Alerts | Online intimidation or smear

Moldova journalist harassed for reporting on unsafe working conditions in textile factory

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Journalist and editor Natalia Cebotari faced intimidated and harassment and was fined the equivalent of €123 for slander over a Facebook post in which she reported on worker’s claims of the unsafe working conditions and lack of disinfectant inside their textile factory during Covid-19. She was pressured by authorities to reveal her sources.

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