Current Affairs Journalists raise alarm after MPs pass bill to make publication of police wiretaps illegal
Transcripts of police wiretaps are regular fodder for the Czech media, but perhaps not for much longer. On Friday MPs in the lower house approved 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 bill becomes law, newspapers, broadcasters and internet sites would face heavy sanctions, including – in extreme cases - prison sentences.
Jaroslav Plesl (Foto: www.lidovky.cz)
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