وفي أكتوبر/تشرين الأول، احتُجز جيليكو بيراتوفيك، وهو صحفي حر كتب بتوسع عن جرائالحرب في كرواتيا، للاشتباه في أنه كشف أسراراً رسمية في مدونته على الإنترنت فيما يتبمعلومات نشرها بخصوص جرائم حرب زُعم أنها ارتُكبت في منطقة غوسبيتش، حسبما ورد. وقدأُفرج عنه في اليوم التالي بعد أن استجوبته الشرطة
Repblica de Croacia
En octubre, eljko Peratović, periodista independiente que haba informado ampliamente sobre crmenes de guerra en Croacia, fue detenido como sospechoso de haber revelado secretos de Estado en su blog de Internet, segn informes en relacin con informacin que public sobre presuntos crmenes de guerra cometidos en la zona de Gospić. Qued en libertad al da siguiente tras ser interrogado por la polica.
РЕСПУБЛИКА ХОРВАТИЯ
В октябре Желько Ператовича – независимого журналиста, неоднократно писавшего о военных преступлениях в Хорватии – задержали по подозрению в разглашении государственной тайны в своём блоге. По сообщениям, причиной ареста послужила публикация им сведений о предполагаемых военных преступлениях, совершённых в районе Госпича. На следующий день после допроса в полиции его освободили.
Rpublique de Croatie
eljko Peratović, un journaliste indpendant qui a beaucoup travaill sur les crimes de guerre commis en Croatie, a t arrt en octobre. Il tait souponn d’avoir rvl des secrets d’tat sur son blog, apparemment dans le cadre d’informations publies sur des crimes de guerre commis dans la rgion de Gospić. Il a t libr le lendemain de son interpellation, aprs avoir t interrog par la police.
REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
In October, eljko Peratović, a freelance journalist who had reported extensively on war crimes in Croatia, was detained on suspicion of having revealed state secrets on his internet blog, reportedly in connection with information he published on alleged war crimes committed in the Gospić area. He was released on the following day after having been questioned by police.
Repubblica di Croazia
A ottobre, eljko Peratović, un giornalista freelance autore di molti reportage sui crimini di guerra in Croazia, stato arrestato in quanto sospettato di aver rivelato segreti di Stato sul suo blog, stando alle fonti in relazione a informazioni che egli aveva pubblicato su presunti crimini di guerra commessi nella zona di Gospić. stato rilasciato il giorno successivo all’arresto dopo essere stato interrogato dalla polizia.
Croatie et libert de la presse
Linquitude des organisations de journalistes sest galement focalise sur le cas de eljko Peratović, un journaliste indpendant dont lappartement a t fouill par la police au milieu du mois doctobre. Souponn davoir rvl un secret dEtat sur son blog, il a t mis en garde vue et interrog pendant une journe. Aucune preuve formelle na cependant t encore porte contre lui.
V Chorvtsku zatkli novinra za vyzradenie ttneho tajomstva
Chorvtskeho freelance novinra a bloggera eljka Peratovića v stredu zatkla polcia. Zadrali ho priamo v jeho dome, kde mu okrem inho skonfikovali počtač. Polcia podľa manelky novinra odvodnila zatknutie jej manela tm, e na svojom blogu zverejnil ttne tajomstvo. Vo tvrtok Peratovića polcia prepustila. Peratović sa venoval najm vojnovm zločinom, kriminalite a chorvtskej tajnej slube. K prpadu u vydala stanovisko aj chorvtska celottna novinrska organizcia, podľa ktorej ide o “drastick prklad ohrozovania novinrskej slobody v Chorvtsku”. Ak bolo naozaj zverejnen ttne tajomstvo, “rady by mali sthať tch, ktor ho vyzradili, a nie tch, ktor ho potom publikovali,” myslia si chorvtski novinri. Peratovića u podporili aj opozičn socilni demokrati, ktor s podľa poslednch prieskumov na najlepej ceste k vťazstvu v novembrovch parlamentnch voľbch. Podľa nich je zadranie investigatvneho novinra pokusom vldy o zastraovanie mdi.
