BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

09/12/2009

Investigative journalist in Belarus faces threats

Associated Press

An investigative journalist in Belarus says she has received anonymous threats linked to her publication.

Irina Khalip says she has received the threats by e-mail, telephone and in a telegram. She said Wednesday that the believes the security agency still going under its Soviet name KGB was involved in the threats.

The agency refused to comment on her claim.

Khalip said the threats were related to her article in the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta about the disputed legacy of late Georgian billionaire Badri Patarkatsishvili.

Source:

http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1128693&lang=eng_news


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