Kostas
Vaxevanis, Greek investigative journalist, HOT DOC, and 2013 Index
award winner:
Impunity
generates corruption and its enemy is the one thing that exposes and
threatens it: the freedom of the press.
The HOT
DOC is currently facing 40 lawsuits mainly from ministers and
politicians in an attempt to shut us down as journalists. We reveal
scandals like one with the minister of justice, a former judge who
committed an “error” that granted amnesty to officials who had
abused public funds, and instead of answering in public as required
as politicians, we are being sued. We pester the courts and despite
winning lawsuits, we need more than 80,000 euro per year for court
expenses.
http://hotdoc.gr/article/3271/to-elliniko-kratos-sistimatikos-pelatis-tou-maestrou-tis-foroapofigis/
http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2013/11/greek-journalist-kostas-vaxevanis-acquited-privacy-charges/
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