eljko Peratović (* 22. September 1966) ist ein kroatischer Journalist, der zuletzt vor allem fr die kroatische Zeitung “Vjesnik” arbeitete. Seit seiner letzten Kndigung 2005 ist er arbeitslos und gilt bei den kroatischen Printmedien als persona non grata. Er war einer der ersten Journalisten, die ausfhrlich ber Kriegsverbrechen berichteten, die whrend des Jugoslawienkriegs auch von kroatischer Seite begangen wurden. So berichtete er unter anderem in den kroatischen Wochenzeitungen “Globus” und “Nacional” ber die Verbrechen, die kroatische Truppen 1991 in der nord-dalmatischen Kleinstadt Gospić an Serben begangen hatten. Peratović wurde 2003 fr seinen investigativen Beitrag zur Aufarbeitung der kroatischen Kriegsverbrechen von “Reporter ohne Grenzen sterreich” mit dem Press Freedom Award ausgezeichnet. Am 17. Oktober 2007 wurde Peratović verhaftet und stundenlang verhrt, weil er angeblich in seinem Blog Staatsgeheimnisse preisgegeben haben soll. Der Fall Peratović sorgte international fr groe Emprung. Journalisten, Politiker, ja auch die kroatische Polizei selbst sprachen sich fr den Journalisten aus. Der kroatische Regierungschef Ivo Sanader sorgte umgehend fr die Freilassung Peratovićs, nachdem er von seiner Verhaftung erfahren hatte. Peratović selbst vermutet den Grund seiner Verhaftung in seiner Kritik am kroatischen Geheimdienst bzw. einen Machtkampf zwischen dem Premier Sanader und dem Staatsprsident Stjepan Mesić.
Finally, an internal conflict or lack of coordination between the secret services and the Ministry of the Interior resulted in the arrest of blog journalist eljko Peratović for republishing already released security servicesrelated documents on his website, indicating the need for further improvement in the professionalization and oversight of the security services…
Overall, there is very low overt government pressure or harassment of the media. The October 2007 arrest of journalist eljko Peratović, who runs a conspiracy theory Internet blog, apparently surprised even Prime Minister Sanader. While Peratović spent a day and a night in jail for publishing confidential state materials on his blog, Sanader publicly denied any involvement in the case, criticizing those who produced the scandal. A month after the arrest, it was still unclear why Peratović had been arrested since the allegedly confidential material had already been published several years earlier.
Hrvaki novinar v rokah policije
Peratović izvedenec za delo obvečevalnih slub
Hrvaka policija je v sredo zvečer aretirala novinarja eljka Peratovića, ki je osumljen, da je izdal dravno skrivnost. Novinar, ki je nazadnje delal pri Vjesniku in Globusu, e nekaj časa pa dela kot samostojni novinar, je v priporu, policija pa izvaja kriminalistično obdelavo, na podlagi katere naj bi se odločila, ali ga bodo pridrali ali izpustili na prostost. Peratovićeva ena je povedala, da je policija njenega soproga prijela v sredo okoli 20. ure, e predtem pa so policisti v sredo zjutraj preiskali njuno stanovanje in odnesli tri prenosne in en navaden računalnik ter nekatere dokumente, ki naj bi bili povezani s kazenskim dejanjem, za katerega je odgovoren 41-letni novinar. Za vse skupaj kriv blog? Peratović, ki pie svoj blog 45 lines, je bil po vsej verjetnosti aretiran, ker je v zadnjem času objavil izjave enske, ki je pričala o vojnih zločinih na območju Gospića in omenjala vpletenost vidnega člana vladajočega HDZ-ja in zdravnika, Darka Milinovića. Hrvaki mediji pa ugibajo, ali so Peratovića aretirali na podlagi podatkov Varnostno-obvečevalne slube in zapisov, ki jih je objavil na svojem blogu. Peratović je proučeval delovanje obvečevalnih slub na Hrvakem ter raziskoval vojne zločine in različne oblike kriminala.
Nvrat k zastraovn novinřů?
V Chorvatsku skončily parlamentn volby a dky těsnm vsledkům dvou nejsilnějch stran se nvrhy na sestaven nov koaličn vldy pokou sestavit oba protivnci. Otzkou tedy zůstv, kdo a jak povede zemi dl. Současn Chorvatsko je demokratickm prvnm sttem a usiluje o vstup do EU, pe prvnička Helena Hblov.
Přesto jsou zde jist straci minulosti, s nimi se bude nutn jetě vypořdat. Ukzalo se to na jednom přpadu, jen se stal předmětem zjmu domcch i zahraničnch mdi.
