One of the defendants received a fine in relation to the publication of an article about an intelligence centre in 2017, while charges against a third journalist were dismissed.
The verdict in the trial of Finland’s largest newspaper for revealing state secrets in 2017 will be announced by the end of January 2023. Worried about the domestic and international impact of the criminal prosecution of journalists in a country ranked fifth in its World Press Freedom Index, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) monitored the proceedings in Helsinki.
Bearing hallmarks of the 2019 Australia Federal Police raid on the ABC over its 'Afghan Files', Finnish journalists are on trial for treason afte
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