Press freedom campaigners slam 'chilling' threat to ban Extinction Rebellion
Police seize an XR protester at the weekend
THE government has been hit with a media censorship warning amid reports it is seeking to criminalise Extinction Rebellion (XR) for the group’s “attack on free press.”
Last week, the Ministry of Justice was issued a “media freedom alert” by the Council for Europe after its press officers blacklisted investigative journalists at Declassified UK.
The council, which monitors democracy in Europe, described the act as having a “chilling effect on media freedom.”
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