Tribunal probing journalist slayings opens in The Hague

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.A ‘œpeople’s tribunal’� has opened in the Netherlands to highlight the number of journalists around the world who were killed for doing their jobs. The tribunal, convened by a group of press freedom organizations, has no powers to sanction perpetrators. Instead, it plans to present evidence to raise awareness about journalists targeted to silence their reporting. The first hearing was taking place Tuesday a month after two journalists, one in the Philippines and one in Russia, won the Nobel…

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