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Monday, March 22, 2004

Reporter arrested by EU

EURSOC (European media critic)  

Police in Brussels arrested Hans-Martin Tillack on the orders of the European Union today’s Telegraph reports.

The Brussels correspondent for Germany's Stern magazine and leading investigative journalist seizing his computers, address books and archive of files.

Mr Tillack is the author of a recent book on EU corruption, he has the greatest archive of investigative files of any journalist working in Brussels. He is currently investigating fraud and cover ups at [the European Anti-Fraud Office] OLAF.

OLAF was created to replace the old fraud office UCLAF, which was accused of covering up abuses by the disgraced Santer Commission.

The police, who held Mr Tillack for twelve hours without access to a lawyer, demanded to see his journalistic sources.

A clear breach of his human rights that the EU are so fond of.
Good God. Do you think that even any American state or local government could get away with something like this?
Posted by: Zayphar / 3/22/2004 07:57:00 PM


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