# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2005-us-judith-miller-jailed-plame-source)
- Source: Prison for Judith Miller: a dark day for freedom of the press. https://rsf.org/en/prison-judith-miller-dark-day-freedom-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.

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