On June 21, Macedonian journalists, intellectuals, artists,
and free thinkers breathed a sigh of relief. The U.N. special rapporteur on the
promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression,
Frank La Rue, visited Skopje and held one of the most straightforward and
honest press conferences on the state of freedom of the media we had seen in
years. La Rue's fact-finding mission concluded
that even though the Macedonian legal framework for media freedom is
satisfactory, its politicized practice raises serious concerns. Here are some
points the rapporteur highlighted:
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