MADRID, (APP/AFP) – A Basque magazine said one
of its journalists had been fined 601 euros ($685) under Spain’s controversial “gag law” for posting photographs of a police raid on Twitter “without permission”.
The pictures show the arrest in March of Basque activist Noroa
Ariznabarreta who had refused to appear in court over a 2007 demonstration.
Argia magazine journalist Axier Lopez posted pictures of the
activist’s arrest on Twitter.
“The defendant published images of the police raid in Eibar in his
Twitter account @axierL without any permission.
“The police officers that took part in the operation can be
identified by those images, with the risk this poses to them,” according to the government complaint the magazine posted on its website.
A new law public security law introduced by the conservative
government which came into force in July 2015 provides for fines of up to 600,000 euros for unathorised demonstrations.
Controversially it also prohibits the “unauthorised use” of images or
data of security forces that could “endanger” them.
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Spain fines journalist over arrest photograph under ‘gag law’
