OCCRP Partner Re:baltica Condemns Press Censorship in the Baltic States

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After Lithuania’s Baltic News Service offices were raided in November, the Baltic Center for Investigative Journalism examined “troubling questions on the safety of journalistic sources and how to respond to intimidation from the security services or government agents.” Links to their stories follow.

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