Committee to Protect Journalists - Montenegro tag:cpj.org,2008-09-16://1 2012-04-30T19:10:00Z Movable Type 4.38 Journalist sentenced to jail for libel in Montenegro tag:cpj.org,2012://1.19275 2012-04-30T19:06:25Z 2012-04-30T19:10:00Z New York, April 30, 2012--The appeals court in Montenegro must overturn a libel verdict and four-month jail sentence given to journalist Petar Komnenic, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The Montenegrin authorities, who are seeking to join the European Union, decriminalized libel after the journalist's original conviction, according to... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, April 30, 2012--The appeals court in Montenegro must overturn a libel verdict and four-month jail sentence given to journalist Petar Komnenic, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The Montenegrin authorities, who are seeking to join the European Union, decriminalized libel after the journalist's original conviction, according to news reports.

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