NUJ Release: Suzanne Breen given ’strong support’ by NUJ Exec Council
May 8th, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Media releases, Press freedom and ethics
Release from the National Union of Journalists (NUJ):
“The National Union of Journalists’ National Executive Council has today passed a strong statement in support a journalist facing attempts by the police to seize her source material.
“At Belfast Crown Court today, Suzanne Breen, the Northern Ireland editor of the Dublin-based Sunday Tribune, challenged an attempt by the police to obtain a wide-ranging high court order that would require her to hand over source material relating to the Real IRA.”
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