Jde o přpad novinře eljka Peratoviće. Peratović je novinřem na voln noze a středem jeho profesnho zjmu jsou mnoh, pro chorvatskou společnost citliv, tmata např. vyetřovn vlečnch zločinů v oblasti Gospiće, nekal privatizačn praktiky, propltn mafie do vysokch sttnch struktur a v neposledn řadě i nevary tajnch slueb.
Prvě toto posledn tma mu v posledn době značně znepřjemnilo ivot a medilně oivilo poměrně nudnou předvolebn kampaň. Peratović upozorňoval na propojen tajnch slueb a osob podezřelch ze spchn vlečnch zločinů a tak na jejich roli v souvislosti s přpadem Ante Gotoviny, jen je obalovn Mezinrodnm trestnm tribunlem pro bvalou Jugoslvii za vlečn zločiny. Mimo to upozorňoval i na praktiky zaměstnvn bvalch fotbalistů a jinch osob po znmosti v tajnch slubch namsto odbornků.
Tato novinřova sdělen měla logicky vyvolat konfrontaci a zjitěn odpovědnosti přslunch funkcionřů. Stal se vak prav opak. Tajn sluba podala podnět k trestnmu sthn novinře kvůli zveřejněn tř dokumentů označench za sttn tajemstv na novinřově blogu; dokumentů, jejich obsah u dřve zveřejnila jin mdia. Zhřebsk sttn zastupitelstv se začalo přpadem zabvat a spirla absurdit se roztočila naplno. Novinřův byt byl prohledn, novinř na čtyřiadvacet hodin zadren a vyslchn, zadreny byly jeho osobn počtače, fax, telefon a dokumentace, kterou shromaďoval patnct let. Prezident i premir se od takovch policejnch praktik distancovali a shodně prohlaovali, e jsou zastnci absolutn svobody mdi.
Premir Sanader nadto uvedl, e se přpad Peratović mus ihned přezkoumat. Zatm vak čas bě a nepohodln kritik je paralyzovn, neboť větina zadrench věc sloucch k jeho prci mu doposud nebyla vrcena. Peratović si u na nejrůzněj ntlak zvykl.
Ji dřve ho bval f tajn sluby označil za agenta ciz rozvědky, a proto se kvůli tomuto nařčen soud se sttem. Pronsledovn nepohodlnch novinřů bylo běn v totalitnm obdob i nebylo neobvyklm ani za vldy F. Tuđmana. Dochz nyn k jeho nvratu? Nov vlda tedy bude mimo jin konfrontovna s otzkou, zda je ochotn se s těmito mocenskmi nevary u jednou pro vdy vypořdat.
President: Peratovics Arrest Was Wrong
I do not know anything about that man, I am not interested in him, nor do I read his blog, said Mesic, denying Zeljko Peratovics claims.
The president of Croatia, Stjepan Mesic, said that the claims of Zeljko Peratovic were totally wrong. The police arrested him (Peratovic) for suspicion that he gave away a national secret. Peratovic accused the president of settling his differences with premier Ivo Sanader on his back.
- I do not know anything about that man, he does not interest me, I do not read his blog, he is a total mystery to me said Mesic and added that he does not see any reason why he would mention the name Zeljko Peratovic.
Mesic said that he will never deny many of those that attack him, nor will he deny statements from the journalists Tihomir Dujmovic, Milan Ivkosic and Domagoj Margetic, who also wrote about him.
- I will never attack those people, and most probably this one (Peratovic) falls into that category said Mesic, who stressed that he does not know if he ever met Peratovic, and asked why he would have anything against him.
- If somebody enjoys the fact that I do not like him, then let them enjoy said Mesic, who considers that it still has to be established if the law was broken in the Peratovic case, stressing that the police can listen to anyone, even him when his mandate is over.
The search was totally wrong Mesic was asked to comment on the police search for Peratovics documents. He answered that the aim was obviously to get to those who were giving away national secrets.
- Here they probably went with the route with the least resistance, to talk with those who the state secrets came to said the president and added that this obviously should have been done in another way, in the circle of people that have access to the national secret, and not the person who it came to. – I think that it was totally wrong concluded Mesic.
Journalist Arrested For Documents On Gotovina
Because he put a British secret service proposal for destroying Gotovinas net on his blog, Peratovic was arrested.
After the police released him, the journalist Zeljko Peratovic said that he was being charged for three documents that had already been released to the public, and that at the end of the procedure he will know if anyone was effected by the blog that he wrote.
