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Another Greek journalist arrested amidst free speech protests
Another Greek journalist was arrested after threatening to expose damaging information about the country’s economy. This move comes in amid public protests against government media censorship following two high-profile cases. Facing public discontent and mass protests, Greece’s government has been curtailing free speech and implementing media censorship, as parliament tries to pass new harsh austerity measures in order to qualify for new US$40 billion of EU bailout money. Last night Spiros Karatzaferis, a Greek television journalist, was arrested after threatening to expose damaging allegations about the ... (full story)