Kosovo government accused of "suffocating" media

29/09/2009

PRISTINA, Kosovo -- The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) accused Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and his government of threatening media freedom and freedom of speech on Monday (September 28th). AAK lawmaker Donika Kada-Bujupi compared the current government to the communist regime. According to her, the government's interventions are risking democracy and undermining progress achieved over the past decade.

Elsewhere, NGOs on Monday marked International Right to Know Day by describing the Public Prosecutor's Office as the least transparent institution in Kosovo. The police were described as the most transparent institution. (Zeri, Koha Ditore, Lajm - 29/09/09; Kohavision, Klan Kosova - 28/09/09)

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