Peratovic, who was arrested on Wednesday for releasing national and military secrets, said in Nova TVs news show Dnevnik that one of the disputed texts was released on his blog that was a proposal of the British secret service for breaking the net of general Ante Gotovina.
- The same documents were released more than a year earlier by Ivo Pukanic and the newspaper Hrvatski list said Peratovic, who says that the texts that the police removed on their own initiative, had been on his blog for six months. During Peratovics arrest, premier Ivo Sanader announced that he will carefully analyse his case.
Croatia Journalist’s Arrest Condemned
Senior Croatian officials met on Monday to discuss the case of a journalist who was briefly detained last week on suspicion of having revealed state secrets.
The arrest of freelance journalist Zeljko Peratovic on Wednesday sparked public outrage.
The Croatian Journalists Union, the Croatian Helsinki Committee and the opposition Social Democrats were among organizations which condemned the arrest.
With just a week to go before the parliamentary election campaign opens, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader said he would carefully examine the case.
Peratovic was set free a day after his arrest, and it is still not clear who had launched the original investigation against him.
After his release Peratovic told reporters that the police were investigating him in connection with the alleged revelation of state and military secrets through the publication of three documents.
Peratovic said one of those documents, published on his blog, had already been submitted to the parliamentary committee on home affairs and national security as evidence that the Counter-Intelligence Agency, POA, had shown an interest in him in relation to the case of retired general Ante Gotovina who is awaiting trial before the Hague war crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
According to Peratovic, he was among a group of reporters being considered as working against Croatia”.
Peratovic said the other two documents had already been published by the weeklies, “Nacional” and “Hrvatski list”, and added that these documents included references to the British secret intelligence service and to a meeting between its agents and a former Croatian police chief, Ranko Ostojic.
The ministry of the interior issued a statement at the weekend which said that police had acted on a request from public prosecutors.
Other reports suggested that the investigation had been launched by the SOA.
Croatian media reports said that chief state prosecutor Mladen Bajic, police chief Marijan Benko and SOA director Tomislav Karamarko were due to meet on Monday to discuss the Peratovic case.
The interior ministrys spokesperson, Krunoslav Borovec, told Balkan Insight that Bajic and Benko had met in accordance with their usual briefing activities.
He said that the Peratovic case was now in the hands of the state prosecutor.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – 2007
Croatia
In October police in Zagreb arrested freelance journalist Zeljko Peratovic, searched his apartment, and seized some computer equipment, his mobile phone, and some documents. Police charged Peratovic with posting classified documents on his Web site; he was released the next day. At year’s end the case remained in the investigative stage, and authorities had not announced an indictment. By year’s end the police had not returned the seized items to Peratovic. Human rights groups protested the arrest and seizures and asserted that they endangered media freedom. The president and prime minister expressed regret over the incident, indicating that they wished that it could have been handled differently.
Balkans – Annual Report 2008
Croatia
Journalist Zeljko Peratovic was arrested at his home in Croatia in October for revealing state secrets after posting documents on his blog (peratovic.net and peratovic.blog.hr) about war crimes committed in the southeastern Croatian village of Gospic in the 1990s. He said a vice-president of parliament as well as the defence minister at the time, Gojko Susak, were involved. He faces up to three years in prison. He was freed a day after his arrest thanks to international pressure.
Kritische Stimme mundtot gemacht
Der Fall Peratovic hat in der kroatischen ffentlichkeit fr groe Emprung gesorgt. Journalisten, Politiker, ja auch die Polizei sprachen sich fr den Journalisten aus. So auch Regierungschef Ivo Sanader: Ich war immer auf der Seiten der Journalisten. Viele Kollegen des kritischen Journalisten sahen in der Aktion einen Einschnitt in die Pressefreiheit und somit auch eine Verletzung der Demokratie. Es wird beklagt, dass der falsche Mann zur Rechenschaft gezogen wird. Im Geheimdienst besteht offensichtlich ein Leck, aus welchem Informationen nach auen dringen. Anstatt die Schuldigen im SOA zu suchen, wird derjenige angeklagt, der die Informationen verffentlicht. In seinem Blog war Peratovics Stimme bisher nur sehr leise in Kroatien zu vernehmen. Zeljko Peratovic lsst sich jedoch nicht so leicht besiegen: Sie haben sich verkalkuliert und dachten, dass ich mit der Zeit unter den Repressalien aufgeben wrde. Aber ich frchte mich nicht mehr vor ihnen.
