Current Affairs Czech journalists up in arms over a bill that would ban publication of police wiretappings

06-02-2009 16:48 | Daniela Lazarová

The lower house of Parliament on Thursday overturned a Senate veto on a bill that would outlaw publishing transcripts or broadcasting recordings of phone calls intercepted by the police without the consent of the person concerned. If the president signs the bill into law, journalists who violated the ban could face up to five years in prison or a fine of five million crowns.

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