Wednesday, 05 April 2017
UN Seeks Criminal Charges Against Editor for His Reporting
Written by Alex Newman
The United Nations war on the free press and whistleblowers continues to escalate. After a UN “court” tried to put a journalist in jail, among other brazen attacks on media freedom, a UN agency is now abusing the Italian legal system to pursue criminal charges and crippling damages against a local newspaper and its editor. The supposed “crime”: allegedly damaging the reputation of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) through articles exposing corruption, lawlessness, cronyism, and nepotism within the Rome-based UN agency. It is hardly the first time the UN has sought to silence the press.
https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/25769-un-seeks-criminal-charges-against-editor-for-his-reporting