В Хорватии арестован журналист
Желько Ператовича подозревают в раскрытии государственной тайны.
Ператович был задержан в среду в Загребе около полудня и препровожден в штаб-квартиру криминальной полиции для неформальной беседы. Утром в четверг, по свидетельству его супруги, в квартиру журналиста явились полицейские с ордером на обыск.
В результате полицейские изъяли три лэп-топа и домашний компьютер, а также документы, относящиеся, по их мнению, к делу. Как заявила пресс-секретарь полиции Загреба Александра Люба, в расследовании этого дела полиция активно сотрудничает с прокуратурой, сообщает РИА “Новости”.
Желько Ператович, бывший журналист популярной газеты “Глобус” и некоторых других периодических изданий, в последнее время публиковал статьи, фотоснимки и видеоинформацию на своем блоге 45 lines. Публикации журналиста чаще всего касались проблем организованной преступности, военных преступлений и деятельности спецслужб.
Хорватия
Бывший начальник службы разведки угрожал журналисту Желько Ператовичу из еженедельника Глобус пистолетом.
Журналист Желько Ператович подвергся физическому нападению со стороны члена так называемой группы Мерчeпа Муниба Сульича. Нападавший обвинен в проступке и подвергнут штрафу.
Удар на новинарске слободе због старих текстова
Новинар Жељко Ператовић осумњичен је за одавање државних тајни за документе и текстове које су медији објавили још пре неколико година
Загреб Загребачки новинар Жељко Ператовић, који је прексиноћ ухапшен због наводног одавања државне тајне, после саслушавања код истражног судије пуштен је да се брани са слободе. Овим догађајем хрватско правосуђе је добило врућ кромпир, јер више чињеница указује да је овакав поступак оних који су издали налог за његово привођење био по свему судећи брзоплет. Испоставило се, наиме, да су спорна три документа и текстови који су му одузети и избрисани с његовог интернет-блога на Новој ТВ у ствари објављени још пре неколико година у различитим медијима. Како је објаснио новинарима, први документ је из тајне службе ПОА из 2003. године у којем је анализирана позадина текстова објављених у делу штампе о томе да се тадашњи хашки бегунац Анте Готовина скрива у Хрватској. Полицајци су ме питали имам ли тај документ, ја сам им одговорио да га имам и да га изволе сами потражити, а они су рекли да су ионако мислили све да претраже. Онда су ми узели мобилни и компјутере, блокирали сваку комуникацију и једва су пустили да ташта и кћи изађу из куће, те позвали сведоке с улице. Документ су пронашли, каже Ператовић у Јутарњем листу…
Blogger-Reporter Arrested in Croatia
On Wednesday, October 17, Croatian Police arrested eljko Peratović, free-lance journalist and author of the 45 Lines blog, on suspicion that he gave away state secrets.
Peratović was detained for interrogation at 2:00 p.m. According to his wife Nada, the police came back to their appartment later that evening, about 8:00 p.m. with a search warrant. The search lasted for 14 hours and the police confiscated three laptop computers, a desktop PC and a number of allegedly incriminating documents.
Peratović, previously member of Globus weeklys editorial team and collaborator of several other print media, uses his 45 Lines blog to publish articles and video footage on the subject of organized crime, war-crimes cover-up activities and manipulations in the work of security services.
He covered, among other topics, the case of Fatima Skula, former member of Croatian Armed Forces, fighter in the Homeland War and witness of war-crimes in Gospic. Her testimony (available on YouTube) presents serious accusations against Darko Milinovic, the vice-president of the recently dismissed Sabor.
Peratović has also written a lot about Tomislav Karamarko, the Director of Security and Intelligence Agency (SOA), and some media report that the search of his home was, in fact, conducted on request of the Agency.
The investigation against Peratović is conducted in cooperation with the District Prosecution Office, but neither the Police nor the Prosecution Office will give more details on their activities. Peratović spent the night at the Police precinct and is still in detention. It is not known at this time whether he was actually arrested or if he was invited for an interrogation as a suspect.
La entidad, ligada al Instituto Internacional de la Prensa (IPI) con sede en Viena, ha citado algunos casos concretos de libertad restringida, como el del periodista croata Zeljko Peratovic, que fue detenido el 17 de octubre y pas 20 horas en prisin. La polica requis tres ordenadores y otros equipos de Peratovic alegando que supuestamente haba publicado secretos del Estado, y no ha devuelto los aparatos hasta ahora.
