1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/Russian journalist on trial for defaming local governor in Internet chat room - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="hetcaRHiMs"><a href="https://cpj.org/2007/02/russian-journalist-on-trial-for-defaming-local-gov/">Russian journalist on trial for defaming local governor in Internet chat room</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2007/02/russian-journalist-on-trial-for-defaming-local-gov/embed/#?secret=hetcaRHiMs" width="600" height="338" title="“Russian journalist on trial for defaming local governor in Internet chat room” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="hetcaRHiMs" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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New York, February 23, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the criminal defamation prosecution of Dmitry Tashlykov, a reporter for the Kovrov-based weekly Vladimirsky Krai, for remarks made in an Internet chat room. Tashlykov was charged with defaming Vladimir regional Governor Nikolai Vinogradov in an Internet chat room in January 2006. His trial…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260