OBCT joins MFRR partners in expressing dismay over the recent court ruling involving a SLAPP lawsuit against Greek media outlet Alterthess and one of its journalists, Stavroula Poulimeni. Given the dangerous consequences that such a legal precedent could have, MFRR organisations have decided to provide funding to cover legal fees for their appeal
The instrumental use of EU data protection threatens press freedom in Greece. The case of journalist Stavroula Poulimeni and the independent media outlet Alterthess, sentenced in the first instance to pay compensation of 3,000 euros to Efstathios Lialos, executive of the Hellas Gold gold mine
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Ahead of tomorrow’s lawsuit hearing by an Athens court against journalist Stavroula Poulimeni and the independent media cooperative Alterthess, for allegedly breaching data protection laws by reporting on the conviction of a gold mining company’s senior executive for environmental damage, Kondylia Gogou, Amnesty International’s Researcher on Greece said: “Targeting a small independent media outlet and […]