IFEX ::"(IJC/IFEX) - Please note that a version of this alert issued on 22 September 2008 erroneously stated that the Security and Information Service had recruited a group of young men to harass the "Ziarul de Garda" newspaper's staff. In fact, an employee of the security forces recruited the young men for another mission. After the newspaper published an article referring to this fact, newspaper staff were harassed by unidentified persons. The IFEX Clearing House apologises for the error. The corrected version of this alert follows:"
IFEX ::"Mass media nongovernmental organizations are concerned over the harassment and intimidation of journalists of the investigation weekly "Ziarul de Garda".
"Ziarul de Garda" reported it was subjected to pressure and was threatened by phone and email after it had published on September 4, 2008 an article titled "Torrid Summer at SIS".
The article referred to an employee of the Security and Information Service, who reportedly recruited a group of young men to harass the newspaper staff on a daily basis. Unidentified persons threatened to tap the phones of the staff, pretended that they knew the names of the article's authors, their personal addresses, and that of their family members, threatening them with "troubles with SIS". "
