Tag: Self-censorship
The Helsinki court convicted two journalists of revealing national secrets
Tuomo Pietiläinenthe reporter who was primarily responsible for the story was fined 50 days. Laura Halminenanother reporter mentioned in the byline, was not convicted because of his lesser role. “The other journalist had a clearly smaller role than his colleague and had sought to ensure that the publication was legal. The district court refrained from…
International Round-Up: Danish artist launches lawsuit to protect statue
Every student at Hong Kong University knows ‘The Pillar of Shame’, the Danish artist Jens Galschiøt’s impressive eight meter high, two ton orange sculpture of bodies deformed by pain and despair. And now Galschiøt – who sculpted it in 1997 in memory of the victims of the June 4, 1989 massacre, when the Chinese army…