1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/SUPREME COURT ANNULS SECOND DECREE USED TO JAIL PASKO - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="sVJTyJlsmY"><a href="https://cpj.org/2002/02/supreme-court-annuls-second-decree-used-to-jail-pa/">SUPREME COURT ANNULS SECOND DECREE USED TO JAIL PASKO</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2002/02/supreme-court-annuls-second-decree-used-to-jail-pa/embed/#?secret=sVJTyJlsmY" width="600" height="338" title="“SUPREME COURT ANNULS SECOND DECREE USED TO JAIL PASKO” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="sVJTyJlsmY" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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New York, February 13, 2002—CPJ commends today's decision by the Military Collegium of the Russian Supreme Court to nullify a clause in a 1990 Defense Ministry decree used to convict military journalist Grigory Pasko. Pasko was convicted of treason in December 2001, based on the charge that he intended to leak classified information to Japanese…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2001/10/colophon.gif