The Board of Directors of ESK expresses his full support to journalist Theodosia Apostolou, owner of the website “Larnaka Online”.
Her threat to journalist life The Association of Editors of Cyprus is condemned in Larnaca.
“Journalist Theodosia Apostolou,” she says, “has threatened her life for a publication on the Larnaka Online news website, which concerned a posting political person in the city on social media. The fact is downfall and condemned for obvious and self -evident reasons. “
“The Board of Directors of the ESK, “he adds,” expresses his full support to journalist Theodosia Apostolou, owner of this website and a member of our organization. No journalist should accept and tolerate threats, let alone when these threats concern his own life. “
“We call on the Larnaca Police Authorities,” he says, “to immediately investigate the complaint and to quickly lead anyone in front of justice.”
“Politician posts,” he says, “social media are public interest and therefore, when it is useful, they will receive journalistic exploitation. Public discourse by whomever is pronounced, it is judged and can often be strictly criticized. But freedom of expression is a supreme good for journalism and democracy, we will always defend it in any case. “