A Helsinki court has found two Finnish newspaper journalists guilty of disclosing national secrets and fined one of them, sparking concern over press freedom
The verdict concerned an article published by Helsingin Sanomat in December 2017 and containing ten-year-old details on military intelligence operations"that had been classified in the interests of Finland's external security", the court said.
But the court issued only what are called 50 day-fines, based on personal income, to the journalist deemed most responsible. The in-depth article reported on the"organisation, capability and procurement" of a military intelligence communications centre in Jyvaskyla, 230 km north of Helsinki.
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