Claim 214

RSF said jailing a reporter for exercising her professional rights was a dangerous precedent.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: RSF said jailing a reporter for exercising her professional rights was a dangerous precedent.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: RSF called the sentence a dangerous precedent
About: incident 2005-us-judith-miller-jailed-plame-source
Source: Prison for Judith Miller: a dark day for freedom of the press
Publisher: Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2005-07-07

Quotation from the source

This unprecedented sentence against a journalist who was merely exercising her professional rights is a serious violation of international law, a dangerous precedent.