalists face possible life sentences on charges they sent "subliminal messages" on television encouraging a government coup. In Hungary, oligarchs loyal to the prime minister have gained control of much of the media after the leading independent newspaper was shut down. And in Poland, a reporter is being threatened with a military trial for writing a book critical of the defense minister.