Police searched the house of an independent journalist illegaly



Nineteen members of the political police showed up at home of an independent journalist. They started a thorough search lasting 6 hours. The search was illegal as it was not endorsed with a search warrant. The police took various properties; a laptop, a desk computer, a cell phone, four flash memories and several books and documents. After the six hours of searching the house, he was taken by the police to the interrogation and he was accused of spreading false information. The journalist is also lawyer, writer and poet, but he is not allowed to perform work due to his "way of thinking".


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Personal freedom
Right to effective legal remedy
Freedom of opinion and expression
Inviolability of the home
Inviolability of correspondence and communications
Perpetrator
Political police
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