EU state faces criticism for ‘unexpected gift to Kremlin'
Press NGO urges Latvia to reconsider the ban of liberal Russian TV channel
Reporters Without Borders have criticized the authorities in Riga for revoking the broadcast license of the exiled Russian network TV Dozhd , urging them to explain their national security reasoning. The channel has been banished from neighboring Lithuania and Estonia as well.
“The withdrawal of the license is a blow to press freedom and an unexpected gift for the Kremlin,” the managing director of RSF Germany, Christian Mihr, said in a press release on Thursday. “We deeply regret the decision.”
Latvia banned TV Dozhd on Tuesday, claiming that the content it produces posed a threat to “national security and public order.” Mihr said the reasoning was “not convincing,” adding “Latvia should explain exactly how the broadcaster is said to be endangering the country.”
Latvian media regulator NEPLP set Thursday night as the deadline for implementing its decision, with neighboring Baltic states of Lithuania and Estonia also...
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