Die Behrden in Kroatien haben den Journalisten Zeljko Peratovic wieder freigelassen. Der freie Journalist war am 17. Oktober festgenommen worden, nachdem die Polizei sein Haus durchsucht und seinen Computer und schriftliche Unterlagen beschlagnahmt hatte. Gegen ihn wird wegen “Verrats von Staatsgeheimnissen” ermittelt, weil er ber Kriegsverbrechen recherchiert, die kroatische paramilitrische Gruppen Anfang der 1990er-Jahre in dem Dorf Gospic verbt haben. Peratovic hat Material gefunden, das auch den frheren Verteidigungsminister Gojko Susak und den Politiker Darko Milinovic belastet, der bei den Parlamentswahlen am 25. November als Spitzenkandidat der Regierungspartei HDZ antritt.
Zeljko Peratovic est un journaliste croate indpendant qui avait t brivement arrt en 2007 pour avoir divulgu sur son blog de prtendues informations classes secret d’Etat. Si je ne me trompe, il s’agit d’un cas unique en Europe d’arrestation d’un journaliste pour avoir t trop bavard de la sorte. La cause la plus probable est qu’il s’agit d’une bourde de la police croate, qui ne savait pas trs bien de quoi s’occuper ce jour-l. Peratovic avait d’ailleurs t relch ds le lendemain et aucune tte n’est jamais tombe en raison de cette affaire, qui semble-t-il n’a pas laiss beaucoup de traces ni de cicatrices. A l’poque, j’avais crit plusieurs notes propos de cette histoire sur mon propre blog du “Courrier Internatinal”. Ce blog n’existe plus mais en surfant sur la tole je suis tomb sur mes anciens crits concernant Peratovic qu’il a lui-mme rcuprs. La preuve ici. Ayant cliqu, vous verrez qu’il remercie un certain “Nabucho”, le pseudonyme que j’utilisais alors. Plus bas apparaissent les notes d’une blogueuse tchque, qui avait galement relat l’affaire sur son propre blog du “Courrier International”. Enfin, encore un peu plus bas apparat Nicholas Sarkozy, qui apparemment trane sa dgaine un peu partout.
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Dans le texte que je prsente ci-dessous (une traduction d’une interview donne par Peratovic), il est peu probable que le lecteur qui n’est pas familiaris avec la politique croate y comprenne grand chose. C’est pourquoi j’ai d rajouter un minimum de notes explicatives. Mme ainsi, il n’est pas certain que cela suffise. Alors contentons-nous de dire d’emble que Peratovic, qui est par ailleurs un journaliste gnralement considr bien inform, se rattache malheureusement un peu trop au courant conspirationiste. En effet, selon sa thse, grossirement rsume, les services de sret de l’ex-Yougoslavie (l’UDBA) auraient mut mais seraient toujours actifs en Croatie, et ils constitueraient le noeud central de toute cette corruption qui prolifre dans le pays. Personnellement je n’y crois pas beaucoup, mme si certains lments pars de cette ancienne police secrte yougoslave ont certainement survcu de la sorte. A mon avis, les raisons qui font que la socit croate n’avance gure et reste englue dans la corruption sont beaucoup plus complexes et ne peuvent pas se rsumer la thse propose par Z. Peratovic. Il n’en reste pas moins un personnage intressant et courageux (en particulier lorsqu’il est le seul pointer le doigt sur le Parquet et Mladen Bajic). D’o cette traduction sur sa vision des choses:
Croatian journalist briefly detained for revealing state secret, triggering protests
ZAGREB, Croatia: A Croatian freelance journalist was released Thursday, a day after being detained, police said. His wife told local media he was suspected of publishing a state secret.
Zeljko Peratovic, who publishes articles on his Web site, was apprehended at his home Wednesday. His computers were confiscated, his wife, Nada Peratovic, said.
Peratovic’s detention drew a protest from the national Journalists’ Association, which said it represented a “drastic example of endangering journalistic freedom in Croatia.”
If a state secret was made public, “then the authorities should prosecute those who delivered it, and not those who publish it,” the group said.
The opposition Social Democrats who lead in polls for parliamentary elections next month also protested Peratovic’s detention, calling it an attempt to intimidate the press.
