Greek journalist pushed out of job after probing COVID-19 report
16.12.2020
Date:
16.12.2020
Number of cases:
1
Regions/Countries:
Europe: Greece
Alert types:
Censorship and regulation: Publication ban, take-down order or forced deletion, fine, administrative action
Leading Greek journalist Dimitra Kroustalli said that she had been forced to resign from her post at the newspaper To Vima following 鈥渟trangling pressure鈥� from the cabinet of the Greek prime minister over a damaging report she wrote about the flaws in the systems used to track and monitor COVID-19 cases.