The Committee to Protect Journalists joined nine other press freedom groups on Tuesday in expressing disappointment after Romania’s prosecutor’s office at the Bucharest Court of Appeal decided to close the investigation into the harassment and smear campaign against investigative journalist Emilia Șercan.
Since January 2022, Șercan has received threatening emails and social media messages, and several intimate photos of her were shared online after she published an article alleging that then-Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă plagiarized his doctoral dissertation.
CPJ and other organizations previously wrote to Romanian authorities in 2022 and 2023, calling for a swift and independent investigation into Șercan’s case.
Read the full